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Five Evenings with American Dance Pioneers : Martha Hill

Title
  1. Five Evenings with American Dance Pioneers : Martha Hill, Second Evening.
Published by
  1. 1983.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Hill, Martha, 1900-1995
  2. Hess, Susan
  3. Powell, Alan
Description
  1. 2 streaming video files (61 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
  1. Martha Hill discusses modern dance in the United States with an introduction and conclusion by Susan Hess; Hill thanks the film creators, Ralph Jester, Charles Rinehart, and Jack Venza; talks about how this dance period will be characterized in the future; her childhood and dance background; discusses films after audience viewings including outfits worn by Bennington dancers, and how Hill became director of the Bennington School of Dance; dancing with Martha Graham and teaching to make extra money; teaching at Bennington College and New York University both from 1932-1951; pioneering dance at Juilliard; how early modern dance pieces were choreographed by Martha Graham and Mary Wigman for women only with Graham introduced men in her work, American Document; Graham's evolution into stark movements; the Carnegie Hall studio performances, and the Graham company moving to different locations; Bennington College combining Dance, Theater and Music into one Art Department after Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. Discussion concludes with brief comments on Reel 2 by Susan Hess.
Series statement
  1. Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive
Uniform title
  1. Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive.
Alternative title
  1. Recollections and Rare Films
Subject
  1. Dance
  2. Filmed dance
  3. Hill, Martha, 1900-1995
  4. Venza, Jack
  5. Jester, Ralph, 1901-
  6. New York University > School of the Arts
  7. Dance > History > 20th century
  8. Graham, Martha
  9. Bennington School of Dance (Bennington, Vt.)
  10. Juilliard School > Dance Division
  11. Dance > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
  12. Filmed interviews
  13. Rinehart, Charles L
  14. Video
  15. Modern dance > United States
  16. Dance teachers > United States
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
  3. Filmed dance.
  4. Interviews.
  5. Nonfiction films.
Contents
  1. Reel 1. Evening with Martha Hill (59 min.) -- Reel 2. Closing comments (2 min.) / by Susan Hess.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 1463
Note
  1. Title from original video cassette label.
  2. Films are not shown on this video.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  1. Videographer, Alan Powell.
Source (note)
  1. Susan Hess;
Title
  1. Five Evenings with American Dance Pioneers : Martha Hill, Second Evening.
Production
  1. 1983.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. computer
  2. video
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Series
  1. Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive
  2. Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive.
Original version
  1. Original format: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) ; 3/4 in.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
  1. Videographer, Alan Powell.
Performer
  1. Speaker, Martha Hill.
Event
  1. Videotaped during talk at Hess studio in Philadelphia, Pa. 1983 April 8.
Source
  1. Gift; Susan Hess; 2010.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Hill, Martha, 1900-1995, speaker.
  2. Hess, Susan, speaker.
  3. Powell, Alan, videographer.
  4. Hess, Susan, donor.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 1463
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