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Product description:
The Spirit Moves a rare 2-hour film documentary is the most extensive video encyclopedia of African American social dance from 1900 to the 1980s. The Spirit Moves traces the evolution of African American dance in urban America. It was created over a period of thirty years by Mura Dehn, a European filmmaker who recognized and recorded the vital contribution of African American dance to the Jazz scene. She produced, directed, edited, and narrated this valuable film. Shown with its original editing, this DVD contains the only footage of this kind still in existence. The Spirit Moves provides a living history of the men and women who forged American social dance styles into an improvisational art form.
Spirit Moves Part 1
Jazz Dance from the Turn of the Century to 1950
Filmed at the Savoy Ballroom of Harlem in the 1950s, Part 1 features demonstrations of ragtime and jazz dances by well-known artists at the Savoy including James Berry, Pepsi Bethel, Teddy Brown, Sandra Gibson, Leon James, Al Minns and Frankie Manning. Dances include the Cakewalk, Charleston, Black Bottom, Susie Q, Shake Blues, Gutbucket Blues, Trunky Doo, Big Apple and some aerial Lindy Hop.
DVD, 45 min., 2008
Spirit Moves Part 2
Savoy Ballroom of Harlem, 1950's
Filmed at the Savoy Ballroom in the 1950's, Part 2 features footage of dancing by the general public. This is important because the 'public' includes Al Minns and Leon James. Part 2 includes Bebop, Lindy, Shim Sham, Charleston, and an aerial Lindy contest for the Harvest Moon Ball Championships.
DVD, 30 min., 2008
Spirit Moves Part 3
Postwar Era
Filmed at P.S. 28 (Brooklyn) and at the Palladium (New York), Part 3 features dances from the ‘Bebop Era’ the Flying Home Harlem Style, Bebop improvisations, the Mambo and an Applejack Challenge, danced by Teddy Brown, Sugar Sullivan, Jack Asquiew, Leroy Appens, Tandaleo and Jackie.
DVD, 40 min., 2008
3 DVDs, 115 min.
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Spirit Moves 3 volume set