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Additional authors

1. Bharadvaj, Ramaa.
2. Crofoot, Leonard.
3. Knapp, Kathleen.
4. Lack, Linda.
5. Lawrence, Carol, 1935-
6. Shapiro, Sophiline Cheam.
7. Slayton, Jeff.
8. Gunn, Nicholas, 1947-
9. Cunningham, James.
10. Lewett, Linda.
11. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (83 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Interviews with eight of the dancer-choreographers who performed in the Los Angeles performance of The horse's mouth greets the new millennium. For a recording of the performance itself, see *MGZIA 4-4700.

Subject

1. Horse's mouth greets the new millennium (Choreographic work : Croll and Cunningham)
2. Dancers > United States > 20th century
3. Choreographers > United States > 20th century

Genre/Form

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

Contents

1. Leonard Crofoot (ca. 12 min.) / topics include: his one-man show Nijinsky speaks, and various questions about Vaslav Nijinsky's life and career ; Crofoot's dance training ; overcoming the prejudice against male dancers.
2. Linda Lack (ca. 8 min.) / topics include: the similarities of the Exquisite Corpse, a Surrealist party game, and The horse's mouth project ; her development of a technique called Thinking body, feeling mind ; her upbringing in a dancing family and memories of her aunt Pearl Lang and the Martha Graham Dance Company.
3. Sophiline Cheam Shapiro (ca. 12 min.) / topics include: aspects of Cambodian classical dance, including its concept of the dancer as an angelic being ; folk and social dance forms in Cambodia ; Western responses to the sacred component of Cambodian classical dance.
4. Kathleen Knapp (ca. 6 min.) / topics include: her dance career, especially in Las Vegas ; her studio Katnap ; her current interest in tap dancing ; her admiration for Juliet Prowse.
5. Carol Lawrence (ca. 13 min.) / topics include: dancing in The merry widow with Ruth Page's ballet company ; her observations of Margot Fonteyn and Moira Shearer ; her long friendship with Chita Rivera ; working on West side story.
6. Ramaa Bhavadraj (ca. 10 min.) / topics include: how she started dancing ; her move to the U.S. after an arranged marriage, and her belief that the U.S. has offered her greater artistic freedom than India ; dance in contemporary Indian films.
7. Jeff Slayton (ca. 13 min.) / topics include: observations of Viola Farber, whom he married ; dancing with Merce Cunningham's company ; his own choreography ; the use of stillness in dance.
8. Nicholas Gunn (ca. 9 min.) / topics include: overcoming his parents' opposition to his dance career ; dancing with Paul Taylor's company.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4706

Note

1. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Tina Croll/James Cunningham, Japan America Theater, Dance Kaleidoscope, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewees (in order of appearance): Leonard Crofoot, Linda Lack, Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, Kathleen Knapp, Carol Lawrence, Ramaa Bharadvaj, Jeff Slayton, Nicholas Gunn.
2. Interviewer: James Cunningham.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Japan America Theater, Los Angeles, Calif., on July 20, 2000 ; video producer/camera, Linda Lewett.

Funding (note)

1. This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
2. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Title

1. The horse's mouth greets the new millennium, Interview session 1 [videorecording]

Imprint

1. c2000.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Japan America Theater, Los Angeles, Calif., on July 20, 2000 ; video producer/camera, Linda Lewett.

Performer

1. Interviewees (in order of appearance): Leonard Crofoot, Linda Lack, Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, Kathleen Knapp, Carol Lawrence, Ramaa Bharadvaj, Jeff Slayton, Nicholas Gunn.
2. Interviewer: James Cunningham.

Funding

1. This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
2. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added author

1. Bharadvaj, Ramaa. Interviewee
2. Crofoot, Leonard. Interviewee
3. Knapp, Kathleen. Interviewee
4. Lack, Linda. Interviewee
5. Lawrence, Carol, 1935- interviewee.
6. Shapiro, Sophiline Cheam. Interviewee
7. Slayton, Jeff. Interviewee
8. Gunn, Nicholas, 1947- interviewee.
9. Cunningham, James. Interviewer
10. Lewett, Linda. Producer
11. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4706