Black Dance: From 1619 to Today

by Lynne Fauley Emery, Katherine Dunham (Foreword)

A complete history of black dance forms, this book explores folk, ballet, jazz, tap, Broadway/Hollywood, disco, and breakdancing. An ultimate research tool, it includes portraits of hundreds of important black dancers and choreographers.

Genres: Nonfiction

410 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1988

Reviews

[Ramya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good academic style work but is should be subtitled “in North America, mostly the United States” since not much of the dances in the caribbean, brazil, rio de la plata (Tango!) dance development or traditions are talked about.