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Elaine Summers Class : I & II and Neck rub

Title
Elaine Summers Class : I & II and Neck rub, 1972 November 10.
Publication
1972.

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Details

Additional Authors
Summers, Elaine, 1925-2014
Description
2 streaming video files (114 min.) : sound, black and white.
Summary
Elaine Summers discusses breathing and how it affects the body, moving body from lying down to standing and how breathing responds to this change, difference between optic balance and visual balance, falling down at a medium speed while being aware of how the floor is supporting you and then also rising at medium speed, demonstration of falling with a pitch and then slapping the floor, experience of diving, falling correctly, and ends with an extended neck rub.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Filmed dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • Title from original container label.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Teacher, Elaine Summers ; students include Trisha Brown.
Source (note)
  • Elaine Summers
Contents
Reel 1 (approximately 63 min.). Class, part I (beginning) -- Reel 2 (51 min.). Class, part II & Neck rub (conclusion).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 6161
OCLC
982128125
Title
Elaine Summers Class : I & II and Neck rub, 1972 November 10.
Production
1972.
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
Teacher, Elaine Summers ; students include Trisha Brown.
Event
Videotaped during class at Elaine Summers dance studio, New York, N.Y., 1972 November 10.
Original Version
Original format: 2 open reels ; 1/2 in.
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Added Author
Summers, Elaine, 1925-2014, teacher.
Summers, Elaine, donor.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 6161
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