Research Catalog

Title

The early years: American dance in transition [electronic resource]

Publication

1981.

Details

Additional Authors

• Terry, Walter.
• Ross, Patty Kerr.
• Pennebaker, D. A.
• Labeille, Daniel.
• Early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.)
• State University of New York College at Purchase.

Description

3 streaming video files (NTSC) (50 min.) : sd., col.

Subjects

• Graham, Martha
• Modern dance > United States
• Television > Early years
• Dance festivals > New York (State) > Purchase
• Dance > Congresses > New York (State) > New York > 1981
• Dance critics and criticism
• Dance, Black > United States
• Politics in art
• Jardin aux lilas (Choreographic work : Tudor)
• Choreartium (Choreographic work : Massine)
• Graham, Martha > Frontier
• Green table (Choreographic work : Jooss)
• Martin, John , 1893-1985
• Guy, Edna
• Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
• Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
• Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979
• Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
• Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966
• Weidman, Charles
• Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
• Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
• St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
• Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927

Note

• Video documentation of the festival The early years: American modern dance from 1900 through the 1930s, hosted by SUNY College at Purchase, New York, on April 9-12, 1981, under the sponsorship of State University of New York, University-Wide Programs in the Arts. Festival director: Patricia Kerr Ross. Video producer: Daniel Labeille.
• For printed program of the festival, see: *MGZB The early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.) [Programs].

Access (note)

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

Contents

SUMMARY: Videotaped on April 10, 1981 by D. A. Pennebaker. Presentation on American dance in transition (the 1920s and 1930s) by Walter Terry. He begins his discussion by citing the achievements of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn, and their legacy to the next generation, which included Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Helen Tamiris, and Hanya Holm. Among the changes noted by Terry in the decades of transition are: the birth of dances of social comment and protest, many of them spurred by the Depression; new ways of looking at dancing, exemplified by Graham's Frontier; the growing sense of reconciliation between the different schools of modern dance as well as between modern dance and ballet; the rise of black dance in the U.S.; and the educational mission of critics such as John Martin.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 3524

OCLC

NYPY916055456-F

Title

The early years: American dance in transition [electronic resource]

Imprint

1981.

Restricted Access

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

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-950 cassette 13.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Politics in art.

Local Subject

Dance critics and criticism.

Dance -- Congresses -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1981.

Local Subject

Television. Early years.

Added Author

Terry, Walter. Speaker

Ross, Patty Kerr. Director

Pennebaker, D. A. Videographer

Labeille, Daniel. Producer

Early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.)

State University of New York College at Purchase.

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-950 cassette 13 (former)