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[Interview with Rosa Reyna]

Title
  1. [Interview with Rosa Reyna] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
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  1. 1996.

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Additional authors
  1. Reyna, Rosa.
  2. Vachon, Ann.
  3. Roth, Malachi.
  4. Levy-Hinte, Jeff.
  5. Dance Conduit (Company)
  6. Antidote Films (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (62 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. Interview with Mexican dancer, choreographer, and writer Rosa Reyna, who danced in several works created by José Limón in Mexico in 1950-1951, notably Antigona and Los cuatro soles; she also danced with Limón in Doris Humphrey's Passacaglia and fugue in C minor. Among the topics discussed are her impressions of Limón as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher; Humphrey's Story of mankind; Limón's Antigona, in which she danced the title role of the Greek heroine Antigone opposite Limón's Creon; her impressions of Limón's wife Pauline Lawrence; Limón's personal qualities; his enjoyment of Mexico and his Mexican heritage; his choreography classes, the first such given in Mexico; Humphrey's relationship with Limón as his artistic adviser; Limón's work The unsung; the energizing atmosphere of his rehearsals; his rare qualities as a dancer; Miguel Covarrubias' efforts to foster modern dance in Mexico.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.
Series statement
  1. Limón: a life beyond words
Subject
  1. Covarrubias, Miguel, 1904-1957
  2. Story of mankind (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  3. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  4. Lawrence, Pauline
  5. Dance
  6. Video
  7. Interviews
  8. Limón, José
  9. Reyna, Rosa > Interviews
  10. Modern dance > Mexico > History > 20th century
  11. Antígona (Choreographic work : Limón)
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-8145
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped at Rosa Reyna's home in Mexico City on April 10, 1996.
Language (note)
  1. Rosa Reyna speaks in Spanish in two sections at the beginning of the interview; after the first 17 min., she speaks in English.
Title
  1. [Interview with Rosa Reyna] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Imprint
  1. 1996.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Limón: a life beyond words
Performer
  1. Interviewer: Ann Vachon.
Event
  1. Videotaped at Rosa Reyna's home in Mexico City on April 10, 1996.
Language
  1. Rosa Reyna speaks in Spanish in two sections at the beginning of the interview; after the first 17 min., she speaks in English.
Added author
  1. Reyna, Rosa. Interviewee
  2. Vachon, Ann. Interviewer. Producer
  3. Roth, Malachi. Director
  4. Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer
  5. Dance Conduit (Company)
  6. Antidote Films (Firm)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-8145
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