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Description
San Gabriel Valley Civic Ballet dancers; footage taken over a period of time. Begins with solo dancer rehearsing in small studio, then joined by male partner at 6:27. 12:31 dancers rehearse in large studio, voice of instructor, presumably Rickard, can be heard giving instruction from this point until the end of the footage. Location alternates between small studio and large studio. Choreographer Joseph Rickard (1918-1994) founded the First Negro Classical Ballet (FNCB) in Los Angeles in 1946, after he overheard an African-American woman being turned away from a dance studio where she sought lessons for her daughter. From that moment on, Rickard became determined to start his own dance studio where he could train African-American dancers in classical ballet. In 1947, the First Negro Classical Ballet debuted in Los Angeles to great acclaim and performed together for the next ten years. About 1968, Rickard founded the Negro Classical Ballet after the demise of the FNCB and, at the same time, and for the next 30 years, organized and taught in other integrated local ballet companies, including the Southern California Ballet and the San Gabriel Valley Civic Ballet. On container: Joseph Rickard ballet dancers: Negro Classical Ballet performances including Mendelssohn, Harlot's House and Southern Landscape.
Type
moving image
Format
Copy Sound Color VHS
Form/Genre
Dance films
Extent
1 Tape of 1 00:30:01
Identifier
mssHM 68942-69272_03 csmha_000314
Language
English
Subject
African American dance Ballet Rickard, Joseph, -1994
Provenance
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