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Film, Video Follow The Music Interview: Gbari Gilliam & Jesse Smith

Follow The Music interview and short dance clip of G'bari Gilliam and Jesse Smith

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About this Item

Title

  • Follow The Music Interview: Gbari Gilliam & Jesse Smith

Names

  • Brickhouse, Junious (Interviewer)
  • Sarakul, Ryan (Recordist)
  • Kell-Abrams, Maya (Contributor)
  • Gilliam, Gbari (Interviewee)
  • Smith, Jesse (Dancer) (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Los Angeles, California, March 13, 2023

Headings

  • -  African American dancers--United States--Interviews
  • -  Dance cyphers
  • -  Women dancers--United States--Interviews
  • -  House music--California--Los Angeles
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- California -- Los Angeles

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Jesse and Gbari discuss the importance of community in Los Angeles, a city where people often come to pursue dance careers and the competitive environment can become unhealthy. Jesse and Gbari also share how they met and how they eventually started a crew with their friend, Alex "Swift" Almaraz, called SyntheSoul. Jesse and Gbari close out with dancing a few rounds together.
  • -  Keywords: African American history; African American culture; Black history; Black dance; Black culture; 2slgbtqia+; lgbtq; global; electronic dance music; house culture; club culture; community building; dance careers; house dance; industry; competitive environment
  • -  Venue: Recorded at the Hub, Los Angeles, California, March 13, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (MP4): digital. 1 manuscript file (PDF): digital.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Los Angeles

Source Collection

  • Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/012)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • pdf
  • image

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Credit line

Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture, Community Collections Grant Project, 2023 (AFC 2022/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, Ryan Sarakul, Maya Kell-Abrams, Gbari Gilliam, and Jesse Smith. Follow The Music Interview: Gbari Gilliam & Jesse Smith. Los Angeles, California, 2023. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_025/.

APA citation style:

Brickhouse, J., Sarakul, R., Kell-Abrams, M., Gilliam, G. & Smith, J. (2023) Follow The Music Interview: Gbari Gilliam & Jesse Smith. Los Angeles, California. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_025/.

MLA citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, et al. Follow The Music Interview: Gbari Gilliam & Jesse Smith. Los Angeles, California, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_025/>.