Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bird, Bonnie.
2. Barnes, Thea
3. Graham, Martha
4. Anazawa, Teruko
5. Briggs, Emma
6. Dryburgh, Jamie
7. Hsu, Wei-Ying
8. Mengshoel, Berthe
9. Sadler, Colette
10. Barmer, Chris.
11. Bowne, Anthony.
12. Prime, Sian.
13. Giles, Gareth.
14. Holmes, Suzie.
15. Laban Centre for Movement and Dance.
16. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (21 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Bonnie Bird and Thea Nerissa Barnes, two dancers who worked with Martha Graham respectively at the beginning and ending of her career, examine both the evolutionary changes in the technique she developed and the elements that have remained consistent over the years. They particularly emphasize her concern with communication and expressivity, or what Bird describes as her search for what was the "most basic in the the expression of human feeling." Archival footage of Bird demonstrating Graham technique of the early years is juxtaposed with present-day footage of a workshop at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, taught by Bird and Barnes. The film concludes with a performance for the camera, based on Graham technique.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Thea Barnes.

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3794

Note

1. On original container: Version A.
2. For version B of this film, see: *MGZIA 4-3795.

Credits (note)

1. Choreography, Thea Nerissa Barnes ; rehearsal director, Susan Sentler ; music for dance, Gareth Giles ; costumes for dance, Suzie Holmes.

Event (note)

1. Filmed at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London, England in 1993.

Title

1. Not just a somersault (Version A) [videorecording] / directed and edited by Chris Barmer ; produced by Anthony Bowne and Sian Prime ; [narrated by] Bonnie Bird and Thea Nerissa Barnes.

Imprint

1. U.K. : Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, [1994]

Country of producing entity

1. U.K.

Event

1. Filmed at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London, England in 1993.

Credits

1. Choreography, Thea Nerissa Barnes ; rehearsal director, Susan Sentler ; music for dance, Gareth Giles ; costumes for dance, Suzie Holmes.

Performer

1. Dancers: Teruko Anazawa, Emma Briggs, Jamie Dryburgh, Wei-Ying Hsu, Berthe Mengshoel, Colette Sadler.
2. Class pianist: Robert Coleridge.

Local subject

1. Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.
2. Cinedance.

Added author

1. Bird, Bonnie. Narrator
2. Barnes, Thea, choreographer. Narrator
3. Graham, Martha, choreographer.
4. Anazawa, Teruko, dancer.
5. Briggs, Emma, dancer.
6. Dryburgh, Jamie, dancer.
7. Hsu, Wei-Ying, dancer.
8. Mengshoel, Berthe, dancer.
9. Sadler, Colette, dancer.
10. Barmer, Chris. Director
11. Bowne, Anthony. Producer
12. Prime, Sian. Producer
13. Giles, Gareth. Composer
14. Holmes, Suzie. Costume designer
15. Laban Centre for Movement and Dance.
16. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3794