Katherine Dunham

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music compositions, and ballets, many originating from diverse regions across Canada. Notable episodes featured Barry Morse in a new staging of MacBeth, along with performances by Canadian talents like Robert Goulet and Sharon Acker. One of the highlights included a musical adaptation of the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Airing without sponsorship, Folio thrived until its conclusion in the fall of 1960. Producers: Robert Allen, Harvey Hart, David Greene, Mario Prizek and Ronald Weyman.

A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.

The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.

Katherine Durham's Negro Ballet performing on stage of Theatre de Paris. Ballet commences. Men jump in air, fall down on their knees and sway backwards and forwards. Girl in foreground twirls around. She also goes down on her knees. Various shots of men and women on stage kneeling down and swaying to and fro. They rise. Girls go off to right of screen. Two principals in centre dance. Two principals finish dance. Man comes from back of stage with drum and dances round it. Chorus dance around him. [Overview courtesy of British Pathé]

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

Folio, a precursor to CBC's renowned fine-arts series Festival, aired for four years starting in 1956. The series showcased original dramas, music compositions, and ballets, many originating from diverse regions across Canada. Notable episodes featured Barry Morse in a new staging of MacBeth, along with performances by Canadian talents like Robert Goulet and Sharon Acker. One of the highlights included a musical adaptation of the beloved Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables. Airing without sponsorship, Folio thrived until its conclusion in the fall of 1960. Producers: Robert Allen, Harvey Hart, David Greene, Mario Prizek and Ronald Weyman.

Katherine Durham's Negro Ballet performing on stage of Theatre de Paris. Ballet commences. Men jump in air, fall down on their knees and sway backwards and forwards. Girl in foreground twirls around. She also goes down on her knees. Various shots of men and women on stage kneeling down and swaying to and fro. They rise. Girls go off to right of screen. Two principals in centre dance. Two principals finish dance. Man comes from back of stage with drum and dances round it. Chorus dance around him. [Overview courtesy of British Pathé]

8mm dance film featuring several Katherine Dunham Company performances.