Pas de Deux from "L'Ag'Ya" [video recording]

Title

Pas de Deux from "L'Ag'Ya"

Type of Material

moving image

Collection

Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)

Subject

Ballets--Excerpts

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); and Havana 1910 (4 minutes), title also given as Promenade—Havana 1910.

Performer

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

Videorecording identifier

VXD8788

Updated

10-07-2004

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