Dance anthropology and the impact of 1930s Haiti on Katherine Dunham's scientific and artistic consciousness

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Dance anthropology and the impact of 1930s Haiti on Katherine Dunham's scientific and artistic consciousness

Katherine Dunham (1909-2006) was one of the most critically and commercially successful dancers of the twentieth century. She established and ran the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the earliest self-supporting predominantly black dance company and one of the first modern dance troupes to achieve in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Durkin, Hannah
Format:	Article
Published:	Intellect Journals 2011
Subjects:	Haiti Katherine Dunham anthropological inquiry dance intercultural exchange participant observation
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30951/

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