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[Dorothy Bird recreating Graham technique of the 1930s]

Title
[Dorothy Bird recreating Graham technique of the 1930s] [videorecording]
Publication
1986.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
  • Graham, Martha
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (79 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
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
Gift of Casey Villard.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Considerable ambient sound on tape, including a vocal lesson in a nearby studio.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Dickerson Performing Arts Studio on January 11, 1986.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4509
OCLC
NYPY00-F604
Title
[Dorothy Bird recreating Graham technique of the 1930s] [videorecording]
Imprint
1986.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped at the Dickerson Performing Arts Studio on January 11, 1986.
Performer
Dancer: Sharon Neverson.
Local Subject
Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.
Added Author
Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996.
Graham, Martha, choreographer.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4509
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