Dramatic Sword Dance, Women’s Physical Education, May 1969
About This Item
Students perform a choreographed sword dance during the Women’s Physical Education Department’s spring program at San Francisco State College in May 1969. Two male dancers engage in a stylized exchange with raised swords, dressed in embroidered vests, sashes, and traditional footwear, while female dancers in coordinated costumes lift tambourines behind them. The photograph captures the lively theatricality and cultural flair characteristic of the department’s performances.
- Identifier
- TP-ATA-2232
- Date
- May 1969
- Context
Credits: Some descriptions were developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.
- Geographic Coverage
- San Francisco, CA
- Temporal Coverage
- 1960s
- Type
- Still Image
- Format
- Negative
- Source
- San Francisco State University Archives
- Rights
- Public
- Views
- 134
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