A behind-the-scenes look at Los Angeles's Lula Washington Dance Theatre -- the leading African American dance company west of the Mississippi -- and their staging of a ballet piece based on the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem "We Wear the Mask" (written 1n 1896), a stinging indictment of the Stepin Fetchit roles African Americans were forced to play in order to "get by" in late 19th-century America. Known worldwide through their international performances, everything Lula Washington and her company stands for comes together in their production of "We Wore the Mask."

J.C. Productions

Washington, Lula, Dunbar, Paul Laurence, -- 1872-1906 -- Adaptations, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, African Americans in the performing arts, African Americans in motion pictures, African American dance, African American dancers

Ravarour, Adrian (videographer), Crum, Jim (videographer), Crum, Jim (producer), Miller, Marcus (composer), Crum, Jim (editor), Crum, Brad (composer), Washington, Lula (performer), Washington, Erwin (performer), J.C. Productions (producer), Lula Washington Dance Theatre (collaborator)

00:23:40 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	J.C. Productions
Role	copyright holder
Telephone	818-790-6151
Address	5075 Westslope Lane La Canada, CA 91011
Email	[email protected]​

2011-01-01

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