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Transatlantic currents in dance modernism Mary Wigman's letters to Hanya Holm
- Title
- Transatlantic currents in dance modernism [videorecording] : Mary Wigman's letters to Hanya Holm / moderated by Claudia Gitelman ; [presented by] The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Publication
- c2005.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-6472 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Claudia Gitelman discusses Hanya Holm and Mary Wigman's dance careers and friendship along with photographs to aid in this presentation beginning with Wigman's first performance in 1914 and Holm teaching and running the Wigman School of the Dance in New York beginning in 1931. The excerpts from letters written by Wigman begin on Dec. 29, 1930 (the day after her first U.S. performance) and conclude with one of her final letters from Feb. 1970. Letters from the World War II period including economic difficulties, government problems and her Jewish students.
- Subjects
- Dance
- Nonfiction films
- Panel discussions
- Choreographers > Germany > 20th century
- Dance > Study and teaching > Germany
- Dance school
- New York Wigman School of the Dance
- Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
- World War, 1939-1945 > Jews
- Filmed dance
- Dancers > Germany > 20th century
- Dance schools > New York (State) > New York
- Video
- Dance > Study and teaching > New York (State) > New York
- Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
- Modern dance > Germany > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Panel discussions.
- Filmed dance.
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- Audio problems; low sound levels during Question and Answer session at end of discussion.
- Transatlantic currents in dance modernism program is located in the Dance Division's *MGZR Wigman, Mary [Clippings].
- Credits (note)
- Producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped during a program in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on Jan. 13, 2005.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Contents
- Introductory remarks (5 min.) / speaker, Alan J. Pally -- Discussion (10 min.) / by Claudia Gitelman -- Letter readings (24 min.) / by Wendy Perron ; comments by Claudia Gitelman -- Letter readings (14 min.) / by Dorothy Perron ; comments by Claudia Gitelman -- Question and Answer session (32 min.) / with Claudia Gitelman, Wendy Perron, Dorothy Perron.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-6472
- OCLC
- 764671950
- Title
- Transatlantic currents in dance modernism [videorecording] : Mary Wigman's letters to Hanya Holm / moderated by Claudia Gitelman ; [presented by] The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Imprint
- c2005.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- System Details
- DVD.
- Original Version
- Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
- Event
- Videotaped during a program in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on Jan. 13, 2005.
- Performer
- Participants: Claudia Gitelman, Wendy Perron, Dorothy Perron.Speaker, Alan J. Pally.
- Credits
- Producer, Alan J. Pally.
- Added Author
- Gitelman, Claudia. SpeakerPerron, Wendy. SpeakerPerron, Dorothy, speaker. SpeakerPally, Alan J. ProducerNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-6472