Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
2. Fenster, Nancy
3. Kaye, Pooh
4. Gillespie, Ginger
5. Beer, Henry
6. Love, Lisa
7. Monson, Jennifer
8. Ruttmann, Walter, 1887-1941
9. Man Ray, 1890-1976
10. Deslaw, Eugène
11. Murphy, Dudley, 1897-1968
12. Fegte, Ernst, 1900-1976
13. Lye, Len, 1901-1980
14. Emshwiller, Ed.
15. Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
16. Strand, Chick
17. Klapish, Cedric
18. Vondracek, Victor
19. Kilgore, John
20. Gassinger, Ilse
21. Eccentric Motions Company
22. Éditions à Voir
23. Springdance (Festival)
24. SK Stiftung Kultur
25. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) (76 min.) : si. and sd., b&w and col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Compilation of experimental films portraying objects or people in dance-like motion.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Ulrike Boecking of SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln.

Series statement

1. History of dance on film & video ; III

Subject

1. Experimental films.

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Compilations.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Opus II, III and IV (Germany, 1919-1926 (?) ; b&w and col., ca. 9 min.) / directed by Walter [also spelled Walther] Ruttmann ; abstract forms in motion. Dated 1926 on frame, 1920-1923 on wrapper, 1919-1925 on accompanying leaflet.
2. Emak bakia (France, 1927 ; b&w, ca. 20 min.) / directed by Man Ray ; collage of bodies and objects, including the legs of a dancer doing the Charleston. Duration given as 17 min. on leaflet.
3. La marche des machines (France, 1928 ; b&w, ca. 7 min.) / directed by Eugène Deslaw ; machines in motion.
4. Black and tan fantasy (U.S., 1919 ; b&w, ca. 19 min.) / story and direction, Dudley Murphy ; art direction, Ernest Fegte ; performers include Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra ; drama including variety dancing at a nightclub. Title given as Black and tan on added credits, wrapper and leaflet.
5. Trade tattoo (New Zealand, 1937 ; col., ca. 5 min.) / directed by Len Lye ; presented by John Grierson ; a G.P.O. Film Unit production ; directed by Len Lye ; music played by the Lecuona Band ; shapes and images of people at work. Country of production given as Great Britain on wrapper and leaflet.
6. Dance chromatic (U.S., 1959 ; col., ca. 6 min.) / directed by Ed Emshwiller ; choreography and performance, Nancy Fenster ; paintings, Ed Emshwiller ; music, Lou Harrison (from Canticle no. 3) ; combination of a dancer's movements with painted forms and textures. Title given erroneously as Dance chromatics on added credits, wrapper and leaflet. This film is also on *MGZHB 4-1949.
7. Angel blue sweet wings (U.S., 1966 ; col., ca. 3 1/2 min.) / directed by Chick Strand ; collage including dancers.
8. Inside the house of floating paper (U.S., 1984 ; col., ca. 4 1/2 min.) / conceived, directed and produced by Pooh Kaye ; an Eccentric Motions Inc. production ; camera, Cedric Klapish, Pooh Kaye, Victor Vondracek ; sound design and editing, John Kilgore ; performed by Pooh Kaye, Ginger Gillespie, Marcus Weischmeyer, Henry Beer, Karen Cassamismo, Jay Hyatt, Lisa Love, Randy Mardin, Jennifer Monson, Sharla Perel. This film is also on *MGZHB 4-2345.
9. Splash (Austria, 1989 ; col., ca. 1 1/2 min.) / directed by Ilse Gassinger ; music, Radio Tirana ; images of women in a swimming pool.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3404

Language

1. English

Note

1. For accompanying leaflet, see: *MGZR Cinedance [clippings].

Country of producing entity

1. The Netherlands.

Local subject

1. Cinedance.
2. Variety dancing -- United States.
3. Motion pictures. Dance chromatic.
4. Motion pictures. Inside the house of floating paper.

ISBN

1. 9055190519