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 Free to Dance

The history of African American dance, with emphasis on the role that African American choreographers and dancers have played in the development of modern dance.

Part One focuses "on the early development of modern dance-and set against the background of the Harlem Renaissance, racial segregation and the Great Depression ... examining how African Americans overcame a 'segregated aesthetic' to become recognized as modern dance artists."

Part Two features Katherine Dunham, whose "priority is to create new choreography with her dancers."

Part Three examines the 1960s through the 1980s.

Watch an excerpt from Bill T. Jones' "D-Man in the Water."

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