Visceral Data for Dance Histories: Katherine Dunham’s People, Places, and Pieces Open Access logo PLoS transparent

TDR, Volume 66, Issue 1, March 2022, pp. 37 - 61 DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1054204321000708
Winner of the 2022 Gertrude Lippincott Award for Best English-Language Article in Dance Studies

Full text: Visceral Data for Dance Histories: Katherine Dunham’s People, Places, and Pieces
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Datasets are Research
“Checking In”: The Flows of Dunham’s Performers
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Related Visualizations
Interactive Flow of Katherine Dunham’s Dancers, Drummers, and Singers: “Check-Ins” 1947-60
Interactive Network of Dunham Company Repertory: Shows, Containers, Pieces, and Dances-in-Dances
Interactive Timeline of Katherine Dunham’s Travel, 1937-62
Interactive Timeline of Katherine Dunham’s Travel, 1947-60
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Company Makeup by Performer Passport Nationality over Time, 1947-60
Detail of “Plantation Dances” from Dunham Company Repertory
Dunham Company Repertory: Shows, Containers, Pieces, and Dances-in-Dances. Static version.
Performer Cohorts, 1947-60
Performer “Check-Ins,” 1947-60 (189 performers)
Select Performer First Check-Ins, by Country and Passport Nationality, 1947-60
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