Dunham, Katherine
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Dunham, Katherine
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Dunham, Katherine, 1909-2006
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Dunham, Katherine ca. 1910-2006
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Dunham, Katherine ca. 1910-2006
Dunham, Katherine, 1912-2006
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Dunham, Katherine, 1912-2006
Pratt, Mary Katherine Dunham 1909-2006
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Pratt, Mary Katherine Dunham 1909-2006
Dunn, Kaye ca. 1910-2006
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Dunn, Kaye ca. 1910-2006
Dunham, Catherine 1909-2006
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Dunham, Catherine 1909-2006
Dunn, Kaye
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Dunn, Kaye
Dunham, Mary Katherine
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Dunham, Mary Katherine
Pratt, Mary Katherine Dunham
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Pratt, Mary Katherine Dunham
Dunham, Mary Katherine 1909-2006
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Dunham, Mary Katherine 1909-2006
Dunn, Kaye 1909-2006
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Dunn, Kaye 1909-2006
Pratt, John T. Mrs
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Dunham, Catherine
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Dunham, Katherine Mary
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Dancer, choreographer.
Katherine Dunham, an anthropologist-dancer-choreographer was famous for her work with cultural dance. From 1935-1936 she conducted her master's thesis research in Jamaica and Haiti analyzing native dances. Dunham spent much of the 1940's working with her dance company, The Dunham Company (which for a time included Eartha Kitt) in Hollywood choreographing and dancing in: Pardon My Sarong (Universal, 1942), Carnival of Rhythm (Warner Brothers, 1941), Stormy Weather (20th Century Fox, 1943), Star Spangled Rhythm (Paramount, 1942), Casbah (Universal, 1948), and Green Mansions (Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1959). Her publications include articles "La Boule Blanche" and "L'Ag'Ya of Martinique", Journey to Accompong (1946), Las Danzas de Haiti (1947), A Touch of Innocence (see Correspondence; 1955, Dec. 9; Dunham to Margo Johnson), The Dances of Haiti (in Spanish and French), and Journey to Accompong (1972). She came to Southern Illinois University in 1964 spending eleven weeks as artist-in-residence. She was instrumental in Southern Illinois University's proposal to establish a dance institute in Senegal and returned as the visiting artist in the Fine Arts Division at the Edwardsville campus.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/100247116
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79043983
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79043983
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q272637
http://cbw.iath.virginia.edu/women_display.php?id=21097
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Subjects
African American dance
Choreographers
Choreography
Dance
Dancers
Dancers
Folk music
Irish literature
Modern dance
Voodooism
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Americans
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Choreographer
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Caribbean Area
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Haiti
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United States
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