Word: voodooism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stomping Dignity. Pearl Primus is no filmy ballerina. Her forte is force. Says she: "My body is built for heavy stomping, powerful dignity." She usually dances to an accompaniment of pulsing drums. In one of her new works, Santo, a psychological study of the clash of Voodooism and Christianity in Cuba, fascinated students watched an exhibition of primitive, pantherlike power and grace. In The Shouters of Sobo, a work based on the traditions of African stonecutters, students got a lesson in gripping, concentrated intensity. With muscled shoulders hunched over bended knees, her powerful arms pounding, her whole body dynamically dramatic...