Mazouk from "L'Ag'Ya" [video recording]

Title

Mazouk from "L'Ag'Ya"

Type of Material

moving image

Subjects

L'Ag'Ya

Ballets--Excerpts

Contents note

Originally recorded on 16mm at various performances between 1943-1944, the film contains sections of Dunham works Tropics (6 minutes), with Miss Dunham as the Woman with the Cigar; Son (2 minutes); Rara tonga (4 minutes); Rhumba Jive (2 minutes), title also given as Rumba with a Little Jive Mixed In); Choros #1 (2 minutes); Batacuda (1 minute); Bolero (1 minute); L’Ag’Ya (10 minutes) Market Scene, Pas de Deux, Zombie Scene, Mazouk, Beguine, Charm Dance, and Ag’ya Fight); Barrelhouse (2 minutes), recorded in 1941; Flaming Youth (3 minutes); Cakewalk (2 minutes); and Havana 1910 (4 minutes), title also given as Promenade—Havana 1910.

Note(s)

Performed by the Katherine Dunham Company, cast led by Katherine Dunham as Loulouse.

Videorecording identifier

VXD8788

Collection

Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)

Last Updated: 09-27-2004