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Doris Humphrey technique its creative potential, with four early dances

Title: Doris Humphrey technique [videorecording] : its creative potential, with four early dances / conceived, written and directed by Ernestine Stodelle ; photographs by Barbara Morgan.
Publication: Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, c1992.

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Description

1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., b&w and col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

A series of studies for understanding the Doris Humphrey style. Includes illustrations of falls, turns, flow, leaps, leverage and more; commentary for a clip from a 1936 silent film; sequence of photographs by Barbara Morgan; and three examples of reconstructed early dances. Concludes with 1934 film, Air for the G string, with Doris Humphrey performing the central role.

Alternative Title

Doris Humphrey technique, the creative potential

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Note

Produced by the Doris Humphrey Society.
Subtitle on cassette and container: The creative potential.

System Details (note)

VHS format.

Contents

Quasi-valse -- Two ecstatic themes -- Etude patetico -- Air for the G string.

OCLC

ocm26433363

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Princeton University Library