Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Description
1 online resource (1 video file) (87 min., 11 sec.) : sound, color
Summary
A video recording of three performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company, with two featuring Martha Graham. This production was subsequently released by Pyramid Home Video. This protection master appears to be from the original television broadcast in 1969.
Alternative title
Three by Martha Graham
Genre/Form
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Contents
Seraphic dialogue / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Norman Dello Joio ; conducted by Stanley Sussman ; setting by Isamu Noguchi (Joan: Mary Hinkson ; Maid: Patricia Birch ; Warrior: Helen McGehee ; Martyr: Noemi Lapzeson ; St. Michael: Bertram Ross ; St. Catherine: Phyllis Gutelius ; St. Margaret: Takako Asakawa)(starts at 00:00, 27 min.) -- Cortege of eagles / choreography by Martha Graham ; music composed and conducted by Eugene Lester ; setting by Isamu Noguchi ; (Hecuba: Martha Graham ; Andromache: Mary Hinkson ; Helen: Matt Turney ; Charon: William Louther ; Hector: Robert Cohan ; Achilles: Bertram Ross ; Priam: Moss Cohen ; Polydorus: Robert Powell ; Paris: Clive Thompson ; Astyanax: Lar Roberson ; Polyxena: Helen McGehee ; Polymnestor: Bertram Ross ; The Chorus: Noemi Lapzeson, Takako Asakawa, Dawn Suzuki, Yuriko Kimura, Diane Gray ; The Warriors: Clive Thompson, Moss Cohen, Robert Dodson, Kenneth Pearl, Hugh Appet)(starts at 27:29, 35 min.) -- Acrobats of god / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Carlos Surinach ; conducted by Eugene Lester ; setting by Isamu Noguchi (The Dancers: Martha Graham, Robert Powell, Mary Hinkson, Helen McGehee, Takako Asakawa, Phyllis Gutelius, Noemi Lapzeson, Bertram Ross, Robert Cohan, Clive Thompson, William Louther, Robert Dodson)(starts at 1:02:45, min.).
Note
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Executive producer John Houseman ; produced by H.R. Poindexter ; directed by Dave Wilson ; adapted for television by John Butler ; A Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. production under grants from The Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.
Event (note)
Broadcast in 1969.
Title
3 by Martha Graham, 1969 / choreography by Martha Graham ; executive producer John Houseman ; produced by H.R. Poindexter ; directed by Dave Wilson.
Production
1969.
Country of producing entity
United States
Playing time
012711
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
video file
Credits
Executive producer John Houseman ; produced by H.R. Poindexter ; directed by Dave Wilson ; adapted for television by John Butler ; A Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. production under grants from The Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation.
Event
Broadcast in 1969.
Added author
Graham, Martha, choreographer, dancer.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Seraphic dialogue.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Cortege of eagles.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Acrobats of God.
Container of (work): Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Triumph of St. Joan symphony.
Container of (work): Surinach, Carlos. Acrobats of God.
Lester, Eugene, composer, conductor.
Sussman, Stanley, conductor.
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, set designer.
Hinkson, Mary, dancer.
Birch, Patricia, dancer.
McGehee, Helen, dancer.
Lapzeson, Noemi, 1940- dancer.
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, dancer.
Gutelius, Phyllis, dancer.
Asakawa, Takako, dancer.
Turney, Matt, dancer.
Louther, William, dancer.
Cohan, Robert, dancer.
Cohen, Moss, dancer.
Powell, Robert (Dancer), dancer.
Thompson, Clive, 1935- dancer.
Roberson, Lar, dancer.
Suzuki, Dawn, dancer.
Kimura, Yuriko (Dancer), dancer.
Gray, Diane, 1941- dancer.
Dodson, Robert, dancer.
Pearl, Kenneth, dancer.
Appet, Hugh, dancer.
Houseman, John, 1902-1988, producer.
Poindexter, H. R., producer.
Wