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Hanya Holm : A Retrospective

Title
Hanya Holm : A Retrospective / produced, directed and written by Kathryn Sullivan.
Publication
[New York] : Insight Media, 2011.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
  • Sullivan, Kathryn
  • Abarca-Benavides, Cady
  • Beckman, Claire
  • Sagolla, Lisa Jo
  • Umanskaya, Raisa
  • Insight Media (Firm)
Found In
Claudia Gitelman archive.
Description
1 streaming video file (26 min.) : sound, color and black and white.
Summary
This program traces the life and career of German modern dance pioneer Hanya Holm with archival footage and photographs. Beginning with her early work with Mary Wigman through her move to the United States and the establishment of her own school, the Hanya Holm Scool of Dance, and her dance company, Hanya Holm Dance Company, to her influence on an entire generation of modern dancers. Also discusses her work as a choreographer for operas, films, and Broadway shows including Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, and explaining that Holm was the first to use labanotation to document and copyright choreography for the theater.
Alternative Title
Claudia Gitelman archive. Moving image.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Documentary films.
  • Biographical films.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • Widescreen.
  • Title from opening video credits.
  • Special Thanks to Tanisha Jones and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Public Librar for the Performing Arts for archival footage.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Edited by Cady Abarca-Benavides ; script editor, Lisa Jo Sagolla ; original music, Raisa Umanskaya.
Source (note)
  • Alix I., Hillary, and Lisa Gitelman;
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2490
OCLC
903259355
Title
Hanya Holm : A Retrospective / produced, directed and written by Kathryn Sullivan.
Publisher
[New York] : Insight Media, 2011.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Access
Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Edited by Cady Abarca-Benavides ; script editor, Lisa Jo Sagolla ; original music, Raisa Umanskaya.
Performer
Narrator, Claire Beckman.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videodisc (DVD) ; 4 3/4 in.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992, interviewee.
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992, choreographer.
Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992, dancer.
Sullivan, Kathryn, film producer.
Sullivan, Kathryn, film director.
Sullivan, Kathryn, author of dialog.
Abarca-Benavides, Cady, film editor.
Beckman, Claire, narrator.
Sagolla, Lisa Jo, editor.
Umanskaya, Raisa, composer.
Insight Media (Firm)
Gitelman, Lisa, donor.
Gitelman, Hillary, donor.
Gitelman, Alix I., donor.
Added Title
Claudia Gitelman archive. Moving image.
Found In:
Claudia Gitelman archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2490
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