Notes on Dunham's Work
L'Ag'Ya. Katherine Dunham in the ballet "L'Ag'Ya", which premiered in 1938. Courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. Katherine Dunham's first full-length ballet debuted at the Federal Theater in Chicago on 27 January 1938. It was inspired by an event during her Caribbean field trip in 1935-1936 when she witnessed and filmed the ag'ya, the fighting dance of Martinique. Dunham herself devised the...
A Life in Dance & The Katherine Dunham Legacy Project
Articles describing the significance of Katherine Dunhams works, her legacy, and the mission of the Foundation, which was established in 1996 whos goal is to improve the quality of people's lives by nurturing the arts.