Sun, Jan 21, 1973
The music, life, composing and playing styles of Scott Joplin, illustrated with performance and graphics. With Eubie Blake, composer-pianist; Joshua Rifkin, composer-pianist; Harold Cromer, dancer. Many performance selections including "Maple Leaf Rag", "The Entertainer" and "Pineapple Rag". Photos of the start of the century, the period in which Joplin lived, St. Louis during the 1904 Worlds Fair, Joplin's musical peers, Ragtime bands, and composers. Rifkin demonstrates how ragtime should and should not be played.
Sun, Jan 28, 1973
The Darpana Dance Company performs a classical Kathakali piece illustrating modern and traditional themes and techniques. Faubion Bowers provides commentary and interviews Mrinalini Sarabhai, an Indian dancer, choreographer and instructor who is the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts.