Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996
2. Graham, Martha
3. DHCA

Description

1. 1 videocassette (79 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Dorothy Bird, who danced with Martha Graham's company from 1931 to 1937, recreates exercises and movement sequences that she learned from Graham at the Cornish School in Seattle in 1930. Among these are exercises based on the choreography for Graham's Heretic. During the session, Bird relates her memories of Graham's classes, including the imagery that she used in her teaching. Scholarship student Sharon Neverson demonstrates the movements.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Casey Villard.

Subject

1. Graham, Martha.

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4509

Language

1. English

Note

1. Considerable ambient sound on tape, including a vocal lesson in a nearby studio.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Dickerson Performing Arts Studio on January 11, 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Dancer: Sharon Neverson.

Local subject

1. Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.

Added author

1. Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
2. Graham, Martha, choreographer.
3. DHCA.