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| Title | Katherine Dunham and group… |
| Creator | B. and T. |
| Collection | SCRC Text (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) |
| Subcollection | Katherine Dunham Papers |
| Original Publication Source | Chicago Dancer |
| Place Written | Chicago, IL |
| Date(s) | 1940-12 |
| Issue | Dec/Jan |
| Subjects -people | Dunham, Katherine |
| Collection ID/Box# | FP20_7_F1DUNHAM_B102_F06_01 |
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| Transcript | Katherine Dunham and group
The Art Institute presented Katherine Dunham and dance group NoTember 29j JO, Eeoember 1 and 2 at the Goodiran Theatre,
From a theatrical standpoint the program was very stimulating. Costumes, lighting, musio and arrangement of the program were all skillfully executed. The
most successful numbers were the Haitian, Boogie-Woogie, and the Rhumbas, those deriving from the folk. One felt in numbers like the Peruvian and Spanish Tableaux - though pictorially quite beau¬ tiful * perhaps a superficial ap¬ proach. This was never felt in the primitive numbers.
The Ballet BRER RABBIT AND DE TAH BABY was a surprise all the v/ay through, Talley Beatty shone as Brer Rabbit and Miss Dunham's Tah Baby - especially the "Ballin the Jaok^ number - was delightful. The square dance, with Miss Dun- ham calling from a microphone backstage, was utterly swell [
The group as a whole worked with m.uoh enthusiasm and skill. The work of Archie Savage and a Hait¬ ian drummer who was not mentioned on the program was particularly commendable.
And neither we, nor apparently the rest of the audience, will ever forget "Barrelhouse, '^ as effective a piece of "Le Jazz Hot as we've seen,
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| Original dimensions (cm.) | 22 X 9 |
| 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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