Multimedia Guide to Katherine Dunham
Below you'll find videos, audio, pictures and articles about dancer, choreographer, anthropologist and activist Katherine Dunham (1909–2006). The wealth of online content about her career and contributions -- especially the large video and photo collections -- is truly stunning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Bios and Profiles
BIOS AND PROFILES
- Katherine Dunham a Living Legacy - comprehensive overview from Missouri Historical Society’s History Museum .
- "One-Woman Revolution Katherine Dunham," by Wendy Perron, Dance Magazine (2000) .
- "Bio on PBS Free to Dance ."
- Bio in Soaring Steps reprinted from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History .
- Compilations of bios on Answers.com .
- Bio in The Black Collegian by Kim Gaines .
- Bio with pictures in The History Makers .
- Bio on Kennedy Center .
- Bio on Wikipedia .
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
- "Thesis Turned Broadway," by Katherine Dunham, first published in Mademoiselle in 1945 .
I believe that the following two articles from Time magazine are racist. I included them so that readers could see for themselves how the mainstream media of the 1940s wrote about Katherine Dunham as both a dancer and cultural anthropologist:
- "Anthropology, Hot" (1940) Time magazine .
- "Doctor of Culture" (1945) Time magazine .
- "Alvin Ailey Company Salutes Dunham," Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times (1987) .
- "Haiti dances to a different drummer: a country in turmoil turns to ancient folk religion, with rich results for dance," by Elizabeth Barad in Dance Magazine (1994) .
- "Dunham Legacy Stands at Risk," by Paul Ben-Itzak, Dance Magazine (1995) .
- "Grant Money Goes To Perpetuate Katherine Dunham's Work - American dancer," by Shayna Samuels, Dance Magazine (2001) .
IN MEMORY OF...
- "Due Unto Dunham: Extending the legacy of dance ancestor Katherine Dunham, 1909–2006," by Thomas F. DeFrantz, Village Voice .
- "Katherine Dunham -- Pioneer of Black Modern Dance," by Mark Feeney, Boston Globe, reprinted in San Francisco Chronicle .
- "Dancer Katherine Dunham Dies at 96," Associated Press story on AOL .
- "Katherine Dunham, Dance Pioneer, Dies at 96," by Ben Mattison, Playbill Arts .
- "Katherine Dunham, Dance Pioneer, Dies at 96," by Jack Anderson, New York Times .
- "How Katherine Dunham Revealed Black Dance to the World," by Jennifer Dunning, New York Times .
- "Dancer Katherine Dunham; Formed Black Ballet Troupe," by Adam Bernstein, Washington Post .
- "Katherine Dunham: African-American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, writer, activist and voodoo priestess," by Sally Sommer, The Guardian .
- "Attitudes," by Clive Barnes, in Dance Magazine, reprinted on The Free Library .
- "Guest Book for Katherine Dunham" on Legacy.com .
RESOURCES
- Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities .
- Film and TV credits on Internet Movie Database (IMBb) .
- Quotes from Katherine Dunham on BrainyQuote .
VIDEOS
- Videos from the Katherine Dunham Collection at the Library of Congress (63 videos) .
- "Katherine Dunham: Chicago's Dance Pioneer " documentary on Museum of Broadcast Communications channel on BrightCove:
- Dance critic and historian Suzanne Carbonneau talks about dance pioneer Katherine Dunham. Watch video or click below:
- Katherine Dunham - brief introduction :
- Katherine Dunham school project with voice over slides followed by video tribute excerpts :
- Katherine Dunham on "Shango" :
- Ag'ya Danmye Ladja Compilation :
- "Harry Belafonte and Julie Belafonte visit Katherine Dunham in East St. Louis 2000. "
- "Katherine Dunham's daughter, Marie Christine Dunham-Pratt, joins her on the 29th day of her history-making hunger strike, 1992. " Dunham was protesting the US policy of repatriating Haitian refugees.
- Video tribute to Katherine Dunham on June 22, 2006 at the Missouri Historical Society . (Scroll part way down page).
- Katherine Dunham in a clip from "Tropics and Le Jazz Hot" on Great Performances: Free to Dance - (Scroll down page to "1940").
- Young dance fan, David Harris, describes impact that Katherine Dunham had on Alvin Ailey while encouraging other children to read a book about Ailey - from PBS Kids .
AUDIO
- "Modern Dancer" NPR (2002) .
- "Katherine Dunham NPR (2002) .
- "Dance Pioneer Katherine Dunham Remembered" on Voice of America (2006) .
- The life and legacy of Katherine Dunham on St Louis - NPR (2006) .
- "Katherine Dunham Helped Teach the World to Dance" NPR (2006) .
- "Recalling Choreographer and Activist Dunham" NPR (2006) .
- "Dancer, Activist Katherine Dunham Dies" NPR (2006) .
PHOTOS
- Katherine Dunham photos from the New York Public Library Digital Gallery (40 photos) .
- Photographs from the Katherine Dunham Collection at the Library of Congress (37 photos) .
- Many photos included in "Katherine Dunham's Living Legacy" from the Missouri Historical Society’s History Museum .
- Remembering the Life and Art of Katherine Dunham" photo gallery on Black Voices on AOL (7 photos) .
- Katherine Dunham photos and images on Google Image Search .
- Katherine Dunham photos and images on Yahoo Image Search .
- Katherine Dunham photos and images on Live Search Images .
EXTENDED BOOK EXCERPTS ON GOOGLE BOOK SEARCH
- "Island Possessed" By Katherine Dunham [Extended Excerpt - - Summary ].
- "A Touch of Innocence: A Memoir of Childhood" By Katherine Dunham [Extended Excerpt - - Summary ]. A review of "A Touch of Innocence" in Time (1959) .
- "Katherine Dunham: Dancing a Life," by Joyce Aschenbrenner [Extended Excerpt - - Summary ].
Posted by Doug Fox on February 5, 2007 6:30 AM
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