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Refractive Africa : ballet of the forgotten

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    Refractive Africa : ballet of the forgotten

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    Will Alexander's Refractive Africa is a diasporic invocation of world-historical and cosmological dimentions.dimensions. Lumumba. Tutuola. Rabearivelo. Each long poem swelters, pulling a dense constellation of national heroes, ruptured worlds, hauntings, and sensory frequencies into its orbit. Through a glissade of luminous dexterity and precision, Alexander maps out a lexical cartography of Africas, real and imagined, lost and recovered.

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    The contortionist whispers

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    "From King Leopolds atrocities in the Congo to modern-day American consumerism, Will Alexanders The Contortionist Whispers examines a poets role across space and time as a lingual power, a {28}practitioner of occult harvests,

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    Southern California Ballet, San Gabriel Valley Civic Ballet and Misc. Ballet Photographs

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    The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, ephemera, and printed material related to the FNCB, NCB and local ballet companies; the papers also include sheet music and original music scores, ballet production files and photographs for the FNCB and NCB. The papers are especially strong as a visual record with a large number of photographs, publicity material, costume sketches, and printed posters.

    mssHM 68942-69272

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    First Negro Classical Ballet and Negro Classic Ballet materials

    Manuscripts

    The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, ephemera, and printed material related to the FNCB, NCB and local ballet companies; the papers also include sheet music and original music scores, ballet production files and photographs for the FNCB and NCB. The papers are especially strong as a visual record with a large number of photographs, publicity material, costume sketches, and printed posters.

    mssHM 68942-69272

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    Ballet Production Files

    Manuscripts

    The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, ephemera, and printed material related to the FNCB, NCB and local ballet companies; the papers also include sheet music and original music scores, ballet production files and photographs for the FNCB and NCB. The papers are especially strong as a visual record with a large number of photographs, publicity material, costume sketches, and printed posters.

    mssHM 68942-69272

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    Articles and clippings about ballet

    Manuscripts

    The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, ephemera, and printed material related to the FNCB, NCB and local ballet companies; the papers also include sheet music and original music scores, ballet production files and photographs for the FNCB and NCB. The papers are especially strong as a visual record with a large number of photographs, publicity material, costume sketches, and printed posters.

    mssHM 68942-69272