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The Spirit moves: jazz dance from turn of the century 'til 1950

United States
film

Filmed over 30 years in the director’s dance studio and in the Harlem Savoy Ballroom “The Spirit Moves” is a unique assembly of jazz routine..

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That's dancing!

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Introduction to jazz

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