Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003
2. Greenfield, Amy.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (53 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Unedited performance video featuring the dancer, choreographer, and actor Bertram Ross. Forced by unexpected weather conditions to perform indoors, he presents a spontaneous adaptation of his one-person show, which was originally planned for a larger outdoor space. In the show, which he conceived, choreographed, and performs, he portrays [Edward] Gordon Craig, an early 20th-century theater revolutionary who was Isadora Duncan's lover, and Raymond Duncan, Isadora's brother. The performance is followed by a discussion with the audience.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Amy Greenfield.

Subject

1. Plays
2. Video
3. Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966 > Drama
4. One-person shows (Performing arts)
5. Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
6. Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966 > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Plays.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7508

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at High Rock Park, Staten Island, N.Y., on July 10, 1988; video documentation, Amy Greenfield.

Title

1. Summerdance 1988 [videorecording] : Bertram Ross / Eclipse Productions.

Imprint

1. c1988.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Videotaped at High Rock Park, Staten Island, N.Y., on July 10, 1988; video documentation, Amy Greenfield.

Performer

1. Performed by Bertram Ross.

Added author

1. Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, choreographer. Conceptor. Performer
2. Greenfield, Amy.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-7508