DANCE PERSONALITIES

These videotapes and videodiscs of dance, dance education, dancers & choreographers, and dance history are available in the University of Oregon Knight Library's Video Collection. For information on the loan policies of the UO's Video Collection, see their web site, at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/acs_svc/videos/videos.html.

Dancer Profiles

Antony Tudor : a film .
Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, 1992, c1985.
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
SUMMARY: Antony Tudor discusses his work. Includes interviews with well-known dancers and choreographers. Also includes b&w footage of early interpretations of his work.
[VIDEOTAPE 01856]

Baryshnikov at Wolf Trap.
[Washington, D.C.] : Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications , c1976.
1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
SUMMARY: Videocassette release of Mikhail Baryshnikov's American television debut, featuring the dancer in solos and in pas de deux.
PERFORMERS: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland, Marianna Tcherkassky.
NOTES: Choreographers: Arthur Saint-Leon, Michel Fokine, Leonid Jacobson
[VIDEOTAPE 01858]

Baryshnikov by Tharp : with American Ballet Theatre.
West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, c1984.
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
PERFORMERS:Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov ; and Elaine Kudo, Dierdre Carberry, Susan Jaffe, Robert La Fosse, Cheryl Yeager and members of American Ballet Theatre ; choreography by Twyla Tharp.
CONTENTS:The little ballet / music, Alexander Glazunov -- Sinatra suite /performed to the music of Frank Sinatra -- Push comes to shove/ music [by] Joseph Lamb, Franz Joseph Haydn.
SUMMARY: Three ballets choreographed by Twyla Tharp that tell no story but are full of the vitality, daring, intelligence, and emotional depth that a great dancer possesses. Tharp's approach is personal, radical, and contemporary, and she combines this vision with the classical artist's regard for form and technique to bring the viewer a memorable record of one of the greatest dancers of our era.
[VIDEOTAPE 02539]

Charles Weidman : on his own.
Pennington, New Jersey : Dance Horizons Video, Princeton Book Company, Publishers, 1990.
1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
NOTES: The career of modern dance pioneer Charles Weidman is traced from his roots in Lincoln, Nebraska, to the last work hechoreographed in 1974.
[VIDEOTAPE 01272]

Dancing for Mr. B : six Balanchine ballerinas.
New York : Nonesuch ; WarnerVision Entertainment, 1995.
1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide. VHS format.
PERFORMERS:Maria Tallchief, Mary Ellen Moylan, Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent, Merrill Ashley, Darci Kistler.
SUMMARY:Portrays six of Balanchine's celebrated American ballerinas and, through them, also illuminates the life of their mentor.
[VIDEOTAPE 02813]

Eddie Brown's "Scientific rhythm" .
Northampton, Mass. : Images, c1990.
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/2 in.
PERFORMERS: The dancer is interviewed and accompanied by Paul Arslanian.
SUMMARY: Brown talks about his career and the development of his unique improvisational rhythm tap style. He demonstrates flash-dancing and how he applies "scientific rhythm" to a variety of music/dance forms. Included are improvised dances to three jazz standards: "Just Friends", "Indiana", and "Mellow Tone."
[VIDEOTAPE 02024]

Fonteyn and Nureyev : the perfect partnership.
[New York] : Peter Batty Productions, c1985 ; [West Long Branch,N.J.] : Kultur [distributor]
1 videocassette (VHS) (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
PERFORMERS: Robert Powell.
SUMMARY: A collection of performance and behind-the scenes footage of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.
[VIDEOTAPE 02389]

In a jazz way: a portrait of Mura Dehn.
New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1986, c1985.
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. UHS format.
SUMMARY: Provides a colorful portrait of dancer Mura Dehn. Born and trained in Russia, she went to Paris in 1925, met Josephine Baker and discovered jazz. Tells how she came to New York and choreographed jazz tunes. Includes a live interview with Mura Dehn along with archival footage.
[VIDEOTAPE 00744]

Jose Greco in performance.
New York, NY : Video Artists International, c1990.
1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS.
NOTES:Videocassette release of the original kinescope masters preserved in the archives of New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass.
CONTENTS: Pastoral romance (traditional folkdance of Galicia) -- Castellana (traditional folkdance of Castille) -- Cordoba (Andalusian serenade) -- Granada (traditional folkdance of the Gitanos of Valencia) -- Wedding dance (traditional folkdance of Valencia)
PERFORMERS: Presentation of Jose Greco, exponent of the Spanish dance style, with his troupe of dancers, singers, and instrumentalists.
[VIDEOTAPE 01475.]

