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Decision-making dancers

Title
Decision-making dancers [videorecording] / presented by Movement Research Inc.
Publication
1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Carolyn, 1927-
  • Kooluris, Hortense Dolan.
  • Rudner, Sara.
  • Woodard, Stephanie (Stephanie A.)
  • Elovich, Richard.
  • Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Chase, Doris, 1923-
  • Thayer, Tom.
  • Armijo, Arthur, 1960-1993.
  • Studies Project.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
  • Movement Research, Inc.
  • Character Generators/Video.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (111 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequence; 1/2 in.
Summary
Panel discussion, preceded by the screening of two videodances, with dancers Carolyn Brown, Hortense Kooluris, and Sara Rudner, and moderator Stephanie Woodard. Introduction by Richard Elovich.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Stephanie Woodard.
Series Statement
Studies Project
Uniform Title
Variations V (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Panel discussions.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Technical director/lighting, Tom Thayer.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Ethnic Folk Arts Center, New York, as part of The studies project, on October 17, 1988; video documentation, Arthur Armijo, Character Generators/Video.
Contents
  • Excerpts from two videodances: Doris Chase dance series: Sara Rudner / producer/director, Doris Chase; choreography and performance, Sara Rudner; music, Joan La Barbara (7 ingredients). For the complete version of this videodance, see *MGZIC 9-267 or *MGZIC 9-2490.
  • Variations V / choreography, Merce Cunningham; music, John Cage; performed by members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, including Carolyn Brown. For complete version, see *MGZHB 20-85.
  • Performance by Hortense Kooluris of four dances by Isadora Duncan: Brahms waltz, Op. 39, No. 4; Chopin mazurka in A minor, Op. 68, No. 2; Chopin nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2; Brahms waltz, Op. 39, No. 15.
  • Panel discussion / the panelists recall their training and early careers, and the major choreographers with whom they worked (including Anna, Irma, and Maria Theresa Duncan; Merce Cunningham; and Twyla Tharp). Among the topics they discuss are what constitutes good teaching, the different phases of a dancer's career, changes in performance style in their former companies, dancers' contributions to choreography, and their favorite dances. A question-and-answer period concludes the program.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1360
OCLC
NYPY926028160-F
Title
Decision-making dancers [videorecording] / presented by Movement Research Inc.
Imprint
1988.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Studies Project
Event
Videotaped at the Ethnic Folk Arts Center, New York, as part of The studies project, on October 17, 1988; video documentation, Arthur Armijo, Character Generators/Video.
Credits
Technical director/lighting, Tom Thayer.
Local Subject
Videodance.
Television. Sara Rudner.
Television. Variations V.
Duncan dancing.
Modern dance -- Technique -- Cunningham.
Local Subject
Television. Decision-making dancers.
Added Author
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- cmm, dancer.
Kooluris, Hortense Dolan. cmm, dancer.
Rudner, Sara. cmm, choreographer, dancer.
Woodard, Stephanie (Stephanie A.) Moderator
Elovich, Richard.
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927, choreographer.
Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
Chase, Doris, 1923- Producer. Director
Thayer, Tom. Director
Armijo, Arthur, 1960-1993.
Studies Project.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Movement Research, Inc.
Character Generators/Video.
Added Title
Variations V (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1360
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