102 Year Old Dancer Sees Herself On Movie Film For 1st Time

[appalachiablue]

Young friends show Alice Barker, a chorus dancer during the Harlem Renaissance films of her from the 1930s, 1940s.

[at140]

1. Does anyone 102 year old can still dance?

If not, I will try to be the first one haha..

[appalachiablue]

2. Go for it, your best shot. We won't laugh

[Skittles]

3. she had quite a history

good reading here:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179271170/alice-barker

[appalachiablue]

4. Very talented and lovely woman, a gift for many years. Thanks.

Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer during the Harlem Renaissance of the the 1930s and 40s. She danced at clubs such as The Apollo, Cotton Club, The Zanzibar Club, and on Broadway—with legends including Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Although she danced in numerous movies, commercials and TV shows, she had never seen any of them, and all of her photographs and memorabilia had been lost over the years.
After years of searching we found three "Soundies" Alice appeared in and were finally able to show them to her — she had never seen herself in motion in her life!

Alice passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016. She spent the last day of her life in good spirits, enjoying listening to music and having her mail read to her.

[applegrove]

5. Sweet.

[Karadeniz]

6. Loved it! I had an aunt who used to dance like that in the forties, I guess, and her sister

Showed us a video of her decades later. She was gorgeous! It's great to see the elderly in their prime.