Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies
1995-96
Annual Conference
"Black Music and Dance: An Integrated Study"
Friday and Saturday, February 2 & 3, 1996
Pomona College, Claremont, California
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, 340 N. College Avenue
Pendleton Dance Center, 210 E. Second Street
Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. Fourth Street
Free and open to the public, Accessible
Registration recommended
For information, tel: (909) 607-3070, fax: (909) 621- 8796
Friday, February 2
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona College
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8:00 a.m.
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Registration and Morning Refreshments
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8:30
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Greetings
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President Peter W. Stanley, Pomona College
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8:45
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Welcome and Introductory Remarks
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Gwendolyn Lytle, Pomona College
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9:00
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Libation and Dedication Ceremony
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The West African Drumming Ensemble of Pomona College, Alfred Ladzekpo,
Director
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9:30
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Keynote Address
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Hansonia Caldwell, Professor of Music and Executive Director, National
Council for Black Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills,
Supporting a Legacy with Vision
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10:30
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Break
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11:00
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Performance Event (Pendleton Dance Center)
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Winifred R. Harris' Between Lines
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noon
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1:30 p.m.
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Roundtable Discussion: African Retentions in the Dance and Music
of the Diaspora
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Gerdes Fleurant, Wellesley College, Yanvalou: The Dance and Music of
the Rada Rite of Haiti
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Winifred R. Harris, Dancer/ Choreographer
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Alfred Ladzekpo, Ghanaian Master Drummer
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Moderator: Katherine Hagedorn, Pomona College
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2:45
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3:00
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Dance on Video
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Moderator: Ethan Nasreddin-Longo, UC Riverside
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Peggy Schwartz, Claremont Colleges: Pearl Primus
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Michelle Simmons, Cal State Long Beach: realization of Pearl Primus' "Strange
Fruit"
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4:45
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6:30
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Performance Event (Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music)
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Cecil Lytle, Pianist, Professor of Music and Provost, Thurgood Marshall
College, UC San Diego, Ragtime Homeboys
Saturday, February 3
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building, Pomona College
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10:00 a.m.
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10:30
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Performance Event (Pendleton Dance Center)
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Rhodessa Jones, Dancer/ Choreographer, & Idris Ackamoor, Saxophonist,
Streetcorner Symphony
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11:30
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Response
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Moderator: E. Nasreddin-Longo
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noon
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1:30 p.m.
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Panel Discussion
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Kai Fikentscher, New York University, Black Music and Dance: House Music
and the Affirmation of Social and Cultural Marginality
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Christopher Bakriges, York University, Canada, "I want them to be clear
shapes with a life of their own": On Judith Dunn and the Black Contribution
to Modern American Dance
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Phylise L. Smith, Scripps College, Expressions of Cultural Identity
Through African American and African Music and Dance
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Moderator: H. Caldwell
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3:30
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Performance Event (Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music)
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George Lewis, Professor of Music, UC San Diego, and Christina Jones-Stewart,
Dancer/Co-founder of Urban Bush Women
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5:00
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Reception (Lobby, Thatcher Music Building)