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Dancing.

Title
  1. Dancing. The individual and tradition [videorecording] / produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with RM Arts and BBC-TV ; series devised by Rhoda Grauer, executive producer ; producers/directors, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, Middlemarch Films ; writers, Ronald Blumer and David Boorstin.
Published by
  1. U.K. : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1993.

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Additional authors
  1. Richardson, Miranda
  2. Tharp, Twyla
  3. Tharp, Twyla
  4. Fagan, Garth
  5. Fagan, Garth
  6. Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947-
  7. Dudley, Jane
  8. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon
  9. Russell, Francia
  10. Kusumo, Sardono W.
  11. Eiko and Koma
  12. Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
  13. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
  14. Graham, Martha
  15. Dunham, Katherine
  16. Balanchine, George
  17. Cunningham, Merce
  18. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
  19. Morris, Mark, 1956-
  20. Elkins, Doug
  21. Bausch, Pina
  22. Grauer, Rhoda
  23. Meyer, Muffie
  24. Hovde, Ellen
  25. Boorstin, David
  26. Blumer, Ronald
  27. Venza, Jac
  28. Lockyer, Bob
  29. Graham, Martha
  30. Cunningham, Merce
  31. British Broadcasting Corporation
  32. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Program 7 of an eight-part documentary series exploring the ramifications of dance around the world. Twentieth-century innovations in dance are discussed by Elizabeth Kendall and Twyla Tharp, who talks about her own and others' choreography. The program begins and ends with statements by choreographers Garth Fagan, Sardono Kusumo, Eiko (of Eiko and Koma), and Tharp, who discuss their impetus to dance and create, and their relationship with the past. A historical survey of twentieth-century dance explores the role of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in fomenting a revolution in classical ballet, and the evolution of American modern dance, beginning with Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. Jane Dudley describes the contribution of Martha Graham, and Brenda Dixon-Gottschild discusses Katherine Dunham's integration of African and American dance forms. Francia Russell talks about George Balanchine's extension of the classical ballet tradition. The 1960s are recalled as a period of creative ferment and artistic questioning, which provided fertile ground for the innovations of Merce Cunningham, Tharp, and others.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Bob Lockyer, BBC.
Series statement
  1. Dancing [British edition] ; 7.
Uniform title
  1. Dancing (Television series)
  2. Ag'ya (Choreographic work : Dunham)
  3. Astral convertible (Choreographic work : Brown)
  4. Time after before place (Choreographic work : Fagan)
  5. Nelken (Choreographic work : Bausch)
Subject
  1. Educational/cultural films and programs
  2. Dance
  3. Video
  4. Television. Dancing
  5. Mixed media performances
  6. Modern dance
  7. Dance, Black
  8. Documentaries and factual films and programs
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Educational/cultural films and programs.
  3. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  4. Video.
Contents
  1. Dance contents: Excerpts include rehearsal by Tharp and Kevin O'Day (footage interspersed throughout program) -- Hex / choreography and performance, Mary Wigman -- L'Ag'ya / choreography, Katherine Dunham -- Lamentation / choreography and performance, Graham -- Astral convertible / choreography, Trisha Brown -- Exchange / choreography, Cunningham -- Time after/before place / choreography, Fagan -- Nelken (Les oeillets) / choreography, Pina Bausch -- Rehearsal by Kusumo and company -- Land / rehearsal ; choreography and performance, Eiko and Koma -- Isadora Duncan, dancing at a garden party -- Brahms waltz / choreography, Duncan ; performed by Annabelle Gamson -- The dying swan / choreography, Michel Fokine ; performed by Anna Pavlova -- Unidentified solo / performed by Pavlova -- The rite of spring / choreography, Vaslav Nijinsky ; performed by Beatriz Rodriguez -- Nautch dance / performed by St. Denis -- Dance from the film Intolerance / performed by St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and others -- Lamentation ; [and] Night journey ; [and] Appalachian spring / choreography, Graham ; performed by Graham and company -- Tropics ; [and] L'Ag'ya ; [and] Shango ; [and] Cuban episode ; [and] dances from the film Carnival of rhythm / choreography, Dunham ; performed by Dunham, Roger Ohardieno, Archie Savage, and others.
