The dance style in the "step of the Gods" gave me a new perspective on dance

6:10 Why you not wrote the movie names you sucker? Why? What documentary is this?

very interesting video, it increased my appreciation for African dance!

Aside from the character Treemonisha being portrayed as a feminist, anti-slavery-cruelty, Black-power character, the rest of this production is wonderful and perfect. The dance at the end of Act 2 is particularly spectacular!

send the pain on ✨

This style of dance is unique and the documentary does a great job highlighting Katherine Dunham's impact on the world of dance. Dunham was very creative as she mixed African dance culture into American dance.

All the solo spot lights are filled with so much character! Even the chorus work❤

This has been posted many times, in good quality, so what is the point of posting such a blurry version?

Dreamy sequence.❤❤❤

I first saw this dance at Wolf Trap in the mid-1970s, when I was a child with my mother. I think Judith Jamison was dancing it. Suddenly, a woman in the audience got up and screamed. I was so young, at the time, I wondered why she did that, and I asked Mom. Now, of course, I realize why she was so moved. Then, about a decade later, I saw, I think, Donna Wood dance this in NYC. I may be recalling this wrong, but from my recollection, Judith was in the wings, dancing along, and I think she came out for the final moments and danced in her muumuu alongside Donna. It was very exciting.

The old Ailey 🤩😍😍🤩🤩🤩 stars

Just brilliant!

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and seeing how Katherine Dunham was able to integrate African dance culture into American dance.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

So many wonderful songs came from these musicals. 🥰. I've watched them since I was a teen and still love them. Just so excellent and historical also!🥰

When I first saw "The Stack up " 1993 It totally change /open up my eyes 2 what I thought a dance production could be. ..I was so inspired I choreographed my own first big production. I title it "Glam Slam " The focus was on jazzy street dance mix with a street fashion show...The music was " US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) " ...of course I was the lead male dancers and we closed the show. I will 4ever be connected 2 "The Stack up "

I have a new found appreciation for this style of dance. It is inspiring what Katherine Dunham, did and how she used her creativity to spread cultural diversity in dance.

well done, great work

3:52 for a project

Kelly envied Don and wished he could have danced like him

They, if you noticed, didn’t include 1930’s the Nichols bros and Ellie weren’t included because they were too good

Tap dancing noise must have been deafening, but still like to watch these ❤❤❤

I've always loved watching these, I found it all fascinating as a kid. Mum n dad watched a lot of these, my grandparents especially, aunt n uncles. Brought up with these amazing performers ❤❤❤❤! Its better than today's telly these days ha ha! 😊😊😊😊

Hello. Does anyone know how to find the uncut version of this video? I remember it being different in the first 3rd of the piece.

African Dance influence is cultivating.

I love the appreciation that comes to African dances and it's techniques. It all varies to a mixture of different cultures all of which shapes dance in a greater way for its performance in art.

I personally enjoyed the way it showed africans were evolving in dance , this was such a great video, I really enjoyed the wat Ms. Dunham was able to revolutionize dance using African Dance

Moving from one center is so interesting to me, I never thought of dance like that and I enjoyed learning about everything Katherine accomplished.

Dunham I think was quite interesting in how she purposely mixed cultural African concepts or styles into dance. Liked the seeing the videos of these dances in action, the ag'ya one was cool and I can visually see the martial arts aspect.

I really enjoyed seeing the evolvement of dance through this culture and how they learned how to move each and every part of the body differently in their own style.

I appreciate how African dances and techniques mix a variety of different cultures to create such a beautiful performance of art.

The fight dancing was really cool

I had no idea the impact African dance has had on so many different cultures and other forms of dance

I really enjoyed the videos and learning about new styles of dance!

The way that African dance has shaped and influenced so many cultures is really impressive.

They're culture is so connected to dance so its interesting to watch the influence it has.

This video did a great job of explaining the importance of African dance.

This video shows the evolvement of dance over time and how it impacts different cultures

The cultural mixing pot that is dance is astounding. Great video.

The Dunham technique looks like it'd be fun to learn.

I really enjoyed learning about the importance of movement and freedom in African dancing.

I loved learning about how African dance had such a big part in their culture.

This video showed me how dance has affected so many cultures and it was very interesting to see this

Really enjoyed the video and how it showed the African-American Dance. And also showing how it evolved over time!

Its so cool how much cultural significance the dance has and how important it is

This video really showed the importance of dance and how it impacted different cultures

It is interesting how much cultural significance the dance has

I really liked how the video showed the importance of dance and how it impacted different cultures.

I really enjoyed how this video captures the importance of African dance

I enjoyed these videos because of how dance impacted different cultures