Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Graham, Martha
2. De Mille, Agnes
3. Tetley, Glen
4. Kisselgoff, Anna
5. Birch, Patricia
6. Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014
7. Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016.
8. Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003.
9. Cohan, Robert
10. Brubach, Holly
11. Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008.
12. Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009.
13. Hawkins, Erick
14. Dudley, Jane
15. Erdman, Jean
16. Protas, Ron
17. Tatge, Catherine
18. Lasseur, Dominique
19. Lacy, Susan
20. Graham, Martha
21. Martha Graham Dance Company

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Documentary on the life and work of Martha Graham. Highlighted topics include her early dance training with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, her professional and private relationships with Louis Horst and Erick Hawkins, the development of her modern dance technique, her longtime collaboration with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, her use of Greek mythological themes, and the problems of her later years, such as her difficult decision to retire as a performer. Her former company members and associates Patricia Birch, Bertram Ross, Robert Cohan, Pearl Lang, Erick Hawkins, Jane Dudley, Jean Erdman, and Ronald Protas comment upon various aspects of her personality and work, as do critics Anna Kisselgoff, Holly Brubach, and Clive Barnes, and choreographers Agnes de Mille and Glen Tetley. Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson discuss her training from the special perspective of actors whose aim is to increase body expressivity. Graham speaks for herself in several pre-recorded interviews and is seen dancing in excerpts from Tanagra, Heretic, Lamentation, Frontier, Every soul is a circus (with Hawkins and Merce Cunningham), Appalachian spring, Acrobats of God, and Cortege of eagles. Other works singled out for discussion include Diversion of angels, Errand into the maze, Cave of the heart, Seraphic dialogue, and Clytemnestra; excerpts from Acts of light and Steps in the street are also shown.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Tatge Productions.

Uniform title

1. Steps in the street (Choreographic work : Graham)

Subject

1. Graham, Martha > Cave of the heart
2. Television > Martha Graham: the dancer revealed
3. Graham, Martha > Diversion of angels
4. Errand into the maze (Choreographic work : Graham)
5. Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
6. Modern dance > Technique > Graham
7. Horst, Louis
8. Biographies
9. Graham, Martha > Seraphic dialogue
10. Clytemnestra (Choreographic work : Graham)

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4216

Note

1. Co-produced by Thirteen/WNET, Caméras Continentales, La Sept/Arte, and BBC. Telecast on Thirteen/WNET's American masters series on May 13, 1994. Producer: Dominique Lasseur. Executive producers: Susan Lacy and Takis Candilis. Director: Catherine Tatge. Director of photography: Joel Shapiro. Narrator: Claire Bloom.

Title

1. Martha Graham [videorecording] : the dancer revealed

Imprint

1. c1994.

Local subject

1. Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.
2. Television. Martha Graham: the dancer revealed.

Added author

1. Graham, Martha, interviewee.
2. Graham, Martha, choreographer.
3. Graham, Martha, dancer.
4. De Mille, Agnes, commentator.
5. Tetley, Glen. Commentator
6. Kisselgoff, Anna. Commentator
7. Birch, Patricia. Commentator
8. Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014, commentator.
9. Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016. Commentator
10. Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003. Commentator
11. Cohan, Robert. Commentator
12. Brubach, Holly. Commentator
13. Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008. Commentator
14. Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009. Commentator
15. Hawkins, Erick. Commentator
16. Dudley, Jane. Commentator
17. Erdman, Jean. Commentator
18. Protas, Ron. Commentator
19. Tatge, Catherine, director.
20. Lasseur, Dominique, producer.
21. Lacy, Susan, producer.
22. Martha Graham Dance Company.
23. Graham, Martha. Appalachian spring
24. Graham, Martha. Acrobats of God
25. Graham, Martha. Frontier
26. Graham, Martha. Lamentation
27. Graham, Martha. Cortege of eagles.
28. Graham, Martha. Acts of light
29. Graham, Martha. Every soul is a circus
30. Graham, Martha. Heretic
31. Graham, Martha. Tanagra

Added title

1. Steps in the street (Choreographic work : Graham)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4216