The early years: American dance in transition

Title
  1. The early years: American dance in transition [electronic resource]
Published by
  1. 1981.

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Additional authors
  1. Terry, Walter.
  2. Ross, Patty Kerr.
  3. Pennebaker, D. A.
  4. Labeille, Daniel.
  5. Early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.)
  6. State University of New York College at Purchase.
Description
  1. 3 streaming video files (NTSC) (50 min.) : sd., col.
Subject
  1. Graham, Martha
  2. Dance critics and criticism
  3. Dance > Congresses > New York (State) > New York > 1981
  4. Guy, Edna
  5. Television > Early years
  6. Dance festivals > New York (State) > Purchase
  7. Dance, Black > United States
  8. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  9. Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
  10. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
  11. Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966
  12. Modern dance > United States
  13. Graham, Martha > Frontier
  14. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
  15. Choreartium (Choreographic work : Massine)
  16. Politics in art
  17. Green table (Choreographic work : Jooss)
  18. Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
  19. Martin, John , 1893-1985
  20. Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
  21. Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
  22. Weidman, Charles
  23. Jooss, Kurt, 1901-1979
  24. Jardin aux lilas (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Contents
  1. SUMMARY: Videotaped on April 10, 1981 by D. A. Pennebaker. Presentation on American dance in transition (the 1920s and 1930s) by Walter Terry. He begins his discussion by citing the achievements of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn, and their legacy to the next generation, which included Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Helen Tamiris, and Hanya Holm. Among the changes noted by Terry in the decades of transition are: the birth of dances of social comment and protest, many of them spurred by the Depression; new ways of looking at dancing, exemplified by Graham's Frontier; the growing sense of reconciliation between the different schools of modern dance as well as between modern dance and ballet; the rise of black dance in the U.S.; and the educational mission of critics such as John Martin.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 3524
Note
  1. Video documentation of the festival The early years: American modern dance from 1900 through the 1930s, hosted by SUNY College at Purchase, New York, on April 9-12, 1981, under the sponsorship of State University of New York, University-Wide Programs in the Arts. Festival director: Patricia Kerr Ross. Video producer: Daniel Labeille.
  2. For printed program of the festival, see: *MGZB The early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.) [Programs].
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Title
  1. The early years: American dance in transition [electronic resource]
Imprint
  1. 1981.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local note
  1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-950 cassette 13.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Local subject
  1. Politics in art.
Local subject
  1. Dance critics and criticism.
  2. Dance -- Congresses -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1981.
Local subject
  1. Television. Early years.
Added author
  1. Terry, Walter. Speaker
  2. Ross, Patty Kerr. Director
  3. Pennebaker, D. A. Videographer
  4. Labeille, Daniel. Producer
  5. Early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.)
  6. State University of New York College at Purchase.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIC 9-950 cassette 13 (former)
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