Arthur Hall Collection
materials provided by
Steve Linn
January 2, 2012
Steve Linn provided four photographs
taken in the WCAU-TV10 (CBS) studios for the production of the
Repertoire Workshop: MOJUBA
Performed by
"The Afro-American Dance Ensemble of the Theatre of the Living Arts"
Broadcast in March and April, 1967
said to be the first all-color national television broadcast
Steve Linn was the set designer for the program.
He is now a sculptor with a studio in France.
He called late last year (2011) with many stories of his work with Arthur
and the Dance Ensemble, including Beclch and the dedication of a Muslim Temple,
and generously offered to scan these four photographs.
Steve can be contacted by email at
linnsculpt@wanadoo.fr
Arthur Hall and Ione Nash
Temptation (Adam and Eve) duet
1967 photograph by WCAU-TV (CBS) staff photographer
(from an 8x8 black and white print: dance_SL01.jpg)
Although the Arthur Hall Collection contains copies of some of these photographs,
they are offset or newspaper reproductions and thus of lesser quality.
Compare above with the reproduction in the
1967 chronology.
Arthur Hall in
Watusi
1967 photograph by WCAU-TV (CBS) staff photographer
(from an 8x10 black and white print: dance_SL03.jpg)
Arthur Hall and Ione Nash
Temptation (Adam and Eve) duet
1967 photograph by WCAU-TV (CBS) staff photographer
Musicians: Rougie Robert Crippen Kenyatta, flute
L to R, top: Farel Johnson, Jerry Golden, Walter Mitchell (Ione Nash's drummer),
Joseph JoJo Williams, John Arnez
Lower center behind Ione Nash: Bobby Artis
(from an 8x8 black and white print: dance_SL04.jpg)
Arthur Hall and Ione Nash
Temptation (Adam and Eve) duet
1967 photograph by WCAU-TV (CBS) staff photographer
(Detail from dance_SL04.jpg)
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