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Mary Anthony and Mary Ford interviews, camera one, 7/22/98

Title
Mary Anthony and Mary Ford interviews, camera one, 7/22/98 [videorecording]
Publication
1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Anthony, Mary.
  • Ford, Mary.
  • Shimin, Tonia.
  • Diamond, Dennis.
  • DHCA.
Description
2 videocassettes (97 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.
  • Contains the same interview material, recorded by a different camera, as *MGZIA 4-3634 Mary Anthony and Mary Ford interviews, camera two, 7/22/98.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in New York on July 22, 1998 ; videography, Dennis Diamond.
Contents
  • Cassette 1. [Interview with Mary Anthony] (ca. 49 min.) / Anthony discusses her interest in Biblical themes in dance, and her works In the beginning (with Ross Parkes as Adam and Yuriko Kimura as Eve), Cain and Abel, and Antiphon ; her visit to Israel ; her admiration for passion in dancing, and her belief that the artist must experience the full emotional range of life ; the inspiration she finds in her dancers, with Ceremony of carols as an example ; her company's revivals of Sokolow's Rooms and Dreams, and Weidman's Fables for our time ; teaching in the Artists-in-Schools program ; the evolution of her teaching, and the influence of Louise Kloepper ; sources of inspiration for her teaching, including nature and the visual arts ; the creative component of her class ; her different approaches to different class levels ; the importance of "seeing movement" ; the present-day emphasis on technique, to the detriment of emotional expression. The first 42 min. of this interview also appear on *MGZIA 4-3632 Mary Anthony interview, camera one and two, 7/22/98. The interview is followed by ca. 10 min. of candid footage, and a preparatory shot of Mary Ford.
  • Cassette 2. [Interview with Mary Ford] (ca. 36 min.) / Mary Ford, now a dancer with the Limón Dance Company, discusses her impressions of Mary Anthony, with whom she has studied since 1993 ; Anthony's qualities as a teacher ; specific examples of her teaching, and ways in which her students learn to "see movement" ; how she helped develop Ford's skills as a choreographer both in terms of outward form and inner life ; creating roles in Anthony's Tabula rasa (1996) and the solo The Magdalen ; Anthony as a role model, and her nurturance of young talent ; their friendship, and Anthony's influence upon her life ; how Ford began to work with Anthony.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3633
OCLC
NYPY99-F1154
Title
Mary Anthony and Mary Ford interviews, camera one, 7/22/98 [videorecording]
Imprint
1998.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Mary Anthony: a life in modern dance preliminary footage.
Event
Videotaped in New York on July 22, 1998 ; videography, Dennis Diamond.
Performer
Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
Added Author
Anthony, Mary. Interviewee
Ford, Mary. Interviewee
Shimin, Tonia. Interviewer
Diamond, Dennis.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3633
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