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Danse macabre (Motion picture)

Title
Danse macabre (Motion picture)
Publication
[1922]

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Additional Authors
  • Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951
  • Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
  • Howland, Olin, 1886-1959
  • Mirova, Vera
  • Murphy, Dudley, 1897-1968.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (ca. 10 min.) : si., b&w.
Donor/Sponsor
National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
Series Statement
Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
Uniform Title
Danse macabre (Choreographic work : Bolm)
Subjects
Note
  • Produced by Visual Symphony Productions, inc. Released by Claude H. Macgowan. Directed by Dudley Murphy. Lighting design: Francis Brugière. Animation: F. A. A. Dahme. Masks: W. T. Benda.
  • Re: date - Cf. Musical America, April 1, 1922, p. 5.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Contents
Danse macabre: choreography by Adolf Bolm. A "visual symphony" interpreting Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre, performed by Adolf Bolm (Youth), Ruth Page (Love), and Olin Howland (Death) -- Adolf Bolm, the international dancer: short film clips showing Bolm in some of his most famous interpretations (still photographs), at his studio with students, wearing a mask made by Helmut Schmidt -- Members of the Bolm Ballet perform the Sunlight dance, Voices of spring (Inspired by Botticelli), and a modern number. Vera Mirowa is seen in a Javanese court dance.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1723
OCLC
NYPY847041314-F
Title
Danse macabre (Motion picture)
Imprint
[1922]
Series
Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
System Details
Streaming video.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIDVD 5-3571.
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Indexed Term
Moving images
Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Danse macabre.
Added Author
Bolm, Adolph, 1884-1951, choreographer, dancer.
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991, dancer.
Howland, Olin, 1886-1959, dancer.
Mirova, Vera, dancer.
Murphy, Dudley, 1897-1968. Director
Added Title
Danse macabre (Choreographic work : Bolm)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1723
*MGZHB 4-2227 Additional copy, 1 reel, 390 ft.: si. at sd. speed; 16mm
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