Lester Horton (1906-1953) : genius on the wrong coast .
Van Nuys, Ca : Distributed by Green River Road, c1993.
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
SUMMARY: Interviews with former students, early film clips and still photos are combined to trace the history and development of the choreographer Lester Horton.
[VIDEOTAPE 02160 ]

Margot Fonteyn.
[S.l.] : Home Vision, c1989.
1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
SUMMARY:Margot Fonteyn recounts the story of her life and her long careers one of the world's great ballerinas. Includes archival footage and interviews with associates.
[VIDEOTAPE 02398 ]

Martha Graham : the dancer revealed.
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur International Films, Ltd., c1994.
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.
PERFORMERS: Clair Bloom.
SUMMARY:A documentary of the life of the American dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham.
[VIDEOTAPE 02387]

The Men who danced.
Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, c1985.
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS
NOTES:Narrator, Anne Weiner; dancers, Barton Mumaw, Wilbur McCormack, Frank Overlees, Foster Fitzsimmons, John & Frank Delmar, Jess Meeker, Fred Hearn.
Ron Honsa; music, Michael Becon; research, Norton Owen.
SUMMARY: Presents the story of the first all-male dance company in the U.S., Ted Shawn's Male Dancers. Includes historic footage of the company performing in the 1930's and features interviews with surviving male dancers, including Barton Mumaw at the 50th reunion of the company in 1983.
[VIDEOTAPE 02816]

Natasha : Natalia Makarova.
Longbrand, N.J. : Kultur, 1985.
1 videocassette (70 min.) : sd., col., stereo ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
PERFORMERS: Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Denys Ganio, Gary Chryst, Tim Flavin, the Norman Maen Dancers.
SUMMARY: A program that includes excerpts from various ballets as well as commentary by Madame Makarova herself.
[VIDEOTAPE 02624 ]

Nureyev.
[S.l.] : Home Vision, c1991.
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
SUMMARY: Biography of dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Includes ballet excerpts and interviews with Nureyev and others.
[VIDEOTAPE 02396]

Pavlova.
W. Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1982.
1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
PERFORMERS: Hostess, Leslie Caron.Dancers, Valentina Kozlova, Frank Augustyn, Amanda McKerrow, Hilary Cartwright, Ron Reagan, Marianna Tcherkassky, Ann Marie De Angelo, Patrick Bissell, Jolinda Menendez ; L'Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Canada ; George Daugherty, musical director.
SUMMARY: Leslie Caron hosts a program of performances by leading dancers from the world's most prestigious dance companies of sequences from some of ballerina Anna Pavlova's most famous ballets.
CONTENTS: Don Quixote -- La nuit (The night) -- The awakening of Flora -- The sleeping beauty -- California poppy -- Coppelia -- The dragonfly --Christmas -- Giselle -- The dying swan.
[VIDEOTAPE 02140 ]

Peter Martins, a dancer.
Sea Bright, N.J. : Kultur, 1979.
1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
PERFORMERS: Peter Martins, Suzanne Farrell, Heather Watts, Daniel Duell, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine.
SUMMARY: Martins is interviewed and is featured dancing the pas de deux from Chaconne and from Balanchine's Agon with S. Farrell. H. Watts and D. Duell perform the last duet from Martins' Calcium light night. There are also unique sequences of Jerome Robbins rehearsing Martins and Farrell in Afternoon of a faun, and scenes with Martins and G. Balanchine.
[VIDEOTAPE 02005]

