Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Limón, José
2. Masters, Gary.
3. Lloyd, Norman, 1909-1980.
4. Hollander, Michael.
5. Tomlinson, Charles D.
6. Vachon, Ann.
7. Roth, Malachi.
8. Levy-Hinte, Jeff.
9. Limón West (Dance company)
10. Dance Conduit (Company)
11. Antidote Films (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. Gary Masters, a former member of the José Limón Dance Company, founded the Limón West Dance Project in San Jose, Calif., and directed it from 1994 to 1998. A longer interview with Michael Hollander, also a former member of the Limón company, appears on *MGZIA 4-8182 [Interview with Michael Hollander and James Payton]. This tape also contains the conclusion of an interview with Charles D. Tomlinson, who was associated with Limón as dresser, costume designer, assistant, and friend; for the preceding footage, see *MGZIA 4-8155 [Interview with Charles D. Tomlinson].

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.

Series statement

1. Limón: a life beyond words

Uniform title

1. Malinche (Choreographic work : Limón)

Subject

1. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
2. Limón, José
3. José Limón Dance Company
4. Video
5. Tomlinson, Charles D > Interviews
6. Hollander, Michael > Interviews
7. Interviews
8. Dance rehearsals
9. Graham, Martha
10. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.
4. Dance rehearsals.

Contents

1. [Gary Masters restaging La Malinche] (ca. 33 min.) / recorded in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes; choreography, José Limón; music, Norman Lloyd; danced by members of Limón West. La Malinche, a dance work for three characters (La Malinche, El Indio, and El Conquistador), derives from an episode in Mexican history in which the Indian princess Malintzin became the interpreter and adviser of the Spanish conqueror Cortez. In this footage, two different women rehearse the role of La Malinche. An almost complete runthrough of the piece begins at 19 min. into the tape.
2. [Interview with Michael Hollander] (ca. 17 min.) / topics include gender issues in Limón's work; Limón's concept of the motivation for movement; Limón as a modernist; the similarity of Martha Graham's discovery of her sense of centeredness and Limón's ideas; the Limón company's State Department tours.
3. [Footage of the Limón company's office, New York City] (ca. 10 min.) / includes candid footage of Michael Hollander, Ann Vachon, and Norton Owen; an excerpt from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's program The moor's pavane: a measure of emotion (1955), seen on a video monitor; still photographs of Limón in solos and with Ruth Currier in Doris Humphrey's Night spell. For the complete footage of The moor's pavane: a measure of emotion, see *MGZIA 4-3440.
4. [Interview with Charles D. Tomlinson] (ca. 3 min.) / Tomlinson discusses José Limón's view of Doris Humphrey as an artistic guide.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8172

Event (note)

1. Rehearsal of La Malinche videotaped in San Jose, Calif.

Title

1. [Gary Masters restaging La Malinche] ; [and] [Interview with Michael Hollander] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.

Imprint

1. [1995?]

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Limón: a life beyond words

Performer

1. Interviewer: Ann Vachon.

Event

1. Rehearsal of La Malinche videotaped in San Jose, Calif.

Added author

1. Limón, José, choreographer.
2. Masters, Gary. Restager
3. Lloyd, Norman, 1909-1980. Composer
4. Hollander, Michael. Interviewee
5. Tomlinson, Charles D. Interviewee
6. Vachon, Ann. Interviewer. Producer
7. Roth, Malachi. Director
8. Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer
9. Limón West (Dance company)
10. Dance Conduit (Company)
11. Antidote Films (Firm)

Added title

1. Malinche (Choreographic work : Limón)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8172