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[Brief article. Katherine Dunham]
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| Title | [Brief article. Katherine Dunham] |
| Description | Brief article. KD has ballet called L'Ag'ya that has been extended in Chicago. Some description of the ballet. |
| Collection | SCRC Text (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) |
| Subcollection | Katherine Dunham Papers |
| Place Written | [Joliet, IL] |
| Subjects -titles | Ballet Fedre ; L'Ag'ya |
| Subjects -people | Dunham, Katherine |
| Other topics | Federal Theater Project |
| Collection ID/Box# | FP20_7_F1DUNHAM_B102_F06_03 |
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| Transcript | Katherine Dunham, former Joliet resident, ia still receiving cellent notices for her work with the Ballet Fedre, now runnmg Chicago as a part of the Federal Theater Project. The engagement, originally scheduled to end , February 3, has been extended to February 13.
"L'Ag'ya" is the title of the bal¬ let wliich Miss Dunham created;" using the material obtained dur- mg her stay in the West Indiea. She trained the group of colored dancers appearing in it and danc¬ es the soio part of Loulouse, the girl from Martinique who ia won away from her sweetheart by means of witchcraft. High spots In the performance are the scenes in which the king of the Zombies gives the "cambois" (or charm) to Julot who uses it to enUce Ij u- louse away from her ]over. The dance ends with a magnificently effecUve fighting dance, rag'ya, from which the baUet takes Its
The original music written for Miss Dunham's work incorporates the primitive drum-beat rhythms used by the natives of Martinique and adds to the authenticity of the colorful costumes. Settings are accurate representations of West Indian jscenes and were designed especially for this producOon. I |
| Original Format | article |
| 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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