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Additional authors

1. Stodelle, Ernestine
2. Simisky, Siobhan
3. Simisky, Karim
4. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
5. King, Eleanor, 1906-1991.
6. Reusch, Amy
7. Clemens, Stephanie
8. Doris Humphrey Society.
9. Princeton Book Company.
10. Momenta (Dance company)
11. Reusch Dance Video (Firm)
12. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
13. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (91 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Ernestine Stodelle, a former member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, coaches students in Doris Humphrey's Water study, which is performed without musical accompaniment. Analyzing the choreography section by section, she clarifies and refines its details, with attention to shape, timing, dynamics, and motivation. Each section is preceded by a video clip depicting the choreography in performance, and key concepts are identified in subtitles. A full performance of the work concludes the tape. This tape is not intended as a means of learning the choreography, nor as a replacement for the notation score or a coach. All works by Doris Humphrey are copyrighted, and permission to perform them must be obtained from her son Charles Humphrey Woodford.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Amy Reusch.

Series statement

1. Source experience: enriching the Humphrey legacy.

Uniform title

1. Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Subject

1. Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3007

Note

1. A Dance Horizons Video.
2. Project made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD), a project underwritten by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

1. Coaching, Ernestine Stodelle, assisted by Siobhan Simisky and Karim Simisky.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater, Academy of Movement and Music, Oak Park, Ill., during the 5th and 6th annual Doris Humphrey Technique Workshops coordinated by the National Doris Humphrey Society in August 1994 and 1995, and in performance at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on August 12, 1995. Additional video clips recorded in a performance by the Momenta Performing Arts Company on April 20, 1997 ; videographer, Kevin McCarey.

Title

1. Water study [videorecording] / presented by the National Doris Humphrey Society in collaboration with Princeton Book Company, Publishers, Momenta Performing Arts Company, Ernestine Stodelle and Reusch Dance Video ; artistic direction and coaching commentaries by Ernestine Stodelle ; video director, Amy Reusch ; project director, Stephanie Clemens ; choreography by Doris Humphrey (1928), as reconstructed by Ernestine Stodelle and Eleanor King in 1976.

Imprint

1. Pennington, N.J. : Princeton Book Company, Publishers, c1997.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Series

1. Source experience: enriching the Humphrey legacy.

Performer

1. Danced by Vicki Butler, Joann Concialdi, Catherine Connal, Laura Dixon, Betsy Fiske, Larry Ippel, Micki Nishida, Linda Papa, Patricia Ackerman, Lydia Saad, Peggy Thrasher, Gina Wilken.
2. Danced in additional video clips by the Momenta Performing Arts Company: Patricia Ackerman, Allison Anich, Rachel Cazeau, Ramon Gattan, Lisa Green, Cameron Jarrett, Amanda LeCrone, Anne Merrick, Brenna Monroe-Cook, Emily Weiss.

Credits

1. Coaching, Ernestine Stodelle, assisted by Siobhan Simisky and Karim Simisky.

Event

1. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater, Academy of Movement and Music, Oak Park, Ill., during the 5th and 6th annual Doris Humphrey Technique Workshops coordinated by the National Doris Humphrey Society in August 1994 and 1995, and in performance at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on August 12, 1995. Additional video clips recorded in a performance by the Momenta Performing Arts Company on April 20, 1997 ; videographer, Kevin McCarey.

Local subject

1. Choreography -- Reconstruction.
2. Dance workshops and workshop performances.

Added author

1. Stodelle, Ernestine, commentator, teacher.
2. Simisky, Siobhan, teacher.
3. Simisky, Karim, teacher.
4. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.
5. King, Eleanor, 1906-1991.
6. Reusch, Amy, director.
7. Clemens, Stephanie, director.
8. Doris Humphrey Society.
9. Princeton Book Company.
10. Momenta (Dance company)
11. Reusch Dance Video (Firm)
12. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
13. DHCA.

Added title

1. Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3007