- Additional Authors
- Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
- Description
- 2 streaming video files (NTSC) (64 min.) : sd., col.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Dorothy Bird Villard.
- Subjects
- Note
- Videotaped in a classroom at Adelphi College. Dorothy Bird Villard, a member of the Martha Graham Company in the early 1930s, speaks to a class about her memories of Martha Graham and the Graham technique.
- Mrs. Villard describes the key elements of the very early Graham technique, including how it developed and was abstracted.
- Topics discussed include: Sacre du printemps, potential motion, use of the five senses, command of the audience, kinetic response, suspended motion, and strong impulses.
- Mrs.Villard also discusses her memories of Louis Horst and his role in Martha Graham's choreography.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 8928
- OCLC
- NYPY887027920-F
- Title
Dorothy Bird Villard [electronic resource]
- Imprint
1981.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1014.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.
Television. Dorothy Bird Villard.
- Added Author
Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996. Speaker
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8928
*MGZIC 9-1014 (former)