Genius on the wrong coast [electronic resource] / producer and director, Lelia Goldoni ; co-producers, Adam Soch and Adrian A. Williams ; writer, Robert Rudelson ; editor, Aaron Jack Rudelson.
2 streaming video files (NTSC) (92 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.
Summary
Documentary on the life and career of modern dancer and choreographer Lester Horton. The wide range of his work, which often addressed social issues; the multicultural nature of the companies he formed in Los Angeles; the development and codification of his technique; and his multiple talents as choreographer, composer, and designer are among the topics discussed within a chronological overview of his activities. Interviews with his dancers, friends, and associates include the viewpoints of Bella Lewitzky, James Truitte, Connie Spriestersbach, Elizabeth Talbot-Martin, Harry Hay, Marge Perces, Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade, Lelia Goldoni, Robert Lawrence Balzer, Dorathi Bock Pierre, Newell Reynolds, and Frank Eng; Joyce Trisler is quoted from a Dance Magazine interview.
Uniform title
Salome (Choreographic work : Horton)
Rite of spring (Choreographic work : Horton)
Conquest (Choreographic work : Horton)
Beloved (Choreographic work : Horton)
Another touch of Klee (Choreographic work : Horton)
Liberian suite (Choreographic work : Horton)
Prado de pena (Choreographic work : Horton)
To José Clemente Orozco (Choreographic work : Horton)
DANCE CONTENTS: Among the numerous dance excerpts (b&w except where otherwise noted) are: Lester Horton dancing, ca. 1940 -- Conquest, filmed by Dorothy Gillanders at Mills College, Oakland, California, in 1938 -- White savage (color), released by Universal Pictures in 1943 -- The climax (color), released by Universal Pictures in 1944 -- Ali Baba and the forty thieves (color), released by Universal Pictures in 1944 -- The beloved -- Cumbia -- [Technique demonstration by] Jennifer Handel, filmed in 1990 -- Liberian suite -- [To José Clemente] Orozco, from the series Dedications in our time -- Bamboo alley -- Significant works discussed and/or shown in still photographs include The song of Hiawatha, Bolero, Voodoo ceremonial, Salome (several versions), The mine, Flight from reality, The rite of spring, Chronicle, Another touch of Klee, and Prado de pena.
Call number
*MGZIDF 5870
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
Narrators: Robert Rudelson and Lelia Goldoni.
Title
Genius on the wrong coast [electronic resource] / producer and director, Lelia Goldoni ; co-producers, Adam Soch and Adrian A. Williams ; writer, Robert Rudelson ; editor, Aaron Jack Rudelson.
Imprint
c1993.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Performer
Narrators: Robert Rudelson and Lelia Goldoni.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.