Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Westergard, Lance.
2. Brown, Carolyn, 1927-
3. Moore, Kathleen.
4. Ipiotis, Celia.
5. Cunningham, Merce
6. Bush, Jeffrey C.
7. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
8. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

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

Summary

1. Lance Westergard, Carolyn Brown, and Kathleen Moore, three dancers who worked with Antony Tudor as a teacher and choreographer, reminisce about his working methods in the classroom and the rehearsal studio. Brown recalls dancing in his Exercise piece, created for Juilliard students; Moore relates how he coached her in the role of Hagar in Pillar of fire. Westergard describes the creation of Concerning oracles, and demonstrates classroom exercises and a révérence for the end of class. Brown, who talks about Tudor's modern sensibility, is seen in b&w excerpts from Merce Cunningham's videodance Variations V.

Series statement

1. Eye on dance ; 226

Uniform title

1. Variations V (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Subject

1. Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
2. Exercise piece (Choreographic work : Tudor)
3. Television > Eye on dance
4. Television > Variations V
5. Ballet > Study and teaching
6. American Ballet Theatre
7. Choreography
8. Juilliard School > Dance Division
9. Television > Attitudes and training
10. Pillar of fire (Choreographic work : Tudor)
11. Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) > Ballet
12. Dramaturgy in dance
13. Concerning oracles (Choreographic work : Tudor)

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-3018

Note

1. Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on May 11, 1987 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on June 5, 1987. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.

Title

1. Attitudes and training: Antony Tudor the teacher [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1987.

Series

1. Eye on dance ; 226

Local subject

1. Television. Attitudes and training.
2. Television. Eye on dance.
3. Television. Variations V.

Local subject

1. Dramaturgy in dance.

Added author

1. Westergard, Lance. Interviewee. Interviewee
2. Brown, Carolyn, 1927- ive, dancer.
3. Moore, Kathleen. Interviewee
4. Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
5. Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.
6. Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
7. Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
8. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Added title

1. Variations V (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-3018