Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Schönberg, Bessie.
2. Glazebrook, Ken.
3. Allen, Norah Dale.
4. Spirit of Dance (Firm)
5. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Unedited footage. Bessie Schönberg, noted as a mentor of modern dance choreographers, explains why she considers herself a "meddler" rather than a teacher. She discusses aspects of the choreographer's craft, describes her own role in fostering creativity, and summarizes her advice to aspiring choreographers. She praises The Yard and its founder-director Patricia Nanon for its nurturing of choreographers, and briefly traces her own career as a performer and "meddler."

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Alexis Fedor and Ken Glazebrook.

Subject

1. Nanon, Patricia N
2. Schönberg, Bessie > Interviews
3. Yard (Chilmark, Mass.)
4. Choreography
5. Dance teachers > United States

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3896

Note

1. Temporary loss of audio at ca. 10 min. into the tape.

Credits (note)

1. Video, Ken Glazebrook ; sound, Alexis Fedor.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Norah Dale Allen.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Yard on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in summer 1996.

Title

1. Interview with Bessie Schoenberg [videorecording] / produced by Spirit of Dance.

Imprint

1. 1996.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Yard on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in summer 1996.

Credits

1. Video, Ken Glazebrook ; sound, Alexis Fedor.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Norah Dale Allen.

Added author

1. Schönberg, Bessie. Interviewee
2. Glazebrook, Ken.
3. Allen, Norah Dale. Interviewer
4. Spirit of Dance (Firm)
5. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3896