Utter silence accompanies the faceless stranger in the corner of the screen. The room is empty, save for a glowing lantern beside him, its flame throwing shadows on the wall. Dark red and violet light ...
"Gimme de kneebone bent" : music and dance in Africa -- "Keep to the rhythm and you'll keep to life" : the style of African American vernacular dance -- Overture to vocal choreography : vernacular ...
Introduction. Prologue -- Prehistory. Africa and the West Indies ; New Orleans and the South ; The pattern of diffusion -- Beginnings. From folk to professional ; Early minstrelsy ; Minstrel dances ...
The Yale Schwarzman Center will celebrate the art of vernacular dance with DanceHaven on April 14-15. Vernacular dance is a type of dance that develops naturally and is part of everyday culture. Yale ...