Research Catalog
Dance and human history
- Title
- Dance and human history [videorecording] / Choreometrics ; researched, designed and edited by Alan Lomax and Forrestine Paulay ; written and produced by Alan Lomax ; University of California Extension Media Center
- Publication
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning ; [199-?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | Use in library | P041 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
- Paulay, Forrestine.
- University of California (System). Extension Media Center.
- University of California (System). Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning.
- Columbia University. Department of Anthropology. Choreometrics Project.
- Columbia University. Bureau of Applied Social Research.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Introduces the work of Alan Lomax and his colleagues in developing choreometrics, a cross-cultural method of studying the relationship of dance style to social structure. Shows how the group, including Forrestine Paulay and Irmgard Bartenieff, analyzed dance films from all over the world and established a connection between patterns of movement and patterns of culture.
- Series Statement
- Movement style and culture ; I
- Movement style and culture series
- Uniform Title
- Movement style & culture ; 1.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Video recordings.
- Note
- The Choreometrics Project is located at the Dept. of Anthropology and the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University.
- Series title on container: Movement style and culture series.
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- OCLC
- ocm28969205
- SCSB-1242522
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library