Research Catalog

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Additional authors

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

Description

1. 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Excerpts from dance classes taught by Emilio Lastarria, a member of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. The segments were probably filmed in more than one class, and do not follow the usual class sequence. Most of the segments depict floor progressions accompanied by drumming, although there are also brief excerpts of exercises at the barre and standing in the center.

Series statement

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Subject

1. Dance
2. Video
3. Modern dance > Study and teaching > United States
4. Modern dance > Technique > Dunham

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5358

Note

1. Originally filmed on Super 8mm ; 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 at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976.

Title

1. Emilio Lastarria teaching class [videorecording] / [presented by] the Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.

Imprint

1. 1976.

Series

1. Katherine Dunham Centers Collection

Event

1. Filmed at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976.

Local subject

1. Modern dance -- Technique -- Dunham.

Added author

1. Lastarria, Emilio, dancer.
2. Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities.
3. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5358