Reflections of a dancer : Alexandra Danilova, prima ballerina assoluta.
Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema, 1990.
1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
SUMMARY:Danilova is seen at the School of American Ballet working with advanced students and in Cincinnati, working with her partner Frederic Franklin, staging "Paquita" for the Cincinnati Ballet Company. Woven throughout the film is the story of her life told in her own words and illustrated with historical photographs.
[VIDEOTAPE 03897]

Suzanne Farrell : elusive muse.
Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Limited, c1997.
1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS.
PERFORMERS: Suzanne Farrell, George Balanchine.
SUMMARY: This Academy Award-nominated documentary weaves together vintage and never-before-seen archival clips of Suzanne Farrell's performances of Balanchine ballets with the love story between Farrell and Balanchine.
[VIDEOTAPE 03898 ]

Talley Beatty.
[Durham, N.C.] : Distributed by American Dance Festival, c1993.
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS.
SUMMARY: Includes interviews, performance and teaching footage of Talley Beatty.
[VIDEOTAPE 04510 ]

When I think of Russia.
New York ; Mystic Fire Video, c1986.
1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format [NTSC]
PERFORMERS: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Joseph Brodsky, Victor Korchnoi, Ernst Neizvestny, Mikhail Chemaikin.
SUMMARY: An intimate portrait of six exiled Russian artists filmed in New York City. The six discuss their feelings toward art, freedom, America, and the Soviet Union, intercut with footage of their dance, poetry, and art.
VIDEOTAPE 00393]

Choreographers

Anna Sokolow: choreographer.
New Jersey : Dance Horizons Video, 1991, c1980.
1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
NOTES: Choreography, Anna Sokolow ; director, producer, Lucille Rhodes, Margaret Murphy ; music, Susana Nason.
PERFORMERS: Anna Sokolow, Hannah Kahn, Shirley Clarke.
CONTENTS: Rooms -- Excerpt from Bullfight -- Excerpt from Odes. Anna Sokolow talks about her life history and her dances, using old and new footage.
[VIDEOTAPE 01569]

The Balanchine celebration.
New York, NY : Nonesuch Records : Distributed by WarnerVision Entertainment, c1996-
2 videocassettes (86 min. ea.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 2 booklets. VHS, stereo
NOTES: Hosted by Robert MacNeil
Part one. Apollo selections -- Scherzo a la Russe complete /music by Igor Stravinsky -- Square dance selection / music by Arcangelo Corelli -- Theme and variations selections / music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky -- Union Jack selections / music by Hershy Kay -- Vienna waltzes: Rosenkavalier / music by Richard Strauss -- Walpurgisnacht ballet selections / music by Charles Francois Gounod
Part two. Agon selections / music by Igor Stravinsky -- Stars and stripes selections / music by John Philip Sousa -- Westernsymphony selection / music by Hershy Kay -- Who cares? selections/ music by George Gershwin
[VIDEOTAPE 03284]

Balanchine essays : Passe and attitude.
New York, NY : Nonesuch Records, [1996]
1 videocassette (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide.
PERFORMERS: Dancers, Suki Schorer, Merrill Ashley, Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, Rebecca Metzger.
SUMMARY: Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of the ballet steps passe and attitude, according to the principles of Balanchine technique.
[VIDEOTAPE 03862 ]

Balanchine essays. Port de bras and epaulement.
New York, N.Y. : Nonesuch Records, [1996]
1 videocassette (43 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
PERFORMERS: Dancers, Suki Schorer, Merrill Ashley, Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, Rebecca Metzger.
SUMMARY:Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of ballet port de bras and epaulement, according to the principles of Balanchine technique.
[VIDEOTAPE 03865 ]

Betty Jones : conversations with contemporary masters of American modern dance.
[Durham, N.C. : ADF Video, c1993]
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS
NOTES: Interview with modern dance artist, Betty Jones, including her performances and scenes from dancing classes which she teaches
[VIDEOTAPE 03265]

