Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Champion, Marge.
2. Martin, Mayris.
3. Joyce, Vicki (Vocalist)
4. Pressman, Esther.
5. Reed, Jane Levy.
6. Heller, Peggy.
7. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (53 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Unedited footage for the documentary If only for an hour. For the completed program, see: *MGZIC 9-7 If only for an hour.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Jane Levy Reed.

Subject

1. Dance
2. Animation (Cinematography)
3. Tap dancing
4. Champion, Gower, 1919-1980
5. Belcher, Ernest, 1882-1973
6. Dance > United States > 20th century
7. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
8. Balanchine, George
9. Da Pron, Louis
10. Motion pictures > If only for an hour
11. Variety dancing > United States
12. Dancers > United States > 20th century
13. Video
14. Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Interview with Marge Champion (ca. 31 min.) / Champion discusses her training at the school directed by her father, Ernest Belcher, and her lessons in tap dancing with Louis DaPron ; the high value placed on virtuosic tricks, particularly turns ; and the experience of working with George Balanchine on the musical What's up. She describes her professional partnership with Gower Champion (begun in 1947, the year of their marriage), and the storytelling element that they infused into their duets. Also discussed are the recent revival of tap dancing, some reasons for its popularity, and the qualities that make for good tap dancing ; and her experiences as a model for animated movement in the Disney films Snow White, Pinocchio and Fantasia. The session concludes with still photos of Marge and Gower Champion in performance.
2. [Candid footage] (ca. 3 min.) / includes informal dancing by Vicki Joyce and Esther Pressman (see *MGZIC 9-6238 cassettes five and six).
3. Interview with Mayris Martin (ca. 19 min.) / Martin recalls her ballet training in San Francisco ; starting her career in a chorus line at age 14 ; the dance team she formed with Eddie Fox, performing adagio ballroom, tap, acrobatic, ballet and other dance forms ; her long friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, for whom she created the Eleanor glide ; her experiences in and observations of various chorus lines. The interview closes with still photos of Martin, with Eleanor Roosevelt, and in performance.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-6238 cassette seven

Title

1. If only for an hour, original interviews. Marge Champion, Mayris Martin [videorecording] / produced and directed by Jane Levy Reed and Peggy Heller.

Imprint

1. 1976.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Interviewers: Jane Levy Reed, Peggy Heller.

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. If only for an hour.

Added author

1. Champion, Marge. Interviewee
2. Martin, Mayris. Interviewee
3. Joyce, Vicki (Vocalist) Performer
4. Pressman, Esther. Performer
5. Reed, Jane Levy. Interviewer. Producer. Director
6. Heller, Peggy. Interviewer. Producer. Director
7. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-6238 cassette seven