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Libraries spaces are for more than books! "Dancing in the Archives," took place in April and is a site-specific suite of dances staged in the Smathers Special Collections' Judaica Suite, featuring works inspired by the lives of #katherinedunham, #pearlprimus and #zoranealehurston
Pearl Primus, born In Port of Spain, Trinidad, American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist & teacher drew on the African American experience & her research in Africa & the Caribbean when performing. #pearlprimus #Anthropology #BlackTwitter #blackhistory #Dance
Taking Back the Stage
24 August 2020
Oil on canvas
It's about what I don't see and why I don't feel comfortable. It's about what these individuals did/doing!
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#PearlPrimus #KatharineDunham #BabaOlatunji #BobFosse… https://t.co/oTA2p3dW6l
#JRDD is celebrating Immigrant Heritage Week with this brilliant color photograph of dance pioneer Pearl Primus by Carl Van Vechten. Primus emigrated to New York City from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in 1921. Photo:https://t.co/u9NyAF3g5Y
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Day 28 of #BlackHistoryMonth
#PearlPrimus (1919-1994) was a pioneering dancer, known for bringing African dance to America. She held a PhD in anthropology, & taught for many yrs.
Before dance, she planned to be a medical researcher & held degrees in biology & pre-med science.
#JustKeepShowingUp #PutSomeRespectOnTHATName👸🏽 #PearlPrimus💃🏽👑 #JosephineBaker💃🏽👑#EarthaKitt💃🏽👑 #KatherineDunham💃🏽👑 #BlackHistoryMonth The simple, most extraordinary things! #BeTheGeneration✨ #BeTheGenerationTHATInspiresChange and #BeTheGenerationTHATCultivatesChange✨
#PearlPrimus “The #dance is strong magic. The body can fly without wings. It can sing without voice. The dance is strong magic. The dance is life.” — #DanceHistory
BTD #PearlPrimus, charismatic performer, choreographer & champion of #Africandance who built a rep of dances emphasizing the rich variety of African diasporic traditions. Photo: Primus in Folk Dance (1945). (Credit Gerda Peterich @JacobsPillow Archives.) https://t.co/81D4tVXzNz
Your Black365 Calendar Fact of the Day 10/29: Pearl Primus, anthropologist, dancer, and choreographer who impacted the world of dance, passed away, 1994
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Wrote this for @jacobinmag on #marthagraham #annasokolow #pearlprimus and unknown links between #radicalhistory and #moderndance https://t.co/6qCfVAD59X #MondayMotivation #ShanahTovah #dance #history #amwriting
Born this day, dance photographer #BarbaraMorgan. Here's how she made all those iconic photographs of the pioneers of modern dance. Her images tell the story of a seminal era. https://t.co/YoVmAO5HuV
Photo: #PearlPrimus in "Speak to me of Rivers," 1944
Bailarina, coreógrafa y antropóloga #pearlprimus fue una de las figuras más relevantes de la #danza afroamericana. La recordamos en el #centenario de su nacimiento. https://t.co/2CPjJRNxe1 @saraesteller
#AfricanAmericanHistory month continues with Pearl Primus! Do you feel joy and freedom while dancing? Download our African American History Month Dancer of the Week writing activity and have your class answer, "When I dance I feel..." https://t.co/81Q8Ix9tfu #PearlPrimus
#AfricanAmericanHistory month continues with Pearl Primus! Do you feel joy and freedom while dancing? Download our African American History Month Dancer of the Week writing activity and have your class answer, "When I dance I feel..." https://t.co/81Q8Ix9tfu #PearlPrimus
Happy birthday Pearl Primus! Pearl was a dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist who presented African dance to American audiences.
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“Yo bailo no para entretener, sino para ayudar a las personas a entenderse mejor. Porque a través del baile he experimentado sin hablar la alegría de la libertad, la busco ahora más plenamente para mi gente y para todas las personas en todas partes” -
#PearlPrimus (1919-1994)
"I dance not to entertain but to help people better understand each other. Because through dance I have experienced the wordless joy of freedom, I seek it more fully now for my people and for all people everywhere." - Pearl Primus #WednesdayWisdom #Dance4All #Dance4Joy
Top @LibrariesVal story: @imaniwadud: 'Dance icon, #PearlPrimus, born in 1919 in #TrinidadandTobago, moved to #nyc & studied @Hunter_College. She began field work in the #South "to know my own ppl & where they suffer th…, see more https://t.co/Vcub2BZx3j
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