Bill T. Jones : dancing to the promised land.
New York : VIEW Video, c1994.
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
PERFORMERS: Bill T. Jones and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co.
SUMMARY:This video guides the viewer through rehearsals and performance of choreographer Bill T. Jones' most highly regarded work, Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land, as performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co.
[VIDEOTAPE 02436]

Cage/Cunningham : a film.
West Long Branch, N. J. : b Kultur, c1991.
1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences : 1/2 in.
NOTES: Choreography, Merce Cunningham ; music, John Cage ; writer, David Vaughan.
PERFORMERS: Merce Cunningham and John Cage, with Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Carolyn Brown, Viola Farber, Alvin Lucier, LaMonte Young, Rudolf Nureyev, David Tudor, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Virgil Thomson.
SUMMARY: Presents material on Cunningham and his dances, especially his association with John Cage.
[VIDEOTAPE 02810]

Dance and myth : the world of Jean Erdman.
[New York?] : Foundation for the Open Eye : distributed by Uroboros, c1993.
3 videocassettes (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ;1/2 in. + 3 programs. VHS format.
CONTENTS: Pt.1 The early dances --Pt.2 The group dances --Pt.3 The later solos.
PERFORMERS: Jean Erdman.
SUMMARY: Dancer/choreographer/director Jean Erdman was a soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company from 1938 to 1943. In the more than forty dances she choreographed she was instrumental in seeking out the more abstract direction which marks American Modern Dance to this day.
[VIDEOTAPE 02302]

Dancing for Mr. B : six Balanchine ballerinas.
New York : Nonesuch ; WarnerVision Entertainment, 1995.
1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide. VHS format.
PERFORMERS:Maria Tallchief, Mary Ellen Moylan, Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent, Merrill Ashley, Darci Kistler.
SUMMARY:Portrays six of Balanchine's celebrated American ballerinas and, through them, also illuminates the life of their mentor.
[VIDEOTAPE 02813.]

Denishawn : contributions of American dance pioneers Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn.
West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, 1988.
1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col. with b & w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS
NOTES: Denishawn dances re-constructed by Jane Sherman and performed by New Jersey Center Dance Collective. June MacLaren Reed and Paul Reed.
SUMMARY:Chronicles the unique era of dance modern inspired by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Archival footage and modern reconstruction of several Denishawn dances are used to document the lives and work of the Denishawn founders.
[VIDEOTAPE 01582]

Donald McKayle, early work.
[Kent, CT.] : Creative Arts Television Archive, 1999.
1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS.
PERFORMERS: Dance soloists: Donald McKayle, Mary Hinkson, Alfred DeSio ; solo singer, Leon Bibb.
SUMMARY:Contains early dances by the eminent African-American choreographer Donald McKayle.
CONTENTS::Rainbow 'round my shoulder -- They called her Moses.
[VIDEOTAPE 04512]

The Doris Humphrey legacy.
Hightstown, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, 1998-
5 videocassettes (90 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTES: "Gives behind-the-scenes analysis of each movement, phrase-by-phrase, of five Doris Humphrey works. Ernestine Stodelle, an original member of the Humphrey-Weldman Company, provides meticuluous, inspiring coaching and commentary for each dance. Every video concludes with a complete performance of the work"
CONTENTS: [1] Air for the G string -- [2] Call/Breath of fire -- [3] Shakers -- [4] Two ecstatic themes -- [5] Water study.
[VIDEOTAPE 04020 tape 1 - 5 ]

Doris Humphrey technique : the creative potential with four early dances.
Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, 1992.
1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
CONTENTS:Quasi-valse -- Two ecstatic themes -- Etude patetico -- Air for the G string (1934) with Doris Humphrey.
NOTES: Stodelle, who was a member of Humphrey's dance companies between 1929 and 1935, explains the Humphrey style through early films, photographs, reconstructions of early Humphrey dances, and dance studies done in the Humphrey style.
[VIDEOTAPE 01645]

