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The language of dance: Deciphering the code words

Title
The language of dance: Deciphering the code words [videorecording]
Publication
1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Dakin, Christine.
  • Shick, Vicky.
  • Greenberg, Neil, 1959-
  • Ipiotis, Celia.
  • Bush, Jeffrey C.
  • Graham, Martha.
  • ARC Videodance (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Vicky Shick, a former member of Trisha Brown and Company, Neil Greenberg, formerly with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, and Christine Dakin, a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company, recall their experiences of working with the founders of their respective companies: Trisha Brown, Merce Cunningham, and Martha Graham. They discuss how these choreographers transmitted their ideas in rehearsals, particularly when (in the cases of Cunningham and Graham) age prevented them from demonstrating movement full-out. The guests also discuss how they prepared to perform in these choreographers' works, whether through company or outside classes. Dance excerpts include Cunningham's cinedance version of Coast zone, created with Charles Atlas; Graham's Cave of the heart and Acts of light; Brown's Set and reset and Line up; and Greenberg's Stage-gun-dance and Morphine. Recorded footage also shows Cunningham in class and rehearsal.
Series Statement
Eye on dance ; 304
Uniform Title
  • Coast zone (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
  • Set and reset (Choreographic work : Brown)
  • Line up (Choreographic work : Brown)
  • Stage-gun-dance (Choreographic work : Greenberg)
  • Morphine (Choreographic work : Greenberg)
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Note
  • Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on April 30, 1990 at the studios of WNYC-TV, New York. Telecast on October 1, 1990. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3090
OCLC
NYPY926005124-F
Title
The language of dance: Deciphering the code words [videorecording]
Imprint
1990.
Series
Eye on dance ; 304
Local Subject
Television. The language of dance: Deciphering the code words.
Television. Eye on dance.
Motion pictures. Coast zone.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Cunningham, Merce, teacher.
Dakin, Christine. Interviewee
Shick, Vicky. Interviewee
Greenberg, Neil, 1959- Interviewee
Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer. Director
ARC Videodance (Firm)
Graham, Martha. Cave of the heart.
Graham, Martha. Acts of light
Added Title
Coast zone (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Set and reset (Choreographic work : Brown)
Line up (Choreographic work : Brown)
Stage-gun-dance (Choreographic work : Greenberg)
Morphine (Choreographic work : Greenberg)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3090
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