Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Graham, Martha
2. Kroll, Nathan
3. Glushanok, Peter
4. Hammid, Alexander
5. McCosh, Cameron
6. Leatherman, LeRoy
7. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
8. Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
9. Schuman, William, 1910-1992.
10. Bauer, Nancy
11. Voyager Company
12. DHCA.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (laser) (91 min.) : sd., b&w; 12 in.

Summary

1. Compilation of three films produced by Nathan Kroll, featuring Martha Graham and her dance company: Night journey (1960), Appalachian spring (1959), and A dancer's world (1957). Also includes commentaries by Nathan Kroll and his production team, author Marian Horosko, and dancer Pearl Lang, as well as interview footage of Aaron Copland, composer of Appalachian spring.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Marian Horosko.

Subject

1. Graham, Martha
2. Kroll, Nathan
3. Horosko, Marian
4. Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009
5. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
6. Yuriko, 1920-2022
7. McGehee, Helen
8. McDonald, Gene
9. Siegel, Ellen
10. Wood, David
11. Cole, Miriam
12. Biersteker, Lillian
13. Cohan, Robert
14. Winter, Ethel
15. Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003
16. Hinkson, Mary
17. Hodes, Stuart
18. Turney, Matt
19. Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018
20. Martha Graham Dance Company

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Side one. A dancer's world / directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; music composed and played by Cameron McCosh ; commentary written by Martha Graham and Leroy Leatherman ; dancers (in order of appearance), Yuriko, Helen McGehee, Gene McDonald, Ellen Siegel, David Wood, Miriam Cole, Lillian Biersteker, Robert Cohan, Ethel Winter, Bertram Ross, Mary Hinkson.
2. Side two. Appalachian spring / directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; music, Aaron Copland ; set, Isamu Noguchi ; danced by Martha Graham (wife) ; Stuart Hodes (husband) ; Bertram Ross (preacher) ; Matt Turney (pioneer woman) ; Yuriko, Helen McGehee, Ethel Winter, Miriam Cole (worshippers).
3. Supplemental material.
4. Side three. Night journey / directed by Alexander Hammid ; director of photography, Stanley Meredith ; music, William Schuman ; set, Isamu Noguchi ; danced by Martha Graham (Queen Jocasta) ; Bertram Ross (King Oedipus) ; Paul Taylor (Tiresias) ; Helen McGehee (leader of the chorus) ; Ethel Winter, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Akiko Kanda, Carol Payne, Bette Shaler (chorus).

Call number

1. *MGZID 12-2

Note

1. Sides 1 and 3 are CAV (full feature format) ; side 2 is CLV (extended play format).
2. For film or videotape copies of the films on this videodisc, see: *MGZIC 9-603 Night journey ; *MGZIC 9-602 Appalachian spring ; *MGZHB 12-129 A dancer's world.

Credits (note)

1. Co-producer, Paul Supkoff ; executive producer, Peter Becker.

Title

1. Martha Graham, dance on film [videorecording] / Voyager Company ; produced by Nancy Bauer ; choreography by Martha Graham.

Imprint

1. Irvington, N.Y. : Voyager Company, c1995.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Credits

1. Co-producer, Paul Supkoff ; executive producer, Peter Becker.

Local subject

1. Motion pictures. Night journey.
2. Motion pictures. Appalachian spring.
3. Motion pictures. A dancer's world.

Added author

1. Graham, Martha.
2. Kroll, Nathan.
3. Glushanok, Peter.
4. Hammid, Alexander.
5. McCosh, Cameron.
6. Leatherman, LeRoy.
7. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
8. Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
9. Schuman, William, 1910-1992. Night journey.
10. Bauer, Nancy.
11. Voyager Company.
12. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZID 12-2