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Additional authors

1. Hill, Martha.
2. Lewis, Daniel, 1944-
3. Ipiotis, Celia.
4. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
5. Limón, José
6. O'Donnell, May
7. Jones, Betty, 1926-2020
8. Currier, Ruth, 1926-
9. Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982.
10. Horst, Louis.
11. Garafola, Lynn.
12. Green, Ray, 1908-1997.
13. Bush, Jeffrey C.
14. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Guests are Martha Hill, founder/director of the Bennington School of Dance, and dancer/choreographer Daniel Lewis. Hill reminsces about the early years of Bennington, and the participation of Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Hanya Holm, as well as Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Caravan. She and Lewis talk about the dancer's education and ways in which festivals and gatherings like Bennington can enrich it. As examples, Lewis recalls working with José Limón on the creation of The unsung, and Hill describes John Martin's course in dance criticism. The program is profusely illustrated with archival films of dancers in outdoor and indoor classes and performances at Bennington. May O'Donnell and Limón are seen in their piece Three inventories on Casey Jones. Limón, Betty Jones, and Ruth Currier perform in Humphrey's Invention (b&w). The footage also provides glimpses of Valerie Bettis, Louis Horst, Weidman, and others. In Esoterica balletica, Lynn Garafola discusses the stage designs of André Derain for Léonide Massine's La boutique fantasque, Fernand Léger for Börlin's La création du monde, and Gerald Murphy for Börlin's Within the quota.

Series statement

1. Eye on dance ; 223

Uniform title

1. Three inventories on Casey Jones (Choreographic work : Limón and O'Donnell)
2. Invention (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Subject

1. Derain, André, 1880-1954
2. Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
3. Dance criticism
4. Weidman, Charles
5. Martin, John , 1893-1985
6. American Ballet Caravan
7. Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964
8. Unsung (Choreographic work : Limón)
9. Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery
10. Television > Esoterica balletica
11. Television > Eye on dance
12. Within the quota (Choreographic work : Börlin)
13. Bennington School of the Dance
14. Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
15. Graham, Martha
16. Boutique fantasque (Choreographic work : Massine)
17. Set designers
18. Open air performances > United States
19. Création du monde (Choreographic work : Börlin)
20. Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
21. Ballet suédois
22. Television > Meeting the challenge
23. Set designers (Derain, André)

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-3015

Note

1. Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on March 30, 1987 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on May 1, 1987. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.

Title

1. Meeting the challenge: The Bennington years [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1987.

Series

1. Eye on dance ; 223

Local subject

1. Television. Meeting the challenge.
2. Television. Eye on dance.

Local subject

1. Open air performances -- United States.
2. Television. Esoterica balletica.

Local subject

1. Set designers (Derain, André)

Added author

1. Hill, Martha. Interviewee
2. Lewis, Daniel, 1944- Interviewee
3. Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
4. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.
5. Limón, José, choreographer, dancer.
6. O'Donnell, May, choreographer, dancer.
7. Jones, Betty, 1926-2020, dancer.
8. Currier, Ruth, 1926- dancer.
9. Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982. Depicted
10. Horst, Louis. Depicted
11. Garafola, Lynn. Speaker
12. Green, Ray, 1908-1997. Composer
13. Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
14. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Added title

1. Three inventories on Casey Jones (Choreographic work : Limón and O'Donnell)
2. Invention (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-3015