02942nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10471891 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101202s2011 ctuaf sb 001 0beng d 2010049533 9780300155341 (hbk.) 9780300156430 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)727944936 n-us--- GV1785.P73 S38 2011eb 792.802/8092 B 22 Schwartz, Peggy. The dance claimed me [electronic resource] : a biography of Pearl Primus / Peggy and Murray Schwartz. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2011. 324 p., [16] p. of plates. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Pearl Primus (1919-1994) blazed onto the dance scene in 1943 with stunning works that incorporated social and racial protest into their dance aesthetic. In The Dance Claimed Me, Peggy and Murray Schwartz, friends and colleagues of Primus, offer an intimate perspective on her life and explore her influences on American culture, dance, and education. They trace Primus's path from her childhood in Port of Spain, Trinidad, through her rise as an influential international dancer, an early member of the New Dance Group (whose motto was "Dance is a weapon"), and a pioneer in dance anthropology. Primus traveled extensively in the United States, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean, and Africa, and she played an important role in presenting authentic African dance to American audiences. She engendered controversy in both her private and professional lives, marrying a white Jewish man during a time of segregation and challenging black intellectuals who opposed the "primitive" in her choreography. Her political protests and mixed-race tours in the South triggered an FBI investigation, even as she was celebrated by dance critics and by contemporaries like Langston Hughes. For The Dance Claimed Me, the Schwartzes interviewed more than a hundred of Primus's family members, friends, and_fellow artists,_as well as_other individuals to create a vivid portrayal of a life filled with passion, drama, determination, fearlessness, and brilliance"-- Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Primus, Pearl. Dancers United States Biography. African American dancers Biography. Choreographers United States Biography. African American dance History. Electronic books. local Schwartz, Murray. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10471891 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 113642 113642