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Kurt Jooss a commitment to dance

Title
Kurt Jooss [videorecording] : a commitment to dance / a film by Annette von Wangenheim ; written and directed by Annette von Wangenheim ; a Reiner Moritz Associates/WDR co-production in association with BBC.
Publication
New York, NY : Insight Media, 2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979
  • Wangenheim, Annette von.
  • Bausch, Pina
  • Bausch, Pina.
  • Markard, Anna, 1931-
  • Stock, Francine.
  • Barenz, Joachim.
  • Reiner Moritz Associates.
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Insight Media (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Explores the life and dance style of Kurt Jooss using home-movie footage, performance extracts, and an interview with Jooss and others. Focuses particular attention on Jooss' anti-war ballet "The green table."
Alternative Title
Commitment to dance
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
  • Documentaries and factual works.
Note
  • Copyright date on container: c2000; copyright date on film: c2001.
Credits (note)
  • Camera, Ulrich Prinz, Meinhild Yach ; sound, Markus Pufahl ; editor, Rudolf Heinemann.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3979
OCLC
55898509
Title
Kurt Jooss [videorecording] : a commitment to dance / a film by Annette von Wangenheim ; written and directed by Annette von Wangenheim ; a Reiner Moritz Associates/WDR co-production in association with BBC.
Imprint
New York, NY : Insight Media, 2001.
System Details
DVD.
Performer
Narrator, Francine Stock ; silent movie pianist, Joachim Bärenz.
Credits
Camera, Ulrich Prinz, Meinhild Yach ; sound, Markus Pufahl ; editor, Rudolf Heinemann.
Performer
Interviewees: Kurt Jooss, Noelle de Mosa (dancer, Ballets Jooss), Anna Markard (Jooss' daughter), Tomaz Rode (ballet director, Ljubljana, Patricia Stockemann (Jooss biographer), Pina Bausch (choreographer), Henrietta Horn (choreographer), Johann Kresnik (choreographer), Jean Cébron (choreographer), Karin Hermes-Sunke (choreologist).
Dance excerpts: Big city, Waltzes from Vienna, Green Table, Kurt Jooss in The cyclops, the Tanzbühne Laban, Kurt Jooss in Three men dance, Euro-American Summer School class with guest teacher, Antony Tudor and student Pina Bausch, Pina Bausch's Cafe Müller, Reinhild Hoffmann and Suzanne Linke, Pavanne on the death of an infanta, 1978 Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam rehearsal footage for Big city, rehearsal footage for Dance Dept. of Lyon Conservatoire.
Added Author
Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979, choreographer.
Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979, interviewee.
Wangenheim, Annette von. Director
Wangenheim, Annette von. Screenwriter
Bausch, Pina, choreographer.
Bausch, Pina. Interviewee
Markard, Anna, 1931- Restager
Markard, Anna, 1931- Interviewee
Stock, Francine. Narrator
Barenz, Joachim. Instrumentalist
Reiner Moritz Associates.
Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Insight Media (Firm)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3979
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