Dance Residency
Work
- Date of Production
- 1984
- Duration
- Run time: 0:29:07
- Creators
- Appalshop, Inc (is producer)
- Headwaters (is producer)
- Description
- According to the narrator of the show, this episode of Headwaters documents the first dance residency in the state of Kentucky. Sponsored by the Letcher County Arts Council and the Kentucky Arts Council, the residency funded dance teacher Mary Bruce Blackburn to conduct classes at schools and other venues in the area. Footage includes description of the program by Letcher County Arts Council president Josephine Richardson and interviews with school administrators, parents and students and Blackburn. Also includes footage of classes in session and dance recitals.