  2. The sleeping beauty / performed by the Kirov Ballet -- Agon ; [and] Apollo ; [and] Western symphony ; [and] Meditation / choreography, Balanchine ; performed by Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Mitchell, Peter Martins, Jacques d'Amboise, Tanaquil Le Clercq, and members of the New York City Ballet -- Sextet / rehearsal ; choreography, Tharp ; performed by Susan Jaffe, Damian Woetzel, Keith Roberts, Isabella Padovani, Guillaume Graffin, and Kelly Cass -- Pelican / choreography, Robert Rauschenberg -- Smallpox / performed by Tatsumi Hijikata -- Rainforest / choreography, Cunningham ; performed by Cunningham and Meg Harper -- Nine evenings: theatre and engineering / created by multiple choreographers -- Story ; [and] Crises / choreography, Cunningham -- Trio A / choreography and performance, Yvonne Rainer.
  3. You come, we'll show you what we do / performed by Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith -- Stride / choreography, Tharp -- Man walks on side of building ; [and] Walking on walls / choreography, Brown -- Linoleum / choreography, Rauschenberg -- The history of up and down ; [and] Dancing in the streets ; [and] Eight jelly rolls ; [and] Push comes to shove / choreography, Tharp ; the last performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov -- The "Tamil film songs in stereo" pas de deux / choreography, Mark Morris -- From before / choreography, Fagan ; performed by Steve Humphrey -- The patrooka variations / choreography, Doug Elkins -- Bandoneon / choreography, Bausch -- Land / rehearsal ; choreography and performance, Eiko and Koma -- Time after/before place / choreography, Fagan ; performed by Norwood Pennewell, Bit Knighton, and others -- Men's piece / rehearsal ; choreography, Tharp ; performed by Tharp and O'Day.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-1946
Note
  1. For the American edition of this program, see *MGZIC 9-4116.
Credits (note)
  1. Series producer for BBC, Bob Lockyer ; director, performance programs, Jac Venza.
Performer (note)
  1. Host: Miranda Richardson.
Title
  1. Dancing. The individual and tradition [videorecording] / produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with RM Arts and BBC-TV ; series devised by Rhoda Grauer, executive producer ; producers/directors, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, Middlemarch Films ; writers, Ronald Blumer and David Boorstin.
Imprint
  1. U.K. : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1993.
Series
  1. Dancing [British edition] ; 7.
Performer
  1. Host: Miranda Richardson.
Credits
  1. Series producer for BBC, Bob Lockyer ; director, performance programs, Jac Venza.
Local subject
  1. Mixed media performances.
Local subject
  1. Television. Dancing.
Added author
  1. Richardson, Miranda. Host
  2. Tharp, Twyla, choreographer.
  3. Tharp, Twyla, dancer.
  4. Tharp, Twyla. Commentator
  5. Fagan, Garth, choreographer.
  6. Fagan, Garth. Commentator
  7. Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- Commentator
  8. Dudley, Jane. Commentator
  9. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon. Commentator
  10. Russell, Francia. Commentator
  11. Kusumo, Sardono W., dancer. Commentator
  12. Eiko and Koma.
  13. Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927, choreographer.
  14. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, dancer.
  15. Graham, Martha, choreographer, dancer.
  16. Dunham, Katherine, choreographer, dancer.
  17. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
  18. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer, dancer.
  19. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.
  20. Morris, Mark, 1956- choreographer.
  21. Elkins, Doug, choreographer.
  22. Bausch, Pina, choreographer.
  23. Grauer, Rhoda. Producer
  24. Meyer, Muffie. Producer
  25. Meyer, Muffie. Director
  26. Hovde, Ellen. Producer
  27. Hovde, Ellen. Director
  28. Boorstin, David. Author
  29. Blumer, Ronald. Author
  30. Venza, Jac, television director.
  31. Lockyer, Bob. Producer
  32. British Broadcasting Corporation.
  33. DHCA.
  34. Graham, Martha. Lamentation.
  35. Cunningham, Merce. Exchange.
Added title
  1. Dancing (Television series)
  2. Ag'ya (Choreographic work : Dunham)
  3. Astral convertible (Choreographic work : Brown)
  4. Time after before place (Choreographic work : Fagan)
  5. Nelken (Choreographic work : Bausch)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-1946
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