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Shango
Katherine Dunham , James Carlès
Mourner’s bench
James Carlès , Talley Beatty
Transmission de Ostrich
James Carlès , Asadata Dafora
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Ostrich [extract 2]
James Carlès , Asadata Dafora
Barrel House Blues – Rehearsal
Katherine Dunham , Cleo Parker Robinson , James Carlès
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The Wedding [extract 1]
Pearl Primus , James Carlès
Dear Lord Extract 2
Rick Odums
Tam Tam
James Carlès , Féral Benga
Oh Lord
James Carlès , Géraldine Armstrong
Dear Lord
Rick Odums
Lobo
Vendetta Mathéa
Mourner’s bench
James Carlès , Talley Beatty
Shango
Katherine Dunham , James Carlès
Barrel House Blues
Katherine Dunham , Cleo Parker Robinson
Ostrich
James Carlès , Asadata Dafora
Barrel House Blues
One of the first artistic fusions vernacular, mixing ideas and modern dance, “Barrel House Blues” was a shock then – and especially an engine, which enchanted the public and disconcerted criticisms.
A solitary old woman entered a bar of Chicago, meets an young man and fantasizes. Slowness of the dredger, the bodies approach, basin against basin, they knock…. One of the first artistic fusions vernacular, mixing ideas and modern dance, “Barrel House Blues” was a shock then – and especially an engine, which enchanted the public and disconcerted criticisms.
CREDITSTrioCreation: 1938Choreographer: Katherine DunhamReconstruction according to the Laban partition: Sylvie DuchesneCoaching: Cléo Parker RobinsonSupervision: Marie-Christine Dunham-PrattDuration: 8 minMusic: Jess Stacy
