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Additional authors

1. Shimin, Tonia.
2. Anthony, Mary
3. Ubell, Shirley.
4. Gifford, Joseph.
5. Berensohn, Paulus.
6. Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003.
7. Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004
8. McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018.
9. Suzeau, Patrick.
10. Hering, Doris.
11. Jowitt, Deborah
12. Tetley, Glen.
13. Korff, William.
14. Cohan, Muriel.
15. Brown, Ronald K., 1966-
16. Luedtke, Pamela
17. Maloney, Daniel
18. Parkes, Ross
19. Bye, Gwendolyn
20. Kimura, Yuriko (Dancer)
21. Wang, Ru-Ping
22. Kuo, Chi-Tsung (Dancer)
23. Lin, Kun-Yang
24. Gonzales, Juan-Carlos
25. Ford, Mary
26. Weiss, Elliot.
27. Mary Anthony Dance Theatre.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (65 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Profile of Mary Anthony, dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She describes her childhood attraction to dance; leaving home for New York City, where her friendship with poet Richard Price began her lifelong interest in literature; her first view of Martha Graham's dancing; studying dance at Hanya Holm's studio with Louise Kloepper; performing and teaching with New Dance Group; the formation of her own company, Mary Anthony Dance Theatre; her dance work Threnody, based on Synge's play Riders to the sea; performing in and choreographing musicals on Broadway and abroad; the creation of Songs, inspired by her love for Cameron McCosh; the opening of her first dance studio; her pioneering work in dance on television, particularly in the WCBS-TV series Look up and live; teaching movement for actors at the HB Studio; her creation of In the beginning, based on the story of Adam and Eve, for dancers Ross Parkes and Yuriko Kimura; the contributions of other choreographers to her company's repertory; her struggles against threats of eviction from her dance studio in New York City; her company's 40th anniversary and her 80th birthday in 1996. Throughout the program she shares her insights about what it means to be an artist, both as performer and choreographer; the qualities she seeks to instill and nurture in her students and company members; and her belief in the truth of movement, and the transcendental effects of arts on human life. The interviewees, who include colleagues and former company members, pay tribute to her extraordinary achievement and contributions to American modern dance.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Tonia Shimin.

Uniform title

1. Pursued (Choreographic work : Gifford)
2. Songs (Choreographic work : Anthony)
3. Wind (Choreographic work : Anthony)
4. Threnody (Choreographic work : Anthony)
5. Dybbuk suite (Choreographic work : Anthony)
6. Gloria (Choreographic work : Anthony)
7. In the beginning (Choreographic work : Anthony)
8. Cain and Abel (Choreographic work : Anthony)
9. Ceremony of carols (Choreographic work : Anthony)
10. Tabula rasa (Choreographic work : Anthony)

Subject

1. Anthony, Mary > Interviews
2. Graham, Martha
3. Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
4. Kloepper, Louise, 1910-1996
5. McCosh, Cameron
6. Parkes, Ross
7. Kimura, Yuriko (Dancer)
8. New Dance Group
9. Mary Anthony Dance Theatre
10. Mary Anthony Dance Studio
11. New Dance Group (New York, N.Y.)
12. HB Studio
13. Threnody (Choreographic work : Anthony)
14. Songs (Choreographic work : Anthony)
15. Dybbuk suite (Choreographic work : Anthony)
16. In the beginning (Choreographic work : Anthony)
17. Tabula rasa (Choreographic work : Anthony)
18. Dancers > United States > 20th century > Biography
19. Choreographers > United States > 20th century
20. Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > United States

