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Mary Anthony interview, camera one, 7/21/98
- Title
- Mary Anthony interview, camera one, 7/21/98 [videorecording]
- Publication
- 1998.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (84 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
- Dance
- Gifford, Joseph
- Kloepper, Louise, 1910-1996
- Bennington College > Dance Division
- Threnody (Choreographic work : Anthony)
- Choreographers > United States > 20th century
- Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
- Namesake (Choreographic work : Holm)
- Orestes and the Furies (Choreographic work : Holm)
- Barashkova, Julia
- Dancers > United States > 20th century
- Modern dance > United States
- Cage, John
- Musical comedies > Touch and go
- Video
- Pursued (Choreographic work : Gifford)
- Interviews
- Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966
- New Dance Group (New York, N.Y.)
- Mary Anthony Dance Theatre
- Anthony, Mary > Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Interviews.
- Video.
- Note
- Unedited footage.
- Contains same material, taped by a different camera, as *MGZIA 4-3230 Mary Anthony interview, camera two, 7/21/98.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in New York on July 21, 1998 ; videography, Dennis Diamond.
- Contents
- Mary Anthony discusses her belief in dance as a way of life ; the enduring nature of art ; the ephemerality of dance. The ensuing discussion, which contains some repetition, centers on her childhood in Newport, Kentucky: her early interest in dance, and first experiences as a performer and choreographer ; her first view of Martha Graham's dancing ; her ethnic and religious background ; and the unhappy family situation that led her to run away from home at age 16. She then recalls her dance studies at Grinnell College ; auditioning for Hanya Holm in New York ; joining New Dance Group as performer and teacher ; dancing in The stovepipe hat, choreographed by Tamiris ; the formative influence of Louise Kloepper, a teacher in Holm's school ; performing with John Cage ; her ballet studies with Julia Barashkova ; dancing in Touch and go, also choreographed by Tamiris ; working in England and Italy ; dancing in Holm's Namesake, and Orestes and the Furies ; her performing partnership with Joe Gifford ; Gifford's choreography, including The pursued ; choreographing at the Holm studio ; her decision to open her own studio ; the importance of finding truth in movement ; teaching at Bennington ; the genesis of Threnody ; her first dance company.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-3629
- OCLC
- NYPY99-F1144
- Title
- Mary Anthony interview, camera one, 7/21/98 [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 21, 1998 ; videography, Dennis Diamond.
- Performer
- Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
- Local Subject
- Musical comedies. Touch and go.
- Added Author
- Anthony, Mary. IntervieweeShimin, Tonia. InterviewerDiamond, Dennis.DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-3629