Katherine Dunham on her influence on American dance [video recording]

Title

Katherine Dunham on her influence on American dance

Type of Material

moving image

Collection

Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress)

Subjects

Dunham, Katherine--Interviews

Dunham, Katherine--Teachings

Dancers--Interviews

Dance teachers--Interviews

Choreographers--Interviews

Dunham Technique

Content

In a series of clips recorded in September 2002, Katherine Dunham speaks about her influence on American dance; dance anthropology; her anthropological films; Shango; L’Ag’Ya; the Mazouk from L’Ag’Ya; the need for a Dunham Technique; breathing in Dunham Technique; the circle of energy; the concept of the “pole through the body” in Dunham Technique; the hand in Dunham Technique; the position of the arm in Dunham Technique; and the use of the foot in Dunham Technique.

Funding

Vicky Risner, Executive Producer; Terry Carter, Producer/Director; Beate Glatved, Assistant to the Producer; Thomas Hurwitz, Director of Photography with funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to the Library of Congress for the documentation of Katherine Dunham’s dance technique.

Videorecording identifier

KD Intv 1of3

Last Updated: 09-27-2004