Eiko and Koma : Land.
Durham, N.C. : ADF Video, c1995.
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
Music for "Land" by Robert Mirabal.
SUMMARY: Interviews with choreographers and modern dance artists, Eiko and Koma in which they speak about their creative process and the creation of "Land." The full-length piece, "Land," is restaged for the camera.
[VIDEOTAPE 03932 ]

The enduring essence : the technique and choreography of Isadora Duncan.
Northampton, Mass. : Images, [1990]
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
Notes:Director, Sharon Anderson ; pianists, Susanne Anderson, Grant Moss ; choreography, Isadora Duncan, reconstructed by Gemze de Lappe.
SUMMARY: Interviewed here by actress Jenny Sterlin, de Lappe remembers her early Duncan training and describes how she has applied the Duncan technique in her own performing and teaching. Includes an authentic Duncan technique class by de Lappe and six dances originally choreographed by Isadora Duncan.
[VIDEOTAPE 02108]

Erick Hawkins' America .
Pennington, N.J. : Princeton Book Company, Publishers, Released by Dance Horizons Video, c1992.
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
SUMMARY:Erick Hawkins speaks and performs selections from his career.
CONTENTS:Plains daybreak / Alan Hovhaness -- Classic kite tails / David Diamond -- Hurrah! / Virgil Thomson -- Black Lake / Lucia Dlugoszewski.
[VIDEOTAPE 01583]

An Evening of dance and conversation with Martha Graham.
New York, N.Y. : Video Arts International, [1988?]
1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
PERFORMERS:Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan McPhee, conductor ; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.
[VIDEOTAPE 01560]

Flickers : conversations with contemporary masters of American Modern Dance.
Madison, WI : ADF Video, 1996
1 videocassette (38 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS
NOTES: Deals with Charles Weidman and his dance accomplishments
[VIDEOTAPE 03264]

Hanya : portrait of a dance pioneer: the story of dancer/choreographer Hanya Holm.
Pennington, NJ : Princeton Book Company Publishers, 1988.
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in. VHS format.
PERFORMERS: Introduced by Julie Andrews ; narrated by Alfred Drake.
SUMMARY: Traces the career of Hanya Holm from Germany in the 1920's to her success as a modern dancer in the United States.
[VIDEOTAPE 01537]

An interview with Merce Cunningham.
[Surrey] : National Resource Centre for Dance, 1987
1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format, PAL standard; requires special PAL machine to view
NOTES: Cunningham discusses his life and works with Jose Limon, with special emphasis on the revival of Septet, which was sponsored by a Digital Dance Award
[VIDEOTAPE 03619]

Isadora Duncan dance : technique and repertory.
Pennington , NJ : Dance Horizons Video ; Distributed by Princeton Book, 1995.
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
PERFORMERS:Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble ; Andrea Mantell-Seidel, artistic director ; Julia Levien, artistic advisor ; Sergio Gonzalez, pianist.
SUMMARY: Includes excerpts from choreography by Isadora Duncan, as performed by Julia Levien in the company of Anna Duncan and Irma Duncan, and staged by Andrea Mantell-Seidel. Includes a History of the Duncan dance schools.
[VIDEOTAPE 02711]

Isadora Duncan; movement from the soul.
Los Angeles, CA : Direct Cinema Limited, 1989.
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
PERFORMERS:Voice of Isadora Duncan: Julie Harris. Choreography of Isadora Duncan danced by Madeleine Lytton, France, third generation Duncan dancer; Lori Belilove, USA, fourth generation Duncan dancer.
SUMMARY: The dances in this program are from the repertoire of Isadora Duncan, as handed down by her students and adopted daughters Anna, Irma, and Lisa Duncan. The performances are as close as possible to the original choreographies.
Isadora Duncan is a documentary about the life and work of the San Francisco-born pioneer of dance, artistic freedom, and women's rights. It is an analysis of Duncan as artist and rebel: a study of a woman who dared to defy Victorian/Puritan mores.
[VIDEOTAPE 01465]

