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Language: en
Pages: 289
Pages: 289
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-23 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
One of the most important dance artists of the twentieth century, dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) created works that thrilled audiences th
Language: en
Pages: 724
Pages: 724
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
This volume is a collection of writings by and about Katherine Dunham, the African American dancer, anthropologist and social activist. It includes articles, he
Language: en
Pages: 324
Pages: 324
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
An internationally known dancer, choreographer, and gifted anthropologist, Katherine Dunham was born to a black American tailor and a well-to-do French Canadian
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-16 - Publisher: Doubleday
Just as surely as Haiti is "possessed" by the gods and spirits of vaudun (voodoo), the island "possessed" Katherine Dunham when she first went there in 1936 to
Language: en
Pages: 110
Pages: 110
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-01 - Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
A biography of Katherine Dunham, emphasizing her childhood, her love of anthropology and dance, and the creation of her unique dance style.