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| Title | She's Got Haitian Rhythm |
| Description | Brief article about Dunham background as interpreter of Haitian folk dancing. Dance recital at the Goodman enthusiastically received by critics, recent ballet Fedre at the Great Northern; Studies in Haiti voodoo and dance rhythms; Lives on the south side. Authority on the Haitian period when Henri Christophe was its black emperor. |
| Collection | SCRC Text (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) |
| Subcollection | Katherine Dunham Papers |
| Original Publication Source | Chicago Daily News |
| Place Written | Chicago, IL |
| Date(s) | 1939-11-18 |
| Subjects -titles | Ballet Fedre |
| Subjects -people | Dunham, Katherine |
| Collection ID/Box# | FP20_7_F1DUNHAM_B102_F05_02 |
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| Transcript | She'i Got Haitian Rhythm,
A dark eyed, pale-skinned girl wearing black and | a East Indian scarf seen leaving a concert ;cent evening turned out, upon inquiry, Katherine Dunham, interpreter of Haitian folk || dancing. One of the most important and aggres. live artistic geniuses of Chicago, dance enthusiasms md critics call Miss Dunham, who is of the Negro ! ace. Not content with studying here, she Haiti to make a comprehensive sttidy of voodoo and the dance rhythms of the black race. Her dance rerital at the Goodman a year ago was enthusias¬ tically received by critics, and her recent ballet, "Fedr§, " at the Great Northern drew the dance I tans of the city. Miss Dunham lives on the soutli j side, and is an authority on the Haitian period when Henri Christophe was its black e |
| Original Format | article |
| Original dimensions (cm.) | 7 X 8 |
| Digital Object Type | Image |
| Digital File Format | .tif |
| Digital File Publisher | Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. |
| Language | English |
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