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Additional authors

1. Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
2. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (44 min.) : si., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Compilation of travel and dance footage principally of the Caribbean island of Martinique (first 39 min.), followed by dance footage filmed in Jamaica. The footage of Martinique begins with views of its landscape and people, its capital city of Fort de France, and the towns of Ste.-Pierre and La Vauclin. A funeral procession is the focal point of one segment. The dance footage begins at ca. 19 min. into the tape and includes scenes of combat dances, among them the ag'ya that inspired Katherine Dunham's choreographic work of the same name, as well as other dances by solo performers (men, women, and children) and couples, including the biguine or béguine. The dance footage from Jamaica, filmed in its capital, Kingston, begins at ca. 40 min. into the tape, and includes scenes from a public dance-hall and a dance called the shay-shay.

Series statement

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Subject

1. Dance, Black > Martinique
2. Biguine (Dance)
3. Dance > Jamaica
4. Dance, Black > Jamaica
5. Video
6. Jamaica
7. Combat dances
8. Martinique
9. Dance > Martinique

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5441

Note

1. Originally filmed on 16mm ; film preserved and transferred to videotape by the Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in 2002.

Event (note)

1. Filmed in Martinique and Jamaica in 1936.

Title

1. Martinique-Jamaica, 1936 [videorecording] / [presented by] the Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.

Imprint

1. 1936.

Series

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Event

1. Filmed in Martinique and Jamaica in 1936.

Local subject

1. Combat dances.

Added author

1. Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
2. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5441
2. *MGZHB 12-2687 Additional copy ; 1 film reel (1267 ft.) 16mm. This print is stored for preservation and not available for viewing. Use *MGZIA 4-5441 instead.