Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Maxwell, Carla.
2. Vachon, Ann.
3. Roth, Malachi.
4. Levy-Hinte, Jeff.
5. Dance Conduit (Company)
6. Antidote Films (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (53 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. As the interview begins, Carla Maxwell, artistic director of the Limón Dance Company (formerly called the José Limón Dance Company), notes that it is the company's 50th anniversary, the 25th year after Limón's death, and her 20th year as artistic director. She touches upon the company's difficulties at the time of Limón's death, when no other modern dance company had survived the loss of its founder; then notes some of the qualities that enabled the Limón company to survive, particularly Limón's genius as a choreographer. She discusses Limón as a dancer and company director, and his struggles to gain respect for dance as an art form. Much of the interview explores aspects of his dance work Carlota (1972): her own experience of creating its title role; his motives for making the work, the concept of which predated his work La Malinche (1949), also inspired by Mexican history; the geometry of its choreography; its historical background, the tragic life of the empress Carlota of Mexico; his unusual choice of a female hero (possibly prefigured by his Dances of Isadora); his frequent use of the theme of the outsider, possibly stemming from his own life experience. She also discusses his work The winged, whose original form has been lost; his legacy of hope; the nature of dance as a human experience; the qualities she seeks in new company members.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series statement

1. Limón: a life beyond words

Subject

1. Dance
2. Winged (Choreographic work : Limón)
3. Carlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1840-1927
4. Limón, José
5. José Limón Dance Company
6. Maxwell, Carla > Interviews
7. Dances of Isadora (Choreographic work : Limón)
8. Interviews
9. Video
10. Carlota (Choreographic work : Limón)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8148

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in New York in 1997.

Title

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

Imprint

1. 1997.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Limón: a life beyond words

Performer

1. Interviewer: Ann Vachon.

Event

1. Videotaped in New York in 1997.

Added author

1. Maxwell, Carla. 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 4-8148