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Divine drumbeats Katherine Dunham and her people
- Title
- Divine drumbeats [videorecording] : Katherine Dunham and her people / WNET/Thirteen ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; produced by Merrill Brockway and Catherine Tatge.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : WNET, 1980.
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- Additional Authors
- Dunham, Katherine
- Jones, James Earl
- Davis, Norman
- Bennett, Doris
- Reynolds, Pearl
- Lastarria, Emilio
- Aikens, Vanoye
- Van Scott, Glory
- Brown, Ed
- Jones, John, 1937-
- Anderson, Paquita.
- Auric, Georges, 1899-1983.
- Pratt, John, 1912?-1986.
- Brockway, Merrill.
- Tatge, Catherine.
- Berenbeim, Glenn.
- Holmes, Ralph
- Katherine Dunham Company.
- Southern Illinois University (East Saint Louis). Performing Arts Training Center.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of WNET/13, New York.
- Subjects
- Dance
- Dance, Black > Haiti
- Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Haiti
- Video
- Vodou > Haiti
- Interviews
- Katherine Dunham Company
- Television > Divine drumbeats: Katherine Dunham
- Voodoo dancing
- Dance > Haiti
- Rites de passage (Choreographic work : Dunham)
- Television > Dance in America
- Dunham, Katherine > Interviews
- Television > Rites de passage
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Interviews.
- Credits (note)
- Lighting and art director, Ralph Holmes; writer: Glenn Berenbeim.
- Performer (note)
- Narrator: James Earl Jones.
- Event (note)
- Telecast on WNET-TV's Dance in America series on April 16, 1980. Filmed on location in Haiti and Nashville.
- System Details (note)
- DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.
- Contents
- Portions of a traditional Haitian Vaudon (Voodoo) ceremony presented at various points in the program -- Katherine Dunham interviewed about her life and work -- Film footage from Carnival of rhythm (1939) and from several 1940's films, including Stormy weather -- Haitian history and culture, as they relate to dance, briefly discussed and illustrated with film clips of the country and people -- Taped sequences of classes at Southern Illinois University's Performing Arts Training Center in East Saint Louis -- Rites de passage / choreography, Katherine Dunham; music, Paquita Anderson, Georges Auric, and Katherine Dunham; costumes, John Pratt; performed by members of the Dunham Company: Part 1, Fertility, danced by Norman Davis (the young man), Doris Bennett (the young woman), Pearl Reynolds (the matriarch); Part 2, Puberty, danced by Emilio Lastarria (the boy initiate), Vanoye Aikens (the warrior chief); Part 3, Death, danced by Glory van Scott (the queen), Vanoye Aikens (the consort), John Jones (the herald), Ed Brown (the witch doctor), Emilio Lastarria (Death); with Barbara Wright Craig, Lesa Huston, Perry Moore, Andrea Smythe, Lynn Sterling, Charles La Vont Williams, and Camille Yarbrough.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-5480
- OCLC
- NYPY807046986-F
- Title
- Divine drumbeats [videorecording] : Katherine Dunham and her people / WNET/Thirteen ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; produced by Merrill Brockway and Catherine Tatge.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : WNET, 1980.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- System Details
- DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.
- Event
- Telecast on WNET-TV's Dance in America series on April 16, 1980. Filmed on location in Haiti and Nashville.
- Credits
- Lighting and art director, Ralph Holmes; writer: Glenn Berenbeim.
- Performer
- Narrator: James Earl Jones.
- Local Note
- Former call number: *MGZIC 9-155.
- Local Subject
- Television. Dance in America.Television. Divine drumbeats: Katherine Dunham.Television. Rites de passage.Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Haiti.
- Local Subject
- Voodoo dancing.
- Added Author
- Dunham, Katherine, choreographer, dancer. IntervieweeJones, James Earl, narrator.Davis, Norman, dancer.Bennett, Doris, dancer.Reynolds, Pearl, dancer.Lastarria, Emilio, dancer.Aikens, Vanoye, dancer.Van Scott, Glory, dancer.Brown, Ed, dancer.Jones, John, 1937- dancer.Anderson, Paquita. ComposerAuric, Georges, 1899-1983. ComposerPratt, John, 1912?-1986. DesignerBrockway, Merrill. DirectorBrockway, Merrill. ProducerTatge, Catherine. ProducerBerenbeim, Glenn. AuthorHolmes, Ralph, set designer.Holmes, Ralph, lighting designer.Katherine Dunham Company.Southern Illinois University (East Saint Louis). Performing Arts Training Center.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-5480