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Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías

Title
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías [motion picture] / José Limoń Dance Company; choreography by Doris Humphrey.
Publication
1959.

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Additional Authors
  • Limón, José
  • Ide, Letitia
  • Mundy, Meg
  • Czaja, Michael.
  • Lawrence, Pauline.
  • Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  • Rogers, Helen Priest.
  • García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.
  • José Limón Dance Company.
Description
1 videodisc (20 min.) : si., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The dance concerns the life and death of an Andalusian bull-fighter, and is in four parts, presented without pause. Beginning with the departure of Ignacio and his fatal wounding in the bull ring, the poem recalls his past glory and ends with a memory of the absent soul. The poet's words are expressed by two women; one the inexorable figure who marks the destiny of Ignacio; the other, the anguished one, who watches the well-loved hero.
Uniform Title
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Scenario after the poem by Federico García Lorca; decor, Michael Czaja; costumes, Pauline Lawrence.
Performer (note)
  • José Limón (Bullfighter), Letitia Ide (Figure of Destiny), Meg Mundy (Figure of a woman) and members of José Limón Dance Company.
Event (note)
  • Filmed onstage at The Juilliard School of Music, New York, N.Y.; film documentation, Helen Priest Rogers.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-147
OCLC
NYPY737039049-F
Title
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías [motion picture] / José Limoń Dance Company; choreography by Doris Humphrey.
Imprint
1959.
Event
Filmed onstage at The Juilliard School of Music, New York, N.Y.; film documentation, Helen Priest Rogers.
Credits
Scenario after the poem by Federico García Lorca; decor, Michael Czaja; costumes, Pauline Lawrence.
Cast
José Limón (Bullfighter), Letitia Ide (Figure of Destiny), Meg Mundy (Figure of a woman) and members of José Limón Dance Company.
Performer
Danced by the José Limoń Dance Company.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías.
Local Subject
Literature and dance.
Added Author
Limón, José, dancer.
Ide, Letitia, dancer.
Mundy, Meg, dancer.
Czaja, Michael. Designer
Lawrence, Pauline. Costume designer
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.
Rogers, Helen Priest. Cinematographer
García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.
José Limón Dance Company.
Added Title
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-147
*MGZHB 8-841 Additional copy, 1 film reel (697 ft.) si. at sd. speed. 16mm.
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