Two dances by Doris Humphrey [videorecording] / presented by the José Limón Dance Foundation in association with Dance Horizons Video ; choreography by Doris Humphrey, staged by Lucy Venable from the Labanotated scores.
Two masterpieces of modern choreography by Doris Humphrey
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Contents
Ritmo jondo (Deep rhythm) (ca. 20 min.) / taped in performance at the Teresa Carreño Theatre, Caracas, Venezuela, on April 6, 1990 ; taping directed by Rick Reynolds ; music, Carlos Surinach ; set, Jean Rosenthal, based on a painting by Charles Oscar ; costumes, Pauline Lawrence, interpreted by Allen Munch ; lighting, Lary Opitz ; danced by Michael Blake, Jonathan Leinbach, Gordon White, Stuart Gold, Nina Watt, Bambi Anderson, Roxane D'Orléans Juste, Pamala Jones. The sections of the piece are: 1, Of men -- 2, Of women -- 3, Of meeting and parting.
Day on earth (ca. 22 min.) / taped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on November 22, 1995 ; taping directed by Ron Honsa, Moving Pictures, NYC ; music, Aaron Copland (Piano sonata, 1941), played by Michael Cherry ; costumes, Charles Schoonmaker, based on original designs by Pauline Lawrence ; lighting, Steve Woods ; danced by Paul Dennis (man), Nina Watt (young woman), Carla Maxwell (woman), Chelica Kimerling (child).
Call number
*MGZIA 4-5050
Note
Title on wrapper: Two masterpieces of modern choreography by Doris Humphrey.
Title
Two dances by Doris Humphrey [videorecording] / presented by the José Limón Dance Foundation in association with Dance Horizons Video ; choreography by Doris Humphrey, staged by Lucy Venable from the Labanotated scores.