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Ted Shawn's men dancers [videorecording]

Title
Ted Shawn's men dancers [videorecording] / produced by Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival ; choreography by Ted Shawn.
Publication
c1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
  • Delmar, Frank,
  • Delmar, John,
  • Fitz-Simons, Foster,
  • Hearn, Fred,
  • Honsa, Ron.
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
  • Landers, Dennis,
  • McCormack, Wilbur,
  • Meeker, Jess.
  • Mumaw, Barton, 1912-
  • Overlees, Frank,
  • Owen, Norton.
  • Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972,
  • Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers.
Description
2 videocassettes (68 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Jacob's Pillow.
Uniform Title
  • Dome (Choreographic work : Shawn)
  • Kinetic molpai (Choreographic work : Shawn)
  • Labor symphony (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Originally filmed in 1938-39 as a silent film, made with a hand-cranked camera, at Jacob's Pillow in Lee, Massachusetts. Sound version produced in 1985 with the addition of piano accompaniment edited to fit the movement.
Credits (note)
  • Project director, Norton Owen ; musical director and pianist, Jess Meeker ; technical consultant, Ron Honsa.
Contents
  • The dome (ca. 24 min.): Arioso, Two part invention, 6th prelude from The well-tempered clavichord, Three part invention, Bourree from 2nd violin sonata (solo performed by Barton Mumaw), Toccata and fugue in D minor, Ich ruf zu Dir (solo performed by Ted Shawn), Jesu, joy of man's desiring / music, J. S. Bach.
  • Kinetic Molpai (ca. 22 min.) / music, Jess Meeker.
  • Labor symphony (ca. 18 1/2 min.): Labor of the fields, Labor of the forest, Labor of the sea, Mechanized labor (Dynamo) / music, Jess Meeker ; each section danced by ensemble preceded by a solo danced by Shawn.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5509
Title
Ted Shawn's men dancers [videorecording] / produced by Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival ; choreography by Ted Shawn.
Imprint
c1985.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Project director, Norton Owen ; musical director and pianist, Jess Meeker ; technical consultant, Ron Honsa.
Performer
Performed by Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers: Barton Mumaw, Frank Overlees, Wilbur McCormack, Dennis Landers, Fred Hearn, Foster Fitz-Simons, Frank Delmar, John Delmar.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Ted Shawn's men dancers.
Motion pictures. Labor symphony.
Motion pictures. The dome.
Motion pictures. Kinetic molpai.
Male dancing.
Added Author
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, choreographer, dancer.
Mumaw, Barton, 1912- dancer.
Overlees, Frank, dancer.
McCormack, Wilbur, dancer.
Landers, Dennis, dancer.
Hearn, Fred, dancer.
Fitz-Simons, Foster, dancer.
Delmar, Frank, dancer.
Delmar, John, dancer.
Meeker, Jess. Composer. Instrumentalist
Owen, Norton.
Honsa, Ron. Producer. Director
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer
Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Added Title
Labor symphony (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Dome (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Kinetic molpai (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Gift of Jacob's Pillow.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5509
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