Podcast appearances and mentions of pearl primus

This is the BIPOC Artist Hour, a podcast dedicated to lifting up the unique experience of people of color in the arts, academia and the real world. And, because we always talk about the struggle we are also all about what brings us JOY. Hit us up on Instagram and TikTok at @playblackpodcast or via email at playblackpodcast@gmail.com to keep up to date with us, leave feedback, or suggest future interviews! Artist Bio - Pippa Fleming was born a civil rights baby on the south side of Chicago, Illinois in 1963. At age six, she declared herself an actress after seeing Yul Brynner in “The king and I” and politely informed her mother, girls clothes no longer suited her. Pippa's early creative interests lead her to study theater, photography and television. By the time she graduated from high school, she was an On-Air director and camera operator at WGBY TV in western Massachusetts . After a brief stint in the Army as a Media Specialist, Pippa attended the University Of Massachusetts where she studied African art and history and was awarded a Pearl Primus dance scholarship. Check more of her out! Music Credit- LAKEY INSPIRED Track Name: "Blue Boi" Music By: LAKEY INSPIRED @ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspiredOriginal upload HERE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAukv...Official "LAKEY INSPIRED" YouTube Channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOmy...License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported "Share Alike" (CC BY-SA 3.0) License. Full License HERE - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ

Pearl Primus (1919-1994) was a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and anthropologist who used dance to unify and uplift the African American identity and experience. This week of Womanica is guest hosted by Lauren Iannotti! Lauren is the Editor in Chief of Real Simple, one of the premier brands in the women's lifestyle space with 151 million annual readers. Real Simple's Game Changers issue celebrates the people, inventions, and ideas that are changing our world for the better. Check it out at RealSimple.com/gamechangers. This month, we're talking about movers and shakers: dancers, stuntwomen, martial artists, and other pioneering women who've used their physical prowess to shake things up. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more.  Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.  Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Ale Tejeda, Sara Schleede, and Abbey Delk. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I knew that there was a power I had when I stripped off my shirt and looked you in the eye as I moved my hips. But I also knew the other side of that attraction to me was the impulse to kill me. Legendary dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones has made a career of engaging his audience with brutal, unapologetic honesty. His seductive work has grappled with provocative political issues ranging from sexuality, race, and censorship to power and the AIDS epidemic — while also innovating in the expressive possibilities of movement itself.  In this episode, Jones talks about what it meant to grow up as a “Black Yankee” in the 1950s and 1960s and as one of 12 children. He also reflects on the adjacency of violence to the power of seduction, and how, after decades as a performing artist, the body may retire but the mind never will.  References: Alvin Ailey Percival Borde Pearl Primus Sammy Davis Jr. Bojangles Shirley Temple Sydney Poitier Charles Weideman Doris Humphrey Arnie Zane Lois Welk Rod Rogers Louise Roberts Arthur Aviles Marcel Proust Merce Cunningham George Balanchine Hannah Arendt Max Roach Freda Rosen

Happy Birthday to Pearl Primus, Busby Berkeley, and Hinton Battle! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dawn-davis-loring/support

Today's guest on Movers & Shapers are Joan Myers Brown and Kim Bears-Bailey of Philadanco. Joan is the founder of Philadanco which was created in 1970 out of a need to provide performance opportunities and training for Black dancers. PHILADANCO!  has since grown into a professional dance company that is recognized around the world for its artistic integrity, superbly trained dancers, and captivating performances. Of her many honors, she is the honorary chairperson for the International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD), an organization she established in 1991, and she received the prestigious National Medal of Arts Award and 2019 Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance for her choreographic influence on black dance in America.  Kim joined Philadanco in 1981 and its current Artistic Director. She is a Bessie's award recipient and Associate Professor of Dance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Kim is one of few artists granted permission to remount the works of many world-renowned choreographers including Talley Beatty, Pearl Primus and Gene Hill Sagan. For more in this episode of Movers & Shapers: themovingarchitects.org/podcasts Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

#OTD Dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President George H. W. Bush. Recording artist Alfred Nevarez from the group All-4-One narrates.

