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Sunday Feature:You Dance Because You Have To

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

In the 1930s and 40s African-American dancer/ choreographers Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus went to the Caribbean and Africa respectively in order to rediscover their dance heritage. Dancer and writer Thea Barnes explores their work. Producer Richard Bannerman

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Katherine Dunham
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Thea Barnes
Producer:
Richard Bannerman
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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