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Been Rich All My Life
Meet the Silver Belles, five tap dancers who performed in 1930’s Harlem. Together again, after a few decades hiatus, they're dancing to standing ovations - as sassy as they ever were.



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Behind The Scenes With Allen Toussaint- VHS
The jazz composer and pianist, with Bobby McFerrin's help, demonstrates the art of musical composition by writing a simple melody at the piano and using it as the basis of a song that he records in a studio.



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Behind The Scenes With David Parsons- VHS
David Parsons, a choreographer as well as a former dancer for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, shows how movement is transformed into pattern in dance and how dances can begin with the simplest everyday movements.



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Behind The Scenes With JoAnn Falletta- VHS
JoAnn Falletta, heralded as one of America's most promising young conductors, shows how a symphony orchestra uses layers of sound to create music.



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Behind The Scenes With Julie Taymor- VHS
Julie Taymor, the director of the acclaimed Broadway hit The Lion King, here creates an extraordinary kind of visual theatre using puppets, masks and music.



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Behind The Scenes With Max Roach- VHS
Max Roach, the legendary jazz percussionist and composer, brings the accent to music, using layered (and funky!) rhythms to turn you on!



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Behind the Scenes Volume 1: Painting and Drawing
An exciting and fun exploration for children and adults alike into the world of Painting and Drawing, featuring David Hockney, Robert Gil de Montes, Wayne Thiebaud and Matt Groening. Hosted by Penn & Teller.



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Behind the Scenes Volume 2: Theater, Sculpture and Photography
An exciting exploration for children and adults alike into the world of Theater, Sculpture and Photography, featuring Julie Taymor (The Lion King), sculptor Nancy Graves, and Photographers Carrie Mae Weems and William Wegman. Hosted by Penn & Teller.



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Behind the Scenes Volume 3: Music and Dance
An exciting and fun exploration for children and adults alike into the world of Music and Dance, featuring choreographer David Parsons, conductor JoAnn Falletta, musicians Max Roach, Allen Toussaint and Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin.



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Behind the Scenes: Complete Series on DVD
Discover the magic and mystery of artistic creation in this complete set of all 10 episodes of Behind the Scenes on 3 DVD's! Hosted by magicians Penn and Teller, the award-winning series explores the creative process with world-renowned artists.



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Cool & Crazy
A Film by Knut Erik Jensen. Meet a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame as members of a male choir in Berlevag, Norway!




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Cool & Crazy on the Road
Cool & Crazy on the Road is the story of 30 singers from a small fishing village in Norway and their encounter with a nation in mourning as they travel to the United States for their first US tour, only 3 weeks after the tragedy of September 11th.




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Dance For Camera
Selected from festivals in Europe and North America, and winners of over 17 international awards, these six dance films are among the most outstanding examples of a new genre that merges dance and film.



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Dancer, The
A Film by Donya Feuer. Watch the gifted Katja Bjorner as she endures years of intensive training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and then becomes an international ballet star.




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Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier celebrates the legacy of the famed Paris Opera Ballet by weaving together rehearsals and tour snapshots of classical ballets as well as contemporary works.




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Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden, A- VHS
A Film by Michel Goldman. Klezmer is rediscovered in this celebration of the lively and eclectic music of Eastern European Jews.



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Musical Quartet, A
Four award-winning documentaries produced by Walter Scheuer: the Academy-Award winning From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, Small Wonders, High Fidelity: The Adventures of the Guarneri String Quartet and The Turandot Project.



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Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
The Mariinsky theater (also known as the Kirov) of St. Petersburg has somehow maintained its artistic excellence through war, revolution and the collapse of Communism.



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Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom
The legendary actress introduces us to Shakespeare through the roles that she played including Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Lady Anne and Gertrude.




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Tickle in the Heart, A
An international smash hit and the world's most popular film about klezmer music, A Tickle in the Heart captures the story of the Epstein Brothers - Max, Willie and Julius - klezmer legends on a joyous (and hilarious) international tour.



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Touch of Greatness, A
In an era when Dick, Jane, and discipline ruled America’s schools, Albert Cullum allowed Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Shaw to reign in is fifth grade public school classroom.










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