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Friday, Jul 6, 2001
Best of Dance on Camera 2001: Program Two
Bomba: Dancing the Drum (Ashley James, U.S., 2000): An irresistible fusion of dance, music, and Puerto Rican culture, as one dancing family, the Cepedas, keeps a tradition alive and shows and tells what "bomba" is all about. (60 mins)Swing, Bop and Hand Dance (Beverly Lindsay, U.S., 1997): An entertaining and informative look at the black roots of swing dancing and all its variations as it moves from D.C., Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other American cities. Interviews with dancers, ethnomusicologists, and scholars shed light on the meaning of social dance in the community. (48 mins)
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