Does your body hold the matters of your heart? Are you in-tuned with how your body responds? How do you process the events over the last year through movement?I recently had a weight lifted off of me that I didn't know was there. How long was I holding on to it and how did it effect meHow can you as an artists, educator or dancer explore this for yourself and lead others?In this 1st episode you will take a journey of self introspection and given inspiration to start the process.  This process is easily duplicated and can be used in your classroom or for self exploration. Four steps will be given that you can implement immediately!Q: Do you need to be a dancer to take this journey.A:  Not at allJust hit play and join in!Connect with me on instagram @getthe.pointhttps://www.instagram.com/getthe.point/"From the Heart the Body Speaks" Kandice N. Point-Du-Jour"Why do I dance? Dance is my medicine. It's the scream which frustration common to all human or color, are 'invisible'. Dance is the fist with which I fight the sickening ignorance of prejudice." -Pearl Primus

"The Black Arts Movement" by Larry Neal: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1144377?origin=crossref Carnival of Rhythm by Katherine Dunham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lTcPgmZoj8 Fanga Dance performed by Pearl Primus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtPvsUwHXsE Revelations by Alvin Ailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXerubF4I4 Balante Dance performed by Chuck Davis African American Dance Ensemble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ys9uv_8HPc --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Contemporary Dance and Social Justice with guest Ananya Chatterjea Today on Shake a Leg: we fill our chalice with Ananya Chatteja, who is no novice at embodying social justice, pushing back at prejudice, and connecting with communities on the precipice. And if you notice, straight from our orifice: a poultice of reconciliation benefice, the edifice of Dunham’s practice, and historic American activists - or artifice? Read more about Ananya Dance Theater here See recent dance videos and stay up-to-date on ADT happenings here Sign up for the Heat and Alterity book launch event here Learn more about the Embodied Social Justice Summit here Read more about Dance Mission Theater's Reparations Program here Learn more about Othella Dallas here Read more about Josephine Baker here Read more about Katherine Dunham here Read more about Pearl Primus here

Morris Johnson, Jr is a choreographer, teacher and dancer who started his formal dance education in Broadway District in New York. He is a two(2) time recipient of the Judith De Jean Memorial Scholarship Award from the New Dance Group  Studio and also received scholarships from The Bernice Johnson Dance Studio and the American Dance Machine under Lee Theodore and Ann Rankin. Morris has performed nationally and toured internationally with various dance companies and musicals including Africa, South America, The Caribbean and the Netherlands Antilles. He has performed for such noted artists as Eartha Kitt at the Apollo theater, Desi Arnez, Barbara Striesand, Prince, Charles Moore's Drums and  Dances of Africa, Pearl Primus, Arrow and Chuck Davis. Morris has choreographed for stage and videos to include The Steeles, Robert Robinson, the Jetts, Penumbra Theater, The Walker and various other venues. He also premiered dance fables, Langa and Naga at the Southern Theater and has collaborated with Cassandra Shore's Jawaahir' s Caravan and Tree Tales with the Ragamala Dance company.Morris has taught for the U of Mn/Guthrie Theater BFA Actors Training Program, U of Mn dance dept, The Arts  Connection in NY, and community classes around the Twin Cities. He received the Sage Award for Outstanding Dance Educator in 2012 and received grants from The McKnight foundation, The Jerome Foundation, MRAC, Dancer pool, SpaceSpace and a Travel Study grant from the Jerome Foundation to study in Salvador, Bahia with  Bale Folklorico Da Bahia

Mara Hancock is a dancer, nanny, and artist. Brady Ford is a wrestler, mixed martial artist, and mortgage broker. Find Mara on Instagram @maraanne24 and find Brady at bford@crownhm.com. Mara's quote was, "Why do I dance? Dance is my medicine. It's the scream which eases for a while the terrible frustration common to all human beings who because of race, creed, or color, are 'invisible'. Dance is the fist with which I fight the sickening ignorance of prejudice." - Pearl Primus

Recording artist Alfred Nevarez from the group All-4-One shines a spotlight on dancer Pearl Primus, often regarded as the grandmother of African American dance.

Recording artist Alfred Nevarez from the group All-4-One shines a spotlight on dancer Pearl Primus, often regarded as the grandmother of African American dance.

