Humphrey's legacy: loss and recall

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Preserving and reconstructing the choreography of Doris Humphrey will be difficult, even though many sources exist to aid preservation, ranging from the dance notation known as Labanotation, to film and video of past performances, written descriptions of the dance and the memories of dancers who have performed it. Reconstruction will probably never be exact, but that is not a tragedy because dance should evolve, should speak to different audiences. Doris Humphrey's work deserves preservation both for its own sake and as a source of inspiration for other choreographers.

Personalities, Dancing, Humphrey, Doris

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Tamiris and the Federal Dance Theatre 1936-1939: socially relevant dance amidst the policies and politics of the New Deal era

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The modern dancer Helen Tamiris played an important part in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Dance Theatre. Tamaris helped develop and produce dance pieces for the public that addressed problems common to everyone. Tamiris left her own dance company and school to devote herself to this effort. Congress, perceiving the organization as filled with Communists, ended the program after four years. Tamiris's association with the program affected her professional reputation.

Political activity, Political aspects, Biography, United States. Works Progress Administration, Government aid to the performing arts, Federal aid to dance, Tamiris, Helen

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Participatory and presentational dance as ethnochoreological categories

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Traditional dances can be classified according to the amount of community involvement and preparation in the activity. Participatory dances are performed as part of community events, while presentational dances are prepared for performance on a stage or presentation area. An analysis of the movements used for the Ukrainian kolomyika, which can be performed in both the participatory and presentational contexts, is presented. The movements are recorded in Labanotation.

Analysis

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