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Katherine Dunham Torrid in Dances at American

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@ Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Monk, Herbert L

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Monk takes an excited but mildly-derisive skeptical tone about the opening night performance. He begins and ends the article by saying that Dunham and company are “the ultimate in terpsichorean warmth”. Reports standing room only at the performance. Describes the audience as including “more members of Miss Dunham's own race than usually attend the theater” and says that it received her with “unrestrained enthusiasm” and “vociferous” applause. ...
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