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Ram Gopal dancing to the music of time

Title
  1. Ram Gopal [videorecording] : dancing to the music of time / directed by Zoe Hardy.
Published by
  1. [200-?]

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Additional authors
  1. Hardy, Zoe.
  2. Bhide, Smita.
  3. Davis, Lois.
  4. Ram Gopal, 1917-2003
  5. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) (25 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Profile of Indian dancer Ram Gopal, now a resident of Venice. In an interview he discusses his parents; the opprobrium attached to dancing in his youth; his training in Kathakali dancing in Kerala; the religious aspects of Indian dance; joining the dance company of La Meri; his first meeting with British ballerina Alicia Markova; his perception of Serge Diaghilev's significance; his meeting with Vaslav Nijinsky in the 1940s; his belief that Eastern and Western dancers have much to learn from each other's disciplines and techniques. Dame Alicia Markova, who is also interviewed, discusses her first impressions of Ram Gopal's dancing, and their performances together in 1960. The program contains numerous film clips of Ram Gopal in performance.
Subject
  1. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
  2. Ram Gopal, 1917-2003 > Interviews
  3. Interviews
  4. Dancers > India > Interviews
  5. Video
  6. La Meri, 1898-1988
  7. Dance
  8. Kathakali
  9. Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
  10. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004 > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-7346
Credits (note)
  1. Research, Smita Bhide ; editing, Lois Davis.
Performer (note)
  1. Interviewees: Ram Gopal, Alicia Markova.
Title
  1. Ram Gopal [videorecording] : dancing to the music of time / directed by Zoe Hardy.
Imprint
  1. [200-?]
Credits
  1. Research, Smita Bhide ; editing, Lois Davis.
Performer
  1. Interviewees: Ram Gopal, Alicia Markova.
Added author
  1. Hardy, Zoe. Director
  2. Bhide, Smita. Researcher
  3. Davis, Lois. Film editor
  4. Ram Gopal, 1917-2003, dancer. Interviewee
  5. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004. Interviewee
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-7346
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