Research Catalog

Title

Romeo and Juliet: Pavane [and] Integration of dance and drama (Videotape)

Publication

1952.

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Additional Authors

• Gray, Harriette Ann
• Jayne, Ellen
• Brown, Barney
• Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982
• Harris, Julie
• Dana, Leora
• Cunningham, Merce
• King, Eleanor, 1906-1991
• Gregory, Robin
• Lawler, Peggy
• Fuller, Gage
• Shepherd, Berney
• Leighton, Jim
• Perry, Charlotte, 1889-1983
• Mansfield, Portia.
• De Mille, Agnes

Description

1 cassette. 40 min. : sd. and si. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Karl Malkames.

Uniform Title

• Vain shadow (Choreographic work : Bettis)
• Four walls (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
• When Satan hops out (Choreographic work : Perry)
• Orestes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Note

• Compilation of two motion pictures, transferred to videotape by Karl Malkames. Romeo and Juliet: Pavane: Filmed in costume outdoors at the University of Arkansas by Norman deMarco in 1952 (?). Integration of dance and drama: Filmed at the Perry-Mansfield School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado by Portia Mansfield in 1952.

Contents

• CONTENTS. - Romeo and Juliet: Pavane (5 min., sound). Choreography: Eleanor King. Music: Sixteenth-century pavane. Excerpt from the wedding scene in a production of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, danced by eight members of the University of Arkansas Dance Workshop.--Integration of dance and drama (34 min. total, silent). Part 1 (12 min.): Acting and movement techniques for the actor and dancer, directed by Charlotte Perry, demonstrated by Harriette Ann Gray and Barney Brown. Limbering and stretching exercises, falls, and locomotion exercises, demonstrated by Gray and students. Excerpt from Ballad of the little square, perf. by Gray and students. Part 2 (11 min.): Louis Horst, Charlotte Perry, Valerie Bettis, and Bernardo Segall plan productions. Excerpts from plays and dance works: Letters to Lucerne, perf. by Julie Harris, Leora Dana, Segall, and Gage Fuller; Vain shadow (chor: Bettis), perf. by Bettis, Ann Mitchell, Dana, and others; solos and chorus from Sophocles' Electra, perf. by Eleanor King and others; Four walls (chor: Merce Cunningham), perf. by Cunningham, Dana, Harris, and others; dances from Brigadoon, perf. by Robin Gregory, Peggy Lawler, and others; dances from When Satan hops out (chor: Perry) [no title on film].--Part 3 (9 min.): Modern dance improvisations, perf. by Gregory. Excerpts from plays and dance works: Cocteau's Infernal machine, perf. by Berney Shepherd and Jim Leighton; an original
• study on a dramatic theme, perf. by Fuller and others; solo from And a time to dance, perf. by Gray; Ellen Jayne as Queen Elizabeth; Letters to Lucerne; Vain shadow; Electra; Four walls. Some repetition of footage from Part 2.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-697

OCLC

NYPY906039878-F

Title

Romeo and Juliet: Pavane [and] Integration of dance and drama (Videotape)

Imprint

1952.

Local Subject

Musical comedies. Brigadoon.

Motion pictures. Integration of dance and drama.

Movement (Acting)

Motion pictures. Romeo and Juliet.

Added Author

Gray, Harriette Ann, dancer.

Jayne, Ellen, dancer.

Brown, Barney, dancer.

Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982, choreographer, dancer.

Harris, Julie, dancer.

Dana, Leora, dancer.

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer, dancer.

King, Eleanor, 1906-1991, choreographer, dancer.

Gregory, Robin, dancer.

Lawler, Peggy, dancer.

Fuller, Gage, dancer.

Shepherd, Berney, dancer.

Leighton, Jim, dancer.

Perry, Charlotte, 1889-1983, choreographer.

Mansfield, Portia.

De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.

Added Title

Vain shadow (Choreographic work : Bettis)

Four walls (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

When Satan hops out (Choreographic work : Perry)

Orestes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-697