Recording artist Alfred Nevarez celebrates dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus

Recording artist Alfred Nevarez celebrates dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus

Alfred Nevarez from the group All-4-One celebrates dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus

Alfred Nevarez from the group All-4-One celebrates dancer and choreographer Pearl Primus

For some time now I've been in spaces with dancers and dance scholars who lament the amount of available research on some of the black luminaries in our field. Sometimes the need for a particular project is present for so long that its absence is taken for granted and treated as the norm. One of the “missing” but “much needed” projects I've heard talked about over the years is a book length treatment of the work of modern dance pioneer and scholar Dr. Pearl Primus. I'm really glad that her dear friends, Peggy and Murray Schwartz decided to fill that empty space with their latest project that is as much scholarly research as it is a homage to their very dear friend. For the entirety of her 74-year lifespan, Dr. Primus worked tirelessly and diligently as a dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist bringing the value of African culture to students and audience members around the globe. Though Primus studied and honed her approach to contemporary dance right alongside well known artists like Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Hanya Holm her work, while known to some has not been celebrated in the same way for its enduring impact. Pearl's career began in 1943 as she began sharing dance works that infused her commitment to social justice and racial commentary with her approach to concert dance. In The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus (Yale University Press, 2012), Peggy Schwartz and Murray Schwartz, examine the ways in which Pearl's career influenced dance, education and culture, charting her life story through its beginnings in Trinidad and work with the New Dance Group up to and through her later years. Dr. Primus's extensive travels through Africa, the Caribbean, Israel, the United States and Europe are discussed in this book and presented as an example of what the life of a committed dancer, scholar and humanitarian can look like through hard work and dedication. Peggy and Murray were longtime personal friends of Primus decided to take on the task of cementing her name in the literature by crafting a tender, thoughtful and soaring biography that focuses on not only her creative work but her lasting impact on the contemporary dance landscape. Peggy Schwartz is professor emeritus of dance and former director of the dance program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Murray Schwartz is former dean of humanities and fine arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He teaches literature at Emerson College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

