Native Dance Research Articles

Films of Dance, Part 3: Australian Aboriginal Dance Films

Films of Dance, Part 3: Australian Aboriginal Dance Films

Africa Dances

MR. GORER has written a bright and entertaining account of a tour through all the French colonies of West Africa in the unconventional style which is fast becoming a convention. His object was to obtain a record of genuine native dances; and for this the companionship of a West African dancer, whom he met in Paris, gave him exceptional facilities. His descriptions of dances are full, though, of course, not technically adequate nor intended to serve for reproduction. A secondary interest, which some perhaps will think primary, is that as his intimate contacts were with the native rather than the official, his view of French methods of administration is taken at an unusual angle. His verdict is not nattering; and although he is not impressed favourably by the British, whom indeed he cordially dislikes, he contrasts the bearing and character of the Gold Coast native under British administration with that of the population of the French colonies very much to the advantage of the former. He attributes the difference almost entirely to the divergence in spirit and method of the two systems.

69. Note on Native Dance in the Admiralty Islands

69. Note on Native Dance in the Admiralty Islands