Dance of the Chosen

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Dance of the Chosen

dance by Humphrey

Also known as: “The Shakers”

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Doris Humphrey
Dance of the Chosen (1931; later and better known as The Shakers) added drums, accordions, and incoherent speech to portray the ecstatic nature of the Shakers’ religious fervour. Her trilogy known as New Dance, after the title of the third section, was completed in 1936…
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Dance of the Chosen (1931; later and better known as The Shakers) added drums, accordions, and incoherent speech to portray the ecstatic nature of the Shakers’ religious fervour. Her trilogy known as New Dance, after the title of the third section, was completed in 1936…
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