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| Title | Society Sidelights |
| Description | Review with synopsis of L'Ag'ya |
| Collection | SCRC Text (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) |
| Subcollection | Katherine Dunham Papers |
| Original Publication Source | Spectator |
| Place Written | Joliet, IL |
| Date(s) | [1940s?] |
| Subjects -titles | Ballet Fedre ; L'Ag'ya |
| Subjects -people | Dunham, Katherine |
| Other topics | West Indies |
| Collection ID/Box# | FP20_7_F1DUNHAM_B102_F20_03 |
| Rights Statement | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact the Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Phone: + 1 (618) 453-2516. Email: http://reftrack.lib.siu.edu/reft100.aspx?key=SCRCEmail&cllcid=SCRR |
| Transcript | PECTATOR, JOLIE1
Katherine Dunham, former Jo¬ liet resident, ia still receivingr ex¬ cellent notices for her work with the Ballet Fedre, now running in Chicago aa a part o£ the Federal Theater Project. The engagement, originally scheduled to end on February 3, has been extended to February 13.
"L'Ag'ya" is the Utie of the bal¬ let which Miss Dunham created, using the material obtained dur¬ ing her stay in the West Indiea. She trained the group of colored dancera appearing in it.and danc¬ es the solo part of Loulouse, the girl from Martinique who is won away from her sweetheart by means of witchcraft- High spots in the performance are the scenes in wliich the king of the Zombies gives the "cambois" (or charm) to Julot who usea it to entice Lou¬ louse away from her lover. The dance ends with a magnificently effective fighting dance, Tag'ya, from which the ballet takes iU
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 aco—ate representations of West Ind n scenes and were designed " m lally for this production. |
| Original Format | review |
| Original dimensions (cm.) | 17 x 6 |
| 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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