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Poster for Dance and Human History

Dance and Human History

1974 40 min English

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.

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Alan Lomax Director

United States release January 1, 1974

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United States · January 1, 1974

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