Notes on Dunham's Work
L'Ag'Ya . Katherine Dunham in the ballet "L'Ag'Ya", which premiered in 1938. Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. Katherine Dunham's first full-length ballet debuted at the Federal Theater in Chicago on 27 January 1938. It was inspired by an event during her Caribbean field trip in 1935-1936 when she witnessed and filmed the ag'ya, the fighting dance of Martinique. Dunham herself devised…
Katherine Dunham: A Life in Dance
Katherine Dunham in a 1952 photograph of "Floyd's Guitar Blues." Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Although long recognized as a major force in American dance, Katherine Dunham is less a household name than some of her contemporaries such as Martha Graham or George Balanchine. Nonetheless, her creative influence is just as profound. In addition to her theatrical…
Collecting a Career: The Katherine Dunham Legacy Project
Katherine Dunham in "Tropical Revue" (1943), at New York's Martin Beck Theatre; Valenti, Alfredo, photographer. In the last fifteen years, the Library of Congress has become increasingly involved in documenting the efforts of innovators in the field of dance and collecting dance-related materials. In December 2000, the Library's Music Division was awarded a grant for $1 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to…
Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) A chronology of key events in the life of Katherine Dunham (1909-2006).
Notes on Dunham's Work L'Ag'Ya . Katherine Dunham in the ballet "L'Ag'Ya", which premiered in 1938. Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. Katherine Dunham's first full-length ballet debuted at the Federal Theater in Chicago on 27 January 1938. It was inspired by an event during her Caribbean field trip in 1935-1936 when she witnessed and filmed the ag'ya, the fighting dance of Martinique. Dunham herself devised…
Katherine Dunham: A Life in Dance Katherine Dunham in a 1952 photograph of "Floyd's Guitar Blues." Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Although long recognized as a major force in American dance, Katherine Dunham is less a household name than some of her contemporaries such as Martha Graham or George Balanchine. Nonetheless, her creative influence is just as profound. In addition to her theatrical…
Collecting a Career: The Katherine Dunham Legacy Project Katherine Dunham in "Tropical Revue" (1943), at New York's Martin Beck Theatre; Valenti, Alfredo, photographer. In the last fifteen years, the Library of Congress has become increasingly involved in documenting the efforts of innovators in the field of dance and collecting dance-related materials. In December 2000, the Library's Music Division was awarded a grant for $1 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to…