Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Kogan, Ellen
2. Steinberg, Risa
3. Shimazaki, Satoru
4. Rice, Robin
5. Rice, Rebecca
6. Lizenbery, Gregg
7. Mordine, Shirley
8. Farias, Valerie
9. Corbin, Gail
10. Maxwell, Carla
11. Xoregos, Shela
12. Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928
13. Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
14. Itō, Michio, 1893-1961
15. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
16. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
17. Weidman, Charles
18. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
19. Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966
20. Gamson, Annabelle.
21. Rice, Marion.
22. Sherman, Jane.
23. Walker, Norman.
24. Stodelle, Ernestine.
25. Silo Concert Dancers.
26. Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble.
27. Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (129 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Miriam Cooper.

Uniform title

1. Loie (Choreographic work : Xoregos)
2. Tango (Choreographic work : Ito, M)
3. Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
4. Negro spirituals (Choreographic work : Tamiris)
5. Flickers (Choreographic work : Weidman)
6. Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
7. Lynchtown (Choreographic work : Weidman)
8. Kinetic molpai (Choreographic work : Shawn)
9. Christmas oratorio (Choreographic work : Weidman)
10. Call (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
11. Breath of fire (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Subject

1. Video
2. Black author
3. Modern dance > United States
4. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. La Loie (after the work of Loie Fuller) / choreography, Shela Xoregos ; danced by Ellen Kogan.
2. Dances to the music of Frédéric Chopin / choreography, Isadora Duncan, staged by Annabelle Gamson ; danced by Risa Steinberg.
3. Tone poem I, II. Pizzicati. Tango / choreography, Michio Ito ; danced by Satoru Shimazaki.
4. Rickshaw coolies [and] Red radiance / choreography, Ted Shawn ; danced by Valerie Farias, Wendy Laakso, Rebecca Rice (in 1st work) ; Robin Rice (in 2d work).
5. Valse #14. Waltz and Liebestraum / choreography, Ruth St. Denis, staged by Marion Rice & Jane Sherman ; danced by Robin Rice, Rebecca Rice, Ellen Kogan.
6. Kinetic molpai (excerpts). Ich ruf zu Dir / choreography, Ted Shawn, restaged by Norman Walker ; danced by Gregg Lizenbery.
7. Christmas oratorio (excerpt) / choreography, Charles Weidman ; danced by Deborah Carr, Gail Corbin, Laren Lynn.
8. Water study / choreography, Doris Humphrey ; danced by Silo Concert Dancers.
9. The call [and] Breath of fire / choreography, Doris Humphrey ; danced by Gail Corbin.
10. Two ecstatic themes / choreography, Doris Humphrey, reconstructed by Ernestine Stodelle ; danced by Carla Maxwell.
11. Flickers / choreography, Charles Weidman ; danced by Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble.
12. Negro spirituals / choreography, Helen Tamiris ; danced by Shirley Mordine.
13. Lynchtown / choreography, Charles Weidman ; danced by Patricia Ambrose, Martin Crofts and Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5502

Event (note)

1. Gala benefit concert of rarely seen dances, 1890's to 1940's, presented October 19, 1986, at Davis Hall, City College, New York by the Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Title

1. Roots: the foundation of American modern dance [videorecording] / [presented by] the Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance.

Imprint

1. 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. VHS.

Event

1. Gala benefit concert of rarely seen dances, 1890's to 1940's, presented October 19, 1986, at Davis Hall, City College, New York by the Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Dance Division Audio and Moving Image material

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Kogan, Ellen, dancer.
2. Steinberg, Risa, dancer.
3. Shimazaki, Satoru, dancer.
4. Rice, Robin, dancer.
5. Rice, Rebecca, dancer.
6. Lizenbery, Gregg, dancer.
7. Mordine, Shirley, dancer.
8. Farias, Valerie, dancer.
9. Corbin, Gail, dancer.
10. Maxwell, Carla, dancer.
11. Xoregos, Shela, choreographer.
12. Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928, choreographer.
13. Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927, choreographer.
14. Itō, Michio, 1893-1961, choreographer.
15. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, choreographer.
16. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, choreographer.
17. Weidman, Charles, choreographer.
18. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.
19. Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966, choreographer.
20. Gamson, Annabelle.
21. Rice, Marion.
22. Sherman, Jane.
23. Walker, Norman.
24. Stodelle, Ernestine.
25. Silo Concert Dancers.
26. Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble.
27. Charles Weidman School of Modern Dance.

Added title

1. Loie (Choreographic work : Xoregos)
2. Tango (Choreographic work : Ito, M)
3. Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
4. Negro spirituals (Choreographic work : Tamiris)
5. Flickers (Choreographic work : Weidman)
6. Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
7. Lynchtown (Choreographic work : Weidman)
8. Kinetic molpai (Choreographic work : Shawn)
9. Christmas oratorio (Choreographic work : Weidman)
10. Call (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
11. Breath of fire (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5502