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Mary Anthony interview, 12/18/98

Title
Mary Anthony interview, 12/18/98 [videorecording]
Publication
1998.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-3652Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Anthony, Mary.
  • Gifford, Joseph.
  • Berensohn, Paul.
  • Shimin, Tonia.
  • Sherman, Roger, 1958-
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Footage recorded for a projected documentary on Mary Anthony, a modern dancer, choreographer and teacher.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Tonia Shimin.
Series Statement
Mary Anthony: a life in modern dance preliminary footage.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Note
  • Unedited footage.
  • For additional footage of the group interview, see *MGZIA 4-3651 Group interview with Paulus Berensohn, Joseph Gifford, Mary Anthony, 12/18/98.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped on December 18, 1998 ; videography, Roger Sherman.
Contents
  • [Group interview with Mary Anthony, Joseph Gifford and Paulus Berensohn] (ca. 10 min.) / Mary Anthony, Joseph Gifford, who had a performing partnership with her, and Paulus Berensohn, one of her former dancers, discuss their interaction as dancers ; the creation of Anthony's signature work Threnody ; Anthony and Gifford's collaboration on Chaconne, a work inspired by the Borgias ; the music of Cameron McCosh, who accompanied Anthony's classes. Berensohn also describes the experience of dancing Anthony's choreography.
  • [Interview with Mary Anthony] (ca. 19 min.) / Mary Anthony discusses the origins and imagery of the bullfighter pliés she teaches in class ; the interrelationships of the mother and daughters in Threnody ; the dancers Ross Parkes and Daniel Maloney ; her self-image as a "Catholic Buddhist" ; Glen Tetley ; teaching at the High School of Performing Arts when Rachael Yocom was principal and Gary Chryst a student ; Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a man within a circle, and what it signifies to her ; why she uses the image of a samurai in teaching ; how she approaches revivals of her earlier works, e.g., Gloria ; how she wants to be remembered ; what she means by the feelings of being a dancer, and the rewards these feelings bring.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3652
OCLC
NYPY99-F1155
Title
Mary Anthony interview, 12/18/98 [videorecording]
Imprint
1998.
Series
Mary Anthony: a life in modern dance preliminary footage.
Event
Videotaped on December 18, 1998 ; videography, Roger Sherman.
Performer
Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
Added Author
Anthony, Mary. Interviewee
Gifford, Joseph. Interviewee
Berensohn, Paul. Interviewee
Shimin, Tonia. Interviewer
Sherman, Roger, 1958-
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3652
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