Rhythms of Earth The Choreometrics Films of Alan Lomax & Forrestine Paulay

Rhythms of Earth (1974-2008)<br>The Choreometrics Films<br>of Alan Lomax &amp; Forrestine Paulay <br>John Bishop for<br>the Association for Cultural Equity<br>DVD + Extras, Including PDF Files<br>Media Generation 2008<br><br>A global anthology of dance seen in a cross cultural perspective. Documentary <br><br>Alan Lomax and his associates, beginning in the late 1950s undertook a monumental study of the relationship between style in song and dance cross-culturally. It began with Cantometrics which developed a common language description for the many variables in performance style in the diverse cultures of the world and measured how those variables clustered geographically and in relation to means of subsistence and aspects of social organization. Choreometrics continued this investigation into dance and movement. This compilation includes four films and background information on Choreometrics as studied by Lomax, Forrestine Paulay and others.