DTH Wideman Davis New Work – PAST-CARRY-FORWARD an original ballet created for the Dance Theatre of Harlem premiering october 2013

DTH Wideman Davis New Work – PAST-CARRY-FORWARD

Imagery of African American Women Performers

 

 

 

These are images of African American women performers who exemplify the mood of an ‘incessant party’ that characterized the Harlem Renaissance.  Of course, life was more complicated than the dances of the smiling chorines suggested.

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