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Big Dance

Title
  1. Big Dance [videorecording] / produced by The May Street Group Ltd. and Lost Dog Productions Inc. ; directed by Sherry Antonishen ; produced by Hilary Jones-Farrow and Sherry Antonishen.
Published by
  1. Buffalo, N.Y. : Kineticvideo.com, c1998.

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Additional authors
  1. Raino, Lynda
  2. Garay, Judith.
  3. Hanvik, Jan Michael.
  4. Antonishen, Sherry.
  5. Jones-Farrow, Hilary.
  6. Big Dance (Victoria, B.C.)
  7. Kineticvideo.com (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (48 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Documentary on Big Dance, a modern dance class and company for large women, founded by Lynda Raino in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Raino and her dancers discuss the physical, social, and psychological challenges faced by large women in contemporary society, and the role of dance in helping them achieve self-acceptance, a sense of empowerment, and spiritual growth. The company is seen in class, rehearsals, and performances of various works from its repertory, including its pivotal performance at the World Dance Alliance conference in Vancouver.
Subject
  1. Dance companies > Canada
  2. Self-esteem in women
  3. Body image in women
  4. Documentaries and factual films and programs
  5. Dance
  6. Video
  7. Overweight women
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  3. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-7184
Credits (note)
  1. Written by Sherry Antonishen and Hilary Jones-Farrow; editing, Sherry Antonishen; choreography, Lynda Raino and Connie Cook; produced in association with Women's Television Network.
Performer (note)
  1. Interviewees: Lynda Raino and members of Big Dance (identified by first names only), Judith Garay, Jan Hanvik, Dr. William Shoichet, others.
Title
  1. Big Dance [videorecording] / produced by The May Street Group Ltd. and Lost Dog Productions Inc. ; directed by Sherry Antonishen ; produced by Hilary Jones-Farrow and Sherry Antonishen.
Imprint
  1. Buffalo, N.Y. : Kineticvideo.com, c1998.
Country of producing entity
  1. Canada.
Credits
  1. Written by Sherry Antonishen and Hilary Jones-Farrow; editing, Sherry Antonishen; choreography, Lynda Raino and Connie Cook; produced in association with Women's Television Network.
Performer
  1. Interviewees: Lynda Raino and members of Big Dance (identified by first names only), Judith Garay, Jan Hanvik, Dr. William Shoichet, others.
Added author
  1. Raino, Lynda, choreographer, dancer. Interviewee
  2. Garay, Judith. Interviewee
  3. Hanvik, Jan Michael. Interviewee
  4. Antonishen, Sherry. Director. Producer. Author. Film editor
  5. Jones-Farrow, Hilary. Producer. Author
  6. Big Dance (Victoria, B.C.)
  7. Kineticvideo.com (Firm)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-7184
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