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This musical travels through the life and times of jazz music. In the words of its central character, the Engineer, 'it started in the Congo a long time back. Got my fuel there/ From the beat of the...

This was a Caribbean Season that included bot a comedy by Douglas Archibald set in the Caribbean, and a Review featuring a steel band, exotic dances, rituals and...

This musical, devised by English actor, dancer and designer Hedley Briggs, was the first to be based on a West Indian subject with a predominantly West Indian cast. The show opened a month before the...

Originally produced in New York in 1927, this musical tells the story of the Cotton-Blossom, a show-boat performing up and down the Mississippi River. This production featured Paul Robeson, the famous...

The performance starred Florence Mills and The Famous Plantation Orchestra presenting several numbers portraying life in the American Deep South, including Shufflin' Home, Jungle Nights in Dixie Land,...

This musical expanded from a cabaret floorshow which begun at the Plantation Club in New York City where it opened in 1922 with the title of Dixie to Broadway. Set on a Southern plantation, where...

The production presented a unique review of dances from the West Indies, South America and West Africa based on Katherine Dunham's in depth anthropological research. It included L'Ag'ya, a piece...

The musical comedy about a fraudulent scheme to return discontented black people to Africa. It was performed by a cast of about one hundred African American actors, and made a huge impact not only on...

The production included the pieces Drumscore and Sulkari, directly connected to traditional dances originating in Africa. In particular, the production highlighted the role of the drummer. Described...

The production (which offered the organiser the opportunity to publicise the Second World Black and African Festival of Culture and the Arts in Lagos) displayed a number of traditional dances from...

This dance piece was presented by one of the most influential American dance theatre companies, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, named after its founder, one of the most influential figures in...

The piece follows the story of a Black man's journey from East London, who is on a global quest to find his spiritual...