Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dunham, Katherine
2. Jones, James Earl
3. Davis, Norman
4. Bennett, Doris
5. Reynolds, Pearl
6. Lastarria, Emilio
7. Aikens, Vanoye
8. Van Scott, Glory
9. Brown, Ed
10. Jones, John, 1937-
11. Anderson, Paquita.
12. Auric, Georges, 1899-1983.
13. Pratt, John, 1912?-1986.
14. Brockway, Merrill.
15. Tatge, Catherine.
16. Berenbeim, Glenn.
17. Holmes, Ralph
18. Katherine Dunham Company.
19. Southern Illinois University (East Saint Louis). Performing Arts Training Center.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of WNET/13, New York.

Subject

1. Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Haiti
2. Voodoo dancing
3. Dance, Black > Haiti
4. Dunham, Katherine > Interviews
5. Katherine Dunham Company
6. Television > Divine drumbeats: Katherine Dunham
7. Video
8. Interviews
9. Television > Dance in America
10. Dance > Haiti
11. Vodou > Haiti
12. Rites de passage (Choreographic work : Dunham)
13. Television > Rites de passage

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Interviews.

Contents

1. Portions of a traditional Haitian Vaudon (Voodoo) ceremony presented at various points in the program -- Katherine Dunham interviewed about her life and work -- Film footage from Carnival of rhythm (1939) and from several 1940's films, including Stormy weather -- Haitian history and culture, as they relate to dance, briefly discussed and illustrated with film clips of the country and people -- Taped sequences of classes at Southern Illinois University's Performing Arts Training Center in East Saint Louis -- Rites de passage / choreography, Katherine Dunham; music, Paquita Anderson, Georges Auric, and Katherine Dunham; costumes, John Pratt; performed by members of the Dunham Company: Part 1, Fertility, danced by Norman Davis (the young man), Doris Bennett (the young woman), Pearl Reynolds (the matriarch); Part 2, Puberty, danced by Emilio Lastarria (the boy initiate), Vanoye Aikens (the warrior chief); Part 3, Death, danced by Glory van Scott (the queen), Vanoye Aikens (the consort), John Jones (the herald), Ed Brown (the witch doctor), Emilio Lastarria (Death); with Barbara Wright Craig, Lesa Huston, Perry Moore, Andrea Smythe, Lynn Sterling, Charles La Vont Williams, and Camille Yarbrough.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5480

Credits (note)

1. Lighting and art director, Ralph Holmes; writer: Glenn Berenbeim.

Performer (note)

1. Narrator: James Earl Jones.

Event (note)

1. Telecast on WNET-TV's Dance in America series on April 16, 1980. Filmed on location in Haiti and Nashville.

System details (note)

1. DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Title

1. Divine drumbeats [videorecording] : Katherine Dunham and her people / WNET/Thirteen ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; produced by Merrill Brockway and Catherine Tatge.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : WNET, 1980.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Event

1. Telecast on WNET-TV's Dance in America series on April 16, 1980. Filmed on location in Haiti and Nashville.

Credits

1. Lighting and art director, Ralph Holmes; writer: Glenn Berenbeim.

Performer

1. Narrator: James Earl Jones.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-155.

Local subject

1. Television. Dance in America.
2. Television. Divine drumbeats: Katherine Dunham.
3. Television. Rites de passage.
4. Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Haiti.

Local subject

1. Voodoo dancing.

Added author

1. Dunham, Katherine, choreographer, dancer. Interviewee
2. Jones, James Earl, narrator.
3. Davis, Norman, dancer.
4. Bennett, Doris, dancer.
5. Reynolds, Pearl, dancer.
6. Lastarria, Emilio, dancer.
7. Aikens, Vanoye, dancer.
8. Van Scott, Glory, dancer.
9. Brown, Ed, dancer.
10. Jones, John, 1937- dancer.
11. Anderson, Paquita. Composer
12. Auric, Georges, 1899-1983. Composer
13. Pratt, John, 1912?-1986. Designer
14. Brockway, Merrill. Director
15. Brockway, Merrill. Producer
16. Tatge, Catherine. Producer
17. Berenbeim, Glenn. Author
18. Holmes, Ralph, set designer.
19. Holmes, Ralph, lighting designer.
20. Katherine Dunham Company.
21. Southern Illinois University (East Saint Louis). Performing Arts Training Center.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5480