Modernism on the world stage

• Main Authors: Kastleman, Rebecca, Riordan, Kevin, Warden, Claire
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Language; Modernism; Performance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143776
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In 1954, Maya Angelou performed in a production of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess that toured through Italy. This United States-sponsored initiative brought African American performance to European stages in an effort to combat Soviet propaganda about American racism.