Research Catalog

Dance USA

Title
  1. Dance USA [electronic resource] / BBC Wales ; directed and produced by Karen Whiteside.
Published by
  1. U.K. : BBC Wales, c2003.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. McGregor, Wayne
  2. Graham, Martha
  3. Eilber, Janet
  4. Jowitt, Deborah
  5. Dakin, Christine
  6. Capucilli, Terese
  7. Cunningham, Merce
  8. Solomons, Gus, Jr., 1938-2023
  9. Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018
  10. Adams, Carolyn
  11. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  12. Gordon, David, 1936-2022
  13. Setterfield, Valda
  14. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
  15. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017.
  16. Tharp, Twyla
  17. Rudner, Sara
  18. Whiteside, Karen
  19. Morris, Fiona
  20. Cash, Debra
  21. Graham, Martha
  22. Cunningham, Merce
  23. BBC Cymru Wales
Found in
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences
Summary
  1. British choreographer Wayne McGregor revisits the territory of some groundbreaking modern dance choreographers who are or were active in New York: Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, the Judson Church group (among them David Gordon, Valda Setterfield, and Trisha Brown), and Twyla Tharp. Interviewing the choreographers themselves or members of their dance companies, he explores their contributions, their significance as innovators, and the special qualities that distinguish them from each other. Film and video clips provide glimpses of each choreographer and his or her company in action. McGregor's journey also includes a brief visit to Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, repository of much of this history.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Karen Whiteside, BBC Television.
Series statement
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Uniform title
  1. Noah's minstrels (Choreographic work : Taylor)
  2. Aureole (Choreographic work : Taylor)
  3. Three epitaphs (Choreographic work : Taylor)
  4. Man walking down the side of a building (Choreographic work : Brown)
  5. Audience with the Pope (Choreographic work : Gordon)
  6. Walking on the wall (Choreographic work : Brown)
  7. Homemade (Choreographic work : Brown)
  8. Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Brown)
  9. Eight jelly rolls (Choreographic work : Tharp)
  10. Movin' out (Musical)
  11. In the upper room (Choreographic work : Tharp)
Subject
  1. Gordon, David, 1936-2022
  2. Video
  3. Documentaries and factual films and programs
  4. Dance
  5. Modern dance > United States > History
  6. Modern dance > New York (State) > New York > History
  7. Dancers > United States
  8. Choreographers > United States
  9. Judson Dance Theater
  10. Tharp, Twyla
  11. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
  12. Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018
  13. Cunningham, Merce
  14. Graham, Martha
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  3. Video.
Contents
  1. Dance excerpts include: Martha Graham's Heretic, Errand into the maze (rehearsal), Appalachian spring, and Night journey. Merce Cunningham's Beach birds for camera and Untitled solo. Paul Taylor's Noah's minstrels, Aureole (danced by Rudolf Nureyev), and Three epitaphs. Trisha Brown's Man walking down the side of a building, Walking on the wall, Homemade, and Theme and variations. David Gordon's An audience with the pope. Twyla Tharp's Eight jelly rolls (rehearsal and performance), Movin' out, and In the upper room.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 3626
Note
  1. Aspect ratio is 14:9 letterbox.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  1. Dance consultant, Debra Cash ; production team, Alison Watkins, Nicola Owen, Ann Oswald ; researcher, Ali Whitehouse ; camera, Ross Keith, David Gopsill ; sound, Caleb Moore, Graham Tobin ; editing, Niki Turner ; executive producer, Fiona Morris.
Performer (note)
  1. [Narrator:] Wayne McGregor.
  2. Interviewees (in order of appearance): Janet Eilber, Deborah Jowitt, Christine Dakin, Terese Capucilli, Gus Solomons Jr., Carolyn Adams, David Gordon, Valda Setterfield, Trisha Brown, Sara Rudner.
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Title
  1. Dance USA [electronic resource] / BBC Wales ; directed and produced by Karen Whiteside.
Imprint
  1. U.K. : BBC Wales, c2003.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.K.
Series
  1. Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Credits
  1. Dance consultant, Debra Cash ; production team, Alison Watkins, Nicola Owen, Ann Oswald ; researcher, Ali Whitehouse ; camera, Ross Keith, David Gopsill ; sound, Caleb Moore, Graham Tobin ; editing, Niki Turner ; executive producer, Fiona Morris.
Performer
  1. [Narrator:] Wayne McGregor.
  2. Interviewees (in order of appearance): Janet Eilber, Deborah Jowitt, Christine Dakin, Terese Capucilli, Gus Solomons Jr., Carolyn Adams, David Gordon, Valda Setterfield, Trisha Brown, Sara Rudner.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Local note
  1. Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-7568.
Access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. McGregor, Wayne. Narrator
  2. Graham, Martha, choreographer, dancer.
  3. Eilber, Janet. Interviewee
  4. Jowitt, Deborah, interviewee.
  5. Dakin, Christine. Interviewee
  6. Capucilli, Terese. Interviewee
  7. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer, dancer.
  8. Solomons, Gus, Jr., 1938-2023 interviewee.
  9. Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018, choreographer, dancer.
  10. Adams, Carolyn. Interviewee
  11. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
  12. Gordon, David, 1936-2022, choreographer.
  13. Gordon, David, 1936-2022, dancer.
  14. Gordon, David, 1936-2022, interviewee.
  15. Setterfield, Valda, dancer. Interviewee
  16. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017, choreographer.
  17. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017, dancer.
  18. Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017. Interviewee
  19. Tharp, Twyla, choreographer, dancer.
  20. Rudner, Sara, dancer. Interviewee
  21. Whiteside, Karen. Director. Producer
  22. Morris, Fiona. Producer
  23. Cash, Debra. Consultant
  24. BBC Cymru Wales.
  25. Graham, Martha. Appalachian spring.
  26. Graham, Martha. Night journey.
  27. Graham, Martha. Errand into the maze.
  28. Graham, Martha. Heretic.
  29. Cunningham, Merce. Beach birds.
  30. Cunningham, Merce. Untitled solo.
Added title
  1. Noah's minstrels (Choreographic work : Taylor)
  2. Aureole (Choreographic work : Taylor)
  3. Three epitaphs (Choreographic work : Taylor)
  4. Man walking down the side of a building (Choreographic work : Brown)
  5. Audience with the Pope (Choreographic work : Gordon)
  6. Walking on the wall (Choreographic work : Brown)
  7. Homemade (Choreographic work : Brown)
  8. Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Brown)
  9. Eight jelly rolls (Choreographic work : Tharp)
  10. Movin' out (Musical)
  11. In the upper room (Choreographic work : Tharp)
Found in:
  1. Merce Cunningham archive.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 3626
  2. *MGZIA 4-7568 (former)
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