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Biographies.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Dance excerpts (choreography by Mary Anthony except The pursued; complete credits appear at end of program): The pursued (1947) / chor., Joseph Gifford; mus., traditional; rehearsal danced by Mary Anthony, 1972 -- Songs (1956) / mus., Debussy; cos., Eileen Holding; lighting, Thomas Munn; danced at the Kaye Playhouse, New York City, 1996, by Pamela Luedtke (solo) and members of Mary Anthony Dance Theatre -- The wind (1949) / mus., Debussy; cos., Mary Anthony, Gwendolyn Bye; lighting, John Musall; danced at the Cunningham Studio, New York City, 1997, by Gwendolyn Bye -- Threnody (1956) / based on J.M. Synge's play Riders to the sea; mus., Benjamin Britten; danced in studio rehearsal, 1996, by Bye and Kun-Yang Lin, with rehearsal director Ross Parkes; danced at Jacob's Pillow, 1957, by Bette Shaler, Anthony, Joy Gitlin, and Paulus Berensohn; danced at the Delacorte Theater, New York City, 1978, by Anthony, Parkes, Bye, Linda Hayes, and Daniel Maloney; danced at the Kaye Playhouse, 1996, by Bye and members of Mary Anthony Dance Theatre -- Dybbuk suite (1958) / telecast on The sound of freedom, Look up and live, WCBS-TV; danced by Berensohn, Dan Wagoner, and members of Mary Anthony Dance Theatre -- Gloria (1967) / cos., Christina Giannini; danced in rehearsal at Theater of the Riverside Church, New York City, 1974, by Melvin Jones, Maloney, Aaron Osborne, Parkes.
2. Dance excerpts, continued: In the beginning (1969, 1970) / mus., Peter Sculthorpe; cos., Leor C. Warner II; Part I, Adam, danced at New York University Theater, New York City, 1974, by Parkes; Part II, Adam and Eve, danced at Theater of the Riverside Church, 2001, by Ruping Wang and Chi-Tsung Kuo; danced at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, New York City, 1974, by Parkes and Yuriko Kimura -- Cain and Abel (1972) / mus., Sculthorpe; cos., Warner; lighting, Munn; danced at the Kaye Playhouse, 1996, by Lin and Andre Megerdichian -- Ceremony of carols (1971) / mus., Britten; cos., Warner; lighting, Munn; danced at the Kaye Playhouse, 1996, by Juan Carlos Gonzales, Luedtke, Wang, and members of Mary Anthony Dance Theatre -- Tabula rasa (1996) / mus., Arvo Pärt; cos., Bye, Sajda Musawir Ladner; lighting, Munn; danced at the Kaye Playhouse, 1996, by Mary Ford, Lin, and members of Mary Anthony Dance Theatre.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8195

Credits (note)

1. Supervising editor, Toby Shimin ; editors, Hope Litoff, Wendy Popadynetz ; consulting producer, Roger Sherman ; director/camera of Mary Anthony Dance Theatre 40th anniversary season performance footage, Ben Dolphin ; original music, Elliot Weiss.

Title

1. Mary Anthony [videorecording] : a life in modern dance / directed and produced by Tonia Shimin.

Imprint

1. c2004.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Credits

1. Supervising editor, Toby Shimin ; editors, Hope Litoff, Wendy Popadynetz ; consulting producer, Roger Sherman ; director/camera of Mary Anthony Dance Theatre 40th anniversary season performance footage, Ben Dolphin ; original music, Elliot Weiss.

Performer

1. Interviewees: Mary Anthony, with (in order of appearance) Shirley Ubell, Joseph Gifford, Paulus Berensohn, Bertram Ross, Uta Hagen, Donald McKayle, Patrick Suzeau, Doris Hering, Deborah Jowitt, Glen Tetley, William Korff, Muriel Cohan, Cary Gant, Ronald K. Brown, Liz Howell, Kevin Gleason.

Local subject

1. Literature and dance.
2. Drama and dance.
3. Television. Look up and live.

Added author

1. Shimin, Tonia. Director. Producer
2. Anthony, Mary, interviewee.
3. Anthony, Mary, dancer.
4. Anthony, Mary, choreographer.
5. Ubell, Shirley. Interviewee
6. Gifford, Joseph. Interviewee
7. Berensohn, Paulus. ive, dancer.
8. Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003. Interviewee
9. Hagen, Uta, 1919-2004, interviewee.
10. McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018. Interviewee
11. Suzeau, Patrick. Interviewee
12. Hering, Doris. Interviewee
13. Jowitt, Deborah, interviewee.
14. Tetley, Glen. Interviewee
15. Korff, William. Interviewee
16. Cohan, Muriel. Interviewee
17. Brown, Ronald K., 1966- Interviewee
18. Luedtke, Pamela, dancer.
19. Maloney, Daniel, dancer.
20. Parkes, Ross, dancer.
21. Bye, Gwendolyn, dancer.
22. Kimura, Yuriko (Dancer)
23. Wang, Ru-Ping, dancer.
24. Kuo, Chi-Tsung (Dancer)
25. Lin, Kun-Yang, dancer.
26. Gonzales, Juan-Carlos, dancer.
27. Ford, Mary, dancer.
28. Weiss, Elliot. Composer
29. Mary Anthony Dance Theatre.

Added title

1. Pursued (Choreographic work : Gifford)
2. Songs (Choreographic work : Anthony)
3. Wind (Choreographic work : Anthony)
4. Threnody (Choreographic work : Anthony)
5. Dybbuk suite (Choreographic work : Anthony)
6. Gloria (Choreographic work : Anthony)
7. In the beginning (Choreographic work : Anthony)
8. Cain and Abel (Choreographic work : Anthony)
9. Ceremony of carols (Choreographic work : Anthony)
10. Tabula rasa (Choreographic work : Anthony)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-8195