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Speak to Me of Rivers: An Exploration of Race, Identity, and Lived Experience in African American Culture; February 12 - March 3, 2019:
“Dance has been my teacher, ever patiently revealing to me the dignity, beauty and strength in the cultural heritage of my people as a vital part of the great heritage of all mankind. I dance not to entertain but to help people better understand each other. Because through dance I have experienced the wordless joy of freedom, I see it more fully for all people.” — Pearl Primus
“I realized then that photographers have an opportunity to be of service . . . through documentation that is needed perhaps more for the dance than for other art forms.”
— Barbara Morgan

Tags:
dance; African American; pose; performing artists; performances; black and white; shadows

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