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Additional authors

1. Cohan, Robert.
2. Hodes, Stuart.
3. Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009.
4. Graff, Ellen.
5. Thomas, Marnie.
6. Nichols, Madeleine M.
7. Pally, Alan J.
8. Glorsky, Maxine.
9. Daniels, Richard.
10. Bernadi, François.
11. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (82 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Panel discussion, third in a series of three. The panelists, all former members of the Martha Graham Dance Company, discuss how they joined the company, their perceptions of Graham on stage and off, their experiences in rehearsing and performing her choreography, her theatricality and kinetic humor, and the pervasive American character of all her works. A question-and-answer session concludes the program.

Subject

1. Graham, Martha
2. Martha Graham Dance Company
3. Choreographers > United States > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Panel discussions.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5283

Note

1. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Robert Cohan, Stuart Hodes, Pearl Lang, Ellen Graff, Marnie Thomas Wood, Richard Daniels, Maxine Glorsky, Kenneth Topping, Madeleine Nichols, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

1. Panelists: Robert Cohan, Stuart Hodes, Pearl Lang.
2. Moderators: Ellen Graff, Marnie Wood (Marnie Thomas).
3. Welcome by Madeleine Nichols, curator, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 2003; video documentation, François Bernadi.

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.

System details (note)

1. DVD, transferred from Betacam SP cassette.

Title

1. Martha Graham [videorecording] : steps of a giant. Insiders' stories. Americana and Martha's funny bone / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; series producer, Alan J. Pally ; series development, Maxine Glorsky, Richard Daniels, Ellen Graff, Kenneth Topping, Madeleine Nichols.

Imprint

1. c2003.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD, transferred from Betacam SP cassette.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 2003; video documentation, François Bernadi.

Performer

1. Panelists: Robert Cohan, Stuart Hodes, Pearl Lang.
2. Moderators: Ellen Graff, Marnie Wood (Marnie Thomas).
3. Welcome by Madeleine Nichols, curator, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-7496.

Added author

1. Cohan, Robert. Speaker
2. Hodes, Stuart. Speaker
3. Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009. Speaker
4. Graff, Ellen. Moderator
5. Thomas, Marnie. Moderator
6. Nichols, Madeleine M. Speaker
7. Pally, Alan J. Producer
8. Glorsky, Maxine.
9. Daniels, Richard.
10. Bernadi, François.
11. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5283