Lucas Hoving .
[Durham, N.C.] : ADF Video, 1992.
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 biography ([2] p. ; 28 cm.) VHS format.
SUMMARY: Contains interviews, performance and teaching footage of Lucas Hoving.
[VIDEOTAPE 01774 ]

Making dances : seven post-modern choreographers
New York, N.Y. : Blackwood Productions, c1980.
1 videocassette (VHS) (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
PERFORMERS: Choreographers, Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, David Gordon, Douglas Dunn, Kenneth King, Meredith Monk, Sara Rudner.
SUMMARY: The work of seven New York-based post-modern choreographers. Filmed at rehearsals, performances, and during interviews.
[VIDEOTAPE 02157]

Mary Wigman, 1886-1973: "When the fire dances between two poles" .
Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video : distributed by Princeton Book Co., 1991.
1 videocassette (41 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
NOTES: German narration by Wigman, with English voiceover.
PERFORMERS: Herta Glaz.
Original Wigman text for the narration from Mary Wigman, the language of dance, and, The Mary Wigman book / translated by Walter Sorell.
SUMMARY: Mary Wigman, one of the founders of modern dance, discusses her work and her theories; discussion is illustrated by footage of performances of her most notable pieces.
[VIDEOTAPE 01563]

Retracing steps: American dance since postmodernism .
New York : Michael Blackwood Productions, c1988.
1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
SUMMARY: Explores avant-garde dance in the 1980's through interviews with young choreographers and dance excerpts.
[VIDEOTAPE 02156]

Trisha Brown.
[Durham, NC] : ADF Video, c1996
1 videocassette (66 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format
NOTES: Interviewer, Charles Reinhart
NOTES: Part of a series of conversations with contemporary masters of American modern dance. This segment is an interview with Trisha Brown, who has been hailed as one of the true great experimentalists in modern dance. She began her career in New York City as a member of Judson Dance Theater. Since forming her own company in 1971, she has received major commissions from foundations and festivals around the world. She has been a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. In this interview, Brown speaks about her life in dance. Includes excerpts from some of her performances
[VIDEOTAPE 03266]

Yuriko: creation of a dance.
Kent, CT : Creative Arts Television Archive, c1999.
1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. VHS.
PERFORMERS: Dancers, Buzz Miller, James Gardner, Betram Ross, Ethel Winter, ;pianist, Eugene Lester ; singer, Anita Ellis.
SUMMARY:Choreographer-dancer Yuriko illustrates how a dance looks in the process of being created.
[VIDEOTAPE 04514 ]

The World Of Alwin Nikolais.
New York, N.Y. : Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance, c1996. J
5 videocassettes (222 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
PERFORMERS: Performed by Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Company.
SUMMARY: These videos introduce Alwin Nikolais and his work in dance, music and abstract theatre. They also describe his use of sound, lighting, costumes and choreography together which created a new form called 'multimedia'. This is shown in various excerpt of dances choreographed by Alwin Nikolais.
CONTENTS: v. 1. Crucible ; Men's duet from mechanical organ ; Mantis from Imago ; Cave from Tent ; Rooftops from Imago ; Tensile involvement -- v. 2. Opening dance from Gallery ; Finale from Mechanical Organ ; Boulevard from Imago ; Hoop from Totem ; Garden from Tent ; Noumenon ; Finale from Totem -- v. 3. Pond ; Opening dance from Mechanical Organ ; Clothes from Kaleidoscope ; Quintet from Mechanical Organ ; First dance from Galler ; Duet from Mechanical Organ ; Descent to hell from Tent v. 4. Triple trio from Gallery ; Jump dance from Totem ; Kites from Imago ; Shadow opening from Totem ; Celebrants from Totem ; Blank on blank ; Sanctum -- v. 5. Suite from Imago ; Chrysalis from Imago ; Artisan from Imago ; Effigy from Totem ; Reliquary from Totem ; Clique from Imago ; Masks and clowns from Gallery ; Tensile involvement
[VIDEOTAPE 04211]

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