"Funded by grants to Columbia University from the National Science Foundation and The Menil Foundation. Additional support: The National Endowment for the Humanities; The Rockefeller Foundation. Basic research supported by: The National Institutes for Mental Health; The Ford Foundation; The Wenner Gren Foundation."; "Film sources: Artkino, ATV, BBC, Brandon, Br. Info. Ofc., Burma Shell, CIFES, CNRS, DER, Film Australia, Film Polski, Films of Scotland, Fr. Govt. Tour. Ofc., Granada TV, Hungarofilm, Inst. of Texas Culture, Iranian Mission, IWF, McGraw-Hill, NFB South Africa, Radim, Rockefeller Fnd., Romanofilm, SCET, Shell, TV Española, UN, USSR, Vision Assoc., WWF."; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Written, edited, and produced by Alan Lomax; dance and movement analyst and associate editor, Forrestine Paulay; advisors, Conrad Arensberg (anthropology), Irmgard Bartenieff (movement); Norman Berkowitz (computer); post- production, John Schmerling, Stephanie Saia; assistant editors, Meri Lobel, John Vorhees, Wheeler Dixon, John Bishop; film research, Emilie de Brigard, Carol Kulig, Anna Lomax, Pierre Stevens, Wei Yip; field photographers: H. Ambrosch, S. Arom, L. Bailey, T. Beamish, D. Champault, R. Chrichton, W. Crocker, I. de Garine, M. Dehn, P. Gaisseau, W. Geddes, A. Gerbrands, J. Gourgechon, R. Haber, J. Hallet, H. Harrar, H. Himmelheber, P. Ichac, P. Ivanoff, F. Johnston, J. Kunzig, L. Laffer, M. Machris, H. Mandorff, J. Marshall, J. Morgan, K. Muller, P. Parrain, M. Piault, I. Polunin, R. Ryman, R. Sandall, H. Schlenker, H. Schultz, L. Smith, J. Thoret, G. Tourelle, H. Zemp.; "Fascinating cross-cultural study of leg and foot movements in dance styles throughout the world. The various step styles illustrated are shown to be related to productive activities, social structure, etc."--Extension Media Center catalog, 1995-1998, p. 102; Demonstrates dance step styles used throughout the world and discusses the distribution of these styles in various geographic regions, as well as the correlation to forms of subsistence agriculture, social structures, and other elements of human culture.; PFA 1612-01-15922. D0004; PFA 1612-01-15922. CONDITION NOTE: 2013/12/02 sm; very good to excellent condition, though the content of the film is comprised of archival footage of varying quality
Credits
Alan Lomax (1915–2002, direction, production, editing, writing); Forrestine Paulay (direction, editing, researcher); Conrad M. Arensberg (Conrad Maynadier, 1910–1997, scientific advisor); Irmgard Bartenieff (scientific advisor); Norman Berkowitz (scientific advisor); Meri Lobel (editing); John Vorhees (editing); Wheeler W. Dixon (1950- editing); John Bishop (editing); John Schmerling (contributor); Stephanie Saia (contributor); Emile de Brigard (researcher); Carol Kulig (researcher); Anna Lomax Wood (researcher); Pierre Stevens (researcher); Wei Yip (researcher); Columbia University. Department of Anthropology. Choreometrics Project; National Science Foundation, sponsoring body; Menil Foundation, sponsoring body