For some time now I’ve been in spaces with dancers and dance scholars who lament the amount of available research on some of the black luminaries in our field. Sometimes the need for a particular project is present for so long that its absence is taken for granted and treated as the norm. One of the “missing” but “much needed” projects I’ve heard talked about over the years is a book length treatment of the work of modern dance pioneer and scholar Dr. Pearl Primus. I’m really glad that her dear friends, Peggy and Murray Schwartz decided to fill that empty space with their latest project that is as much scholarly research as it is a homage to their very dear friend. For the entirety of her 74-year lifespan, Dr. Primus worked tirelessly and diligently as a dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist bringing the value of African culture to students and audience members around the globe. Though Primus studied and honed her approach to contemporary dance right alongside well known artists like Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Hanya Holm her work, while known to some has not been celebrated in the same way for its enduring impact. Pearl’s career began in 1943 as she began sharing dance works that infused her commitment to social justice and racial commentary with her approach to concert dance. In The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus (Yale University Press, 2012), Peggy Schwartz and Murray Schwartz, examine the ways in which Pearl’s career influenced dance, education and culture, charting her life story through its beginnings in Trinidad and work with the New Dance Group up to and through her later years. Dr. Primus’s extensive travels through Africa, the Caribbean, Israel, the United States and Europe are discussed in this book and presented as an example of what the life of a committed dancer, scholar and humanitarian can look like through hard work and dedication. Peggy and Murray were longtime personal friends of Primus decided to take on the task of cementing her name in the literature by crafting a tender, thoughtful and soaring biography that focuses on not only her creative work but her lasting impact on the contemporary dance landscape. Peggy Schwartz is professor emeritus of dance and former director of the dance program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Murray Schwartz is former dean of humanities and fine arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He teaches literature at Emerson College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For some time now I've been in spaces with dancers and dance scholars who lament the amount of available research on some of the black luminaries in our field. Sometimes the need for a particular project is present for so long that its absence is taken for granted and treated as the norm. One of the “missing” but “much needed” projects I've heard talked about over the years is a book length treatment of the work of modern dance pioneer and scholar Dr. Pearl Primus. I'm really glad that her dear friends, Peggy and Murray Schwartz decided to fill that empty space with their latest project that is as much scholarly research as it is a homage to their very dear friend. For the entirety of her 74-year lifespan, Dr. Primus worked tirelessly and diligently as a dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist bringing the value of African culture to students and audience members around the globe. Though Primus studied and honed her approach to contemporary dance right alongside well known artists like Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Hanya Holm her work, while known to some has not been celebrated in the same way for its enduring impact. Pearl's career began in 1943 as she began sharing dance works that infused her commitment to social justice and racial commentary with her approach to concert dance. In The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus (Yale University Press, 2012), Peggy Schwartz and Murray Schwartz, examine the ways in which Pearl's career influenced dance, education and culture, charting her life story through its beginnings in Trinidad and work with the New Dance Group up to and through her later years. Dr. Primus's extensive travels through Africa, the Caribbean, Israel, the United States and Europe are discussed in this book and presented as an example of what the life of a committed dancer, scholar and humanitarian can look like through hard work and dedication. Peggy and Murray were longtime personal friends of Primus decided to take on the task of cementing her name in the literature by crafting a tender, thoughtful and soaring biography that focuses on not only her creative work but her lasting impact on the contemporary dance landscape. Peggy Schwartz is professor emeritus of dance and former director of the dance program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Murray Schwartz is former dean of humanities and fine arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He teaches literature at Emerson College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For some time now I’ve been in spaces with dancers and dance scholars who lament the amount of available research on some of the black luminaries in our field. Sometimes the need for a particular project is present for so long that its absence is taken for granted and treated as the norm. One of the “missing” but “much needed” projects I’ve heard talked about over the years is a book length treatment of the work of modern dance pioneer and scholar Dr. Pearl Primus. I’m really glad that her dear friends, Peggy and Murray Schwartz decided to fill that empty space with their latest project that is as much scholarly research as it is a homage to their very dear friend. For the entirety of her 74-year lifespan, Dr. Primus worked tirelessly and diligently as a dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist bringing the value of African culture to students and audience members around the globe. Though Primus studied and honed her approach to contemporary dance right alongside well known artists like Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Hanya Holm her work, while known to some has not been celebrated in the same way for its enduring impact. Pearl’s career began in 1943 as she began sharing dance works that infused her commitment to social justice and racial commentary with her approach to concert dance. In The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus (Yale University Press, 2012), Peggy Schwartz and Murray Schwartz, examine the ways in which Pearl’s career influenced dance, education and culture, charting her life story through its beginnings in Trinidad and work with the New Dance Group up to and through her later years. Dr. Primus’s extensive travels through Africa, the Caribbean, Israel, the United States and Europe are discussed in this book and presented as an example of what the life of a committed dancer, scholar and humanitarian can look like through hard work and dedication. Peggy and Murray were longtime personal friends of Primus decided to take on the task of cementing her name in the literature by crafting a tender, thoughtful and soaring biography that focuses on not only her creative work but her lasting impact on the contemporary dance landscape. Peggy Schwartz is professor emeritus of dance and former director of the dance program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Murray Schwartz is former dean of humanities and fine arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He teaches literature at Emerson College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For some time now I’ve been in spaces with dancers and dance scholars who lament the amount of available research on some of the black luminaries in our field. Sometimes the need for a particular project is present for so long that its absence is taken for granted and treated as the norm. One of the “missing” but “much needed” projects I’ve heard talked about over the years is a book length treatment of the work of modern dance pioneer and scholar Dr. Pearl Primus. I’m really glad that her dear friends, Peggy and Murray Schwartz decided to fill that empty space with their latest project that is as much scholarly research as it is a homage to their very dear friend. For the entirety of her 74-year lifespan, Dr. Primus worked tirelessly and diligently as a dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist bringing the value of African culture to students and audience members around the globe. Though Primus studied and honed her approach to contemporary dance right alongside well known artists like Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey and Hanya Holm her work, while known to some has not been celebrated in the same way for its enduring impact. Pearl’s career began in 1943 as she began sharing dance works that infused her commitment to social justice and racial commentary with her approach to concert dance. In The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus (Yale University Press, 2012), Peggy Schwartz and Murray Schwartz, examine the ways in which Pearl’s career influenced dance, education and culture, charting her life story through its beginnings in Trinidad and work with the New Dance Group up to and through her later years. Dr. Primus’s extensive travels through Africa, the Caribbean, Israel, the United States and Europe are discussed in this book and presented as an example of what the life of a committed dancer, scholar and humanitarian can look like through hard work and dedication. Peggy and Murray were longtime personal friends of Primus decided to take on the task of cementing her name in the literature by crafting a tender, thoughtful and soaring biography that focuses on not only her creative work but her lasting impact on the contemporary dance landscape. Peggy Schwartz is professor emeritus of dance and former director of the dance program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Murray Schwartz is former dean of humanities and fine arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He teaches literature at Emerson College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests: Authors, Peggy Schwartz and Murray Schwartz. Program hosted by Rachel Rubin