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Additional authors

1. Stodelle, Ernestine.
2. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
3. Smith-Childs, Sarita
4. Pospíšil, Miroslava
5. Watt, Nina
6. Fine, Vivian, 1913-2000.
7. Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951.
8. Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973.
9. Lawrence, Pauline.
10. Dutka, Mike.
11. Reusch, Amy.
12. Clemens, Stephanie.
13. Doris Humphrey Society.
14. Princeton Book Company.
15. Momenta (Dance company)
16. Reusch Dance Video (Firm)
17. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
18. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (91 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Ernestine Stodelle, a former member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, coaches Sarita Smith-Childs in Doris Humphrey's Two ecstatic themes, a solo in two parts, Circular descent and Pointed ascent. Analyzing the choreography section by section, she clarifies and refines its details, with attention to shape, timing, dynamics, and motivation. The sections are preceded by video clips showing the choreography in performance, and key concepts are identified in subtitles. A full performance of the work concludes the tape. This tape is not intended as a means of learning the choreography, nor as a replacement for the notation score or a coach. All works by Doris Humphrey are copyrighted, and permission to perform them must be obtained from her son Charles Humphrey Woodford.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Amy Reusch.

Series statement

1. Source experience: enriching the Humphrey legacy.

Uniform title

1. Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Subject

1. Choreography > Reconstruction
2. Dance rehearsals
3. Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
4. Dance workshops and workshop performances
5. Video
6. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3010

Note

1. A Dance Horizons Video.
2. Project made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD), a project underwritten by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

1. Costume after the original by Pauline Lawrence ; lighting for August 1995 performance by Mike Dutka.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater, Academy of Movement and Music, Oak Park, Ill., during the 6th annual Doris Humphrey Technique Workshop coordinated by the National Doris Humphrey Society in August 1995, and in performance at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on August 12, 1995. Additional video clips recorded in performances by Miroslava Pospíšil and Nina Watt, the latter at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on January 4, 1997.

Title

1. Two ecstatic themes [videorecording] / presented by the National Doris Humphrey Society in collaboration with Princeton Book Company, Publishers, Momenta Performing Arts Company, Ernestine Stodelle and Reusch Dance Video ; artistic direction and coaching commentaries by Ernestine Stodelle ; video director, Amy Reusch ; project director, Stephanie Clemens ; choreography by Doris Humphrey (1931), reconstructed by Ernestine Stodelle in 1975 ; music by Nikolai Karolovich Medtner and Gian Francesco Malipiero.

Imprint

1. Pennington, N.J. : Princeton Book Company, Publishers, c1997.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Source experience: enriching the Humphrey legacy.

Performer

1. Danced by Sarita Smith-Childs.
2. Pianist: Vivian Fine.

Credits

1. Costume after the original by Pauline Lawrence ; lighting for August 1995 performance by Mike Dutka.

Event

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater, Academy of Movement and Music, Oak Park, Ill., during the 6th annual Doris Humphrey Technique Workshop coordinated by the National Doris Humphrey Society in August 1995, and in performance at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on August 12, 1995. Additional video clips recorded in performances by Miroslava Pospíšil and Nina Watt, the latter at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on January 4, 1997.

Local subject

1. Choreography -- Reconstruction.
2. Dance workshops and workshop performances.

Added author

1. Stodelle, Ernestine. Commentator
2. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.
3. Smith-Childs, Sarita, dancer.
4. Pospíšil, Miroslava, dancer.
5. Watt, Nina, dancer.
6. Fine, Vivian, 1913-2000. Instrumentalist
7. Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951. Composer
8. Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973. Composer
9. Lawrence, Pauline. Costume designer
10. Dutka, Mike.
11. Reusch, Amy. Director
12. Clemens, Stephanie. Director
13. Doris Humphrey Society.
14. Princeton Book Company.
15. Momenta (Dance company)
16. Reusch Dance Video (Firm)
17. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
18. DHCA.

Added title

1. Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3010