Chapter 1

Owning the Lens: Geoffrey Holder and Carl Van Vechten’s Photography Sessions, 1953
– Tess Korobkin

Chapter 2

Painting out of his own history: ‘American’ Influences in Geoffrey Holder’s Creolized Art
– Marsha Pearce

Chapter 3

If Shango was a Woman: Geoffrey Holder and the Black Female Nude, 1965-1980 NEW TITLE TK
– Erica Moiah James

Chapter 4

Haptic Communion. Sensuality and Choreography in Geoffrey Holder’s Dance Paintings and Collages
– Alexandra Thomas and Luke Williams

Interlude 1

Geoffrey Holder: Artist and Collector- A photo essay
– Erica Moiah James

Chapter 5

Geoffrey Holder’s Dougla, Dreams: Repetition, Rhythm, and the Creole Sacred
– Ananya Kabir

Chapter 6

Affair: Eros and Ethnicity in Geoffrey Holder’s Dougla
– Kaneesha Parsard

Chapter 7

The Epitome of Black Self-Regard: Vodou modernity and queer movement in Prodigal Prince
– Alexis White

Chapter 8

It Almost Didn’t Happen: Geoffrey Holder, Black Broadway and The Wiz
– Mora Beauchamp Byrd

Chapter 9

Revisiting Timbuktu!: Geoffrey Holder’s Wedding of Costumes, Choreography, and Black Regality on Broadway
– Lisa Sagallo

Interlude 2

Expressive Awesomeness, Geoffrey Holder’s Costume Designs for the Stage –  Photo essay
– Erica Moiah James

Chapter 10

Chronicles of Carmen in Classic Black: Reframing the “Muse” and Reclaiming the History of Blacks in Ballet and Modern Dance
– Latoya Princess Jackson

Chapter 11

Archiving a Life: Geoffrey Holder and the Work of Making Private Black Archives Accessible
– Anicka Austin

Chapter 12

Teaching Art Diasporically: What Geoffrey Holder Brings to New Approaches to Arts Education
– Indira Bailey

Interlude 3

Geoffrey and Carmen’s Art – Photo Essay
– Leo Holder and Erica Moiah James

Interlude 4

The Holder Archive Holdings – Photo Essay
– Anicka Austin and Erica Moiah James

Afterword

Léo Holder