Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996

Description

1. 2 streaming video files (NTSC) (64 min.) : sd., col.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Dorothy Bird Villard.

Subject

1. Graham, Martha
2. Horst, Louis

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 8928

Note

1. 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.
2. Mrs. Villard describes the key elements of the very early Graham technique, including how it developed and was abstracted.
3. Topics discussed include: Sacre du printemps, potential motion, use of the five senses, command of the audience, kinetic response, suspended motion, and strong impulses.
4. Mrs.Villard also discusses her memories of Louis Horst and his role in Martha Graham's choreography.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Title

1. Dorothy Bird Villard [electronic resource]

Imprint

1. 1981.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1014.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.
2. Television. Dorothy Bird Villard.

Added author

1. Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996. Speaker

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 8928
2. *MGZIC 9-1014 (former)