"Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder": Part One (02:18)

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Leon Bibb sings while dancers evoke life on a chain gang. Watch an excerpt of the performance.

"Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder": Part Two (03:34)

Bibb sings "Early in the Morning" while dancers evoke life on a chain gang. Watch an excerpt of the performance.

"Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder": Part Three (03:29)

A female performer dances a solo to "Dink's Song—" also known as "Fare Thee Well."

"Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder": Part Four (07:30)

Dancers evoke life on the chain game. Hear "Goin' Home." A female dancer and a male dancer perform a pas de deux.

"Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder": Part Five (01:29)

Dancers evoke life on a chain gang. Hear "Take this Hammer" plays.

"Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder": Part Six (03:22)

Dancers evoke life on a chain gang; hear "Another Man Done Gone." Bibb sings "Look Over Yonder."(Credits)

"They Call Her Moses": Part One (02:21)

Performers sing a hymnal. Born a slave, Harriet Tubman led more than 300 slaves to freedom before the Civil War erupted. Some songs of the Underground Railroad possessed coded directions. (Credits)

"They Call Her Moses": Part Two (01:52)

Tubman's character sings "Go Down Moses" while a dancer performs a solo. Miriam Burton portrays the protagonist.

"They Call Her Moses": Part Three (06:02)

Dancers perform to "Follow the Drinking Gourd." The dance is dedicated to Tubman's childhood in slavery.

"They Call Her Moses": Part Four (02:07)

Dancers perform an excerpt. Jacqueline Walcott portrays Tubman.

"They Call Her Moses": Part Five (03:48)

A dancer pats juba, a form of making music in the 19th century.

"They Call Her Moses": Part Six (03:12)

Dancers perform to "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and "Wade in the Water." Jacqueline Walcott portrays Tubman.

"They Call Her Moses": Part Seven (02:10)

Dancers perform a pas de deux.

"They Call Her Moses": Part Eight (05:13)

Walcott performs a solo to "Been in the Storm so Long." The ensemble dances the finale.

Credits: Choreographer Donald McKayle: They Called Her Moses (00:48)

Credits: Choreographer Donald McKayle: They Called Her Moses