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A tribute to Louis Horst

Title: A tribute to Louis Horst, April 22, 1984 / at the Riverside Dance Festival New York City ; [presented by] The Louis Horst centennial committee in cooperation with The Theatre of the Riverside Church.
Publication: 1984.

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Additional Authors

Found In

Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.

Description

1 online resource (1 video file) (82 min., 21 sec.) : sound, color

Summary

A video recording of a tribute to Louis Horst from the 1984 Riverside Dance Festival at the Riverside Church in New York, NY. The first section of the presentation is a slideshow with a recorded interview with Louis Horst playing. The majority of the images in the slideshow are difficult to see on this recording. Following the slideshow, there is a soprano performance of three songs accompanied with a live piano. Then the Martha Graham Dance Company performs El penitente. This is followed by a musical performance of Celebration. The second half of the program begins a panel discussion by graduates of the Neighborhood Playhouse: Harold Aldridge, Joanne Woodward, and Marian Seldes. The final performance is Primitive mysteries danced by the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble.

Alternative Title

Horst benefit at Riverside Dance Festival including Primitive mysteries with Takako A.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Nonfiction films.
Filmed performances.

Note

"This project is supported by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts"
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Documented by Lee A. Goldman ; Artistic director, David K. Manion.

Event (note)

Recorded at the Riverside Church in New York, NY on April 22, 1984.

Contents

Louis Horst: recollections from his life / music: "Prologue and dialogue of rocks" by Louis Horst ; Slides: courtesy of Nina Fonaroff, Barbara Morgan, The Dance Collection, and The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre ; Interview: Jeanette Schlottmann Roosevelt, 1960-61 ; pianist: Hazel Johnson ; Assemblage: David Sears, Ted Dalbotten, Ernestine Stodelle (starts at 00:35, 10 min.) -- Songs (1926) / Eve Kloepper, Soprano ; Ted Dalbotten, Pianist ; Toys lyrics: Arthur Symonds ; Mule pack lyrics: William H. Simpson ; Harvest Dirge lyrics: Alfred Kreymborg (starts at 10:37, 8 min.) -- El penitente (1940) / choreography: Martha Graham ; music: Louis Horst ; set: Isamu Noguchi ; original lighting: Jean Rosenthal (Penitente: Ed Zujkowski ; Christ Figure: Donald Troise ; Mary: Susan Kikuchi)(starts at 18:25, 19 min.) -- Celebration (premiered 25 January 1934) / Jacqui Taylor, Trumpet ; Anne Ament, Clarinet ; Scott Wilkinson, Trumpet (starts at 37:45, 6 min.) -- Neighborhood Playhouse: the actors remember / Harold Aldridge, director ; Joanne Woodward ; Marian Seldes (starts at 44:18, 13 min.) -- A letter from Martha Graham (starts at 57:02, 2 min.) -- Primitive mysteries / choreography: Martha Graham ; music: Louis Horst ; costumes: Martha Graham ; Piano: Greg Presley ; Flute: C.C. Conner ; Oboe: James Byars (Martha Graham Ensemble: Takako Asakawa, Robin Becker, Anne Carpenter, Paula Clare, Andrea Deiso, Debra Kantor, Deborah Lessen, Laurel Lhys, Carol S. Mead, Miki Orihara, Susan H. Sentler, Kathy Mariea Thomas, Yung Yung Tsuai, Ayano Watanabe, Denise Vale)(starts at 59:10, 21 min.).

OCLC

1375675234

Title

A tribute to Louis Horst, April 22, 1984 / at the Riverside Dance Festival New York City ; [presented by] The Louis Horst centennial committee in cooperation with The Theatre of the Riverside Church.

Production

1984.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

012221

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Credits

Documented by Lee A. Goldman ; Artistic director, David K. Manion.

Event

Recorded at the Riverside Church in New York, NY on April 22, 1984.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Penitente.

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Primitive mysteries.

Container of (work): Horst, Louis. Penitente.

Container of (work): Horst, Louis. Toys.

Container of (work): Horst, Louis. Mule pack.

Container of (work): Horst, Louis. Harvest dirge.

Container of (work): Horst, Louis. Celebration.

Container of (work): Horst, Louis. Primitive mysteries.

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, set designer.

Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-1969, lighting designer.

Johnson, Hazel (Musician), musician.

Sears, David, 1948-1992, compiler.

Dalbotten, Ted, compiler, musician.

Stodelle, Ernestine, compiler.

Taylor, Jacqui (Musician), musician.

Ament, Anne, musician.

Wilkinson, Scott (Musician), musician.

Presley, Greg, musician.

Conner, Cecil C., musician.

Byars, James (Oboist), musician.

Kloepper, Eve, singer.

Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945, lyricist.

Simpson, William Haskell, lyricist.

Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966, lyricist.

Zujkowski, Edward, dancer.

Troise, Donald, dancer.

Kikuchi, Susan, dancer.

Asakawa, Takako, dancer.

Becker, Robin, dancer.

Carpenter, Anne, dancer.

Clare, Paula, dancer.

Deiso, Andrea, dancer.

Kantor, Debra (Dancer), dancer.

Lessen, Deborah, dancer.

Lhys, Laurel, dancer.

Mead, Carol S., dancer.

Orihara, Miki, dancer.

Sentler, Susan H., dancer.

Thomas, Kathy M., dancer.

Tsuai, Yung Yung, dancer.

Watanabe, Ayano, dancer.

Vale, Denise, dancer.

Schlottmann, Jeanette, interviewer.

Baldridge, Harold G., panelist.

Woodward, Joanne, 1930- panelist.

Seldes, Marian, panelist.

Goldman, Lee A., videographer.

Manion, David K., artistic director.

Martha Graham Dance Ensemble, dancer.

Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), event place.

Riverside Dance Festival.

Martha Graham Dance Company, donor.

Found In:

Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.

Other Form:

Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Tribute to Louis Horst. 1 videocassette (82 min., 21 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)528615 (OCoLC)1375675139

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