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dancetheatreX presents:
The pure dance theatre production of
TAR
(presented without the amazing video design, lighting design, or text work
of the collaborators of the original show)

Sunday July 20th, Von King Park - Brooklyn - 3pm

Due to its retellings and multiple contexts, the story of Bre'r Rabbit and
the Tar Baby is not just African American folklore. It is American folklore,
much like jazz is American music. While its roots can be traced back to West
Africa (and some scholars even maintain India), Chandler's version and Walt
Disney's 1946 film adaptation are the ones that inhabit our popular
imaginations. The tales were retold by white men who claimed to be giving
voice to an old Black man who is an ex-slave. A white boy named "Johnny" was
created and included in order to tailor the tales for white rather than
black audiences. In two of the three ways that I was exposed to these tales
as a child, they were not told for my ears. In retrospect, I'm amazed by
that fact. And I find myself drawn to the unarticulated voices - the
disappeared voices - that whisper on the periphery of Harris and Disney's
versions: Uncle Remus' original African voice, the voice of the descendants
of African slaves and ex-slaves like my grandfather (who continue to give
life to the tales), and the voice of the African American child, present but
mute in the film, present but mute in my own past. These
unheard/unacknowledged voices are the "tarbabies" I am interested in
conjuring.

Time and PlaceStart Time:Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 3:00pm
Location:Von King Park - Brooklyn, NYC
Contact InfoPhone:2159836383
Email:dancetheatreX at gmail.com <dancetheatrex at gmail.com>


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charles o. anderson
artistic director
mobile: 215-983-6383

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