Katherine Dunham on the Circle of Energy moving image access reformatted digital adultIn this series of clips recorded in September 2002, Katherine Dunham speaks about her influence on American dance; dance anthropology; her anthropological films; Shango; L’Ag’Ya; the Mazouk from L’Ag’Ya; the need for a Dunham Technique; breathing in Dunham Technique; the circle of energy; the concept of the “pole through the body” in Dunham Technique; the hand in Dunham Technique; the position of the arm in Dunham Technique; and the use of the foot in Dunham Technique.Vicky Risner, Executive Producer; Terry Carter, Producer/Director; Beate Glatved, Assistant to the Producer; Thomas Hurwitz, Director of Photography with funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to the Library of Congress for the documentation of Katherine Dunham’s dance technique. Ballet dancing Study and teaching Dunham, Katherine Interviews Dunham, Katherine Teachings Dancers Interviews Dance teachers Interviews Choreographers Interviews dunhamdunham_interviewdunham_techniqueIHASIHASIHAS Katherine Dunham Collection (Library of Congress) KD Intv 1of320000384715952 DLC IHAS 040927 loc.natlib.ihas.200003847