Primary Sources
Images
Martha Graham
Pearl Primus
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Video
Martha Graham
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Frontier
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Pearl Primus
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
- Walking with Pearl: African Diary
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Walking with Pearl: Southern Diary
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Texts
Martha Graham
Primus
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers
- The Borzoi Book of Modern Dance – New Leaders: Pearl Primus
- My Statement
- African American Concert Dance – The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond
- Strange Fruit
- Hard Time Blues
Zollar
Other
- Movement Analysis Worksheet
- "Words for Movement"
- Sklar, D. "Movement Observation Guidelines"
- Siegel, M. (1991). "Rethinking Movement Analysis". Unpublished manuscript used with author's permission (excerpt).
- Start
- Primary Sources
- Introduction
- 1.) Martha Graham’s Frontier
- 2.) Pearl Primus’ The Negro Speaks of Rivers
- 3.) Martha Graham’s Steps in the Streets
- 4.) Pearl Primus’ Strange Fruit and Hard Time Blues
- 5.) Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
- 6.) Martha Graham’s American Document
- 7.) Creating Contemporary American Identities through Movement
- 8.) Creating Contemporary American Identities through Movement
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