LEADER 04262nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910461629303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-11434-8 010 $a9786613114341 010 $a0-300-15643-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300156430 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092727 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050115 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11330815 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527272 035 $a(PQKB)11151381 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420692 035 $a(DE-B1597)486268 035 $a(OCoLC)1024008666 035 $a(OCoLC)1029826533 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692066 035 $a(OCoLC)994565272 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300156430 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420692 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10471891 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL311434 035 $a(OCoLC)923596069 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092727 100 $a20101202d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe dance claimed me$b[electronic resource] $ea biography of Pearl Primus /$fPeggy and Murray Schwartz 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (416 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-15534-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tOne From Laventille to Camp Wo-Chi-Ca -- $tTwo A Life in Dance -- $tThree African Transformations -- $tFour Teaching, Traveling, and the FBI -- $tFive Trinidad Communities -- $tSix Return to Africa -- $tSeven The PhD -- $tEight The Turn to Teaching and Return to the Stage -- $tNINE Academic Trials and Triumphs -- $tTen Transmitting the Work -- $tEleven Barbados: Return to the Sea -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAppendix I: Pearl Primus Timeline -- $tAppendix II: Interviews -- $tA Note on Sources and Documentation -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $a"Pearl Primus (1919-1994) blazed onto the dance scene in 1943 with stunning works that incorporated social and racial protest into their dance aesthetic. In The Dance Claimed Me, Peggy and Murray Schwartz, friends and colleagues of Primus, offer an intimate perspective on her life and explore her influences on American culture, dance, and education. They trace Primus's path from her childhood in Port of Spain, Trinidad, through her rise as an influential international dancer, an early member of the New Dance Group (whose motto was "Dance is a weapon"), and a pioneer in dance anthropology. Primus traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean, and Africa, and she played an important role in presenting authentic African dance to American audiences. She engendered controversy in both her private and professional lives, marrying a white Jewish man during a time of segregation and challenging black intellectuals who opposed the "primitive" in her choreography. Her political protests and mixed-race tours in the South triggered an FBI investigation, even as she was celebrated by dance critics and by contemporaries like Langston Hughes. For The Dance Claimed Me, the Schwartzes interviewed more than a hundred of Primus's family members, friends, and_fellow artists,_as well as_other individuals to create a vivid portrayal of a life filled with passion, drama, determination, fearlessness, and brilliance"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aDancers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American dancers$vBiography 606 $aChoreographers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American dance$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDancers 615 0$aAfrican American dancers 615 0$aChoreographers 615 0$aAfrican American dance$xHistory. 676 $a792.802/8092 676 $aB 700 $aSchwartz$b Peggy$01030561 701 $aSchwartz$b Murray$01030562 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461629303321 996 $aThe dance claimed me$92447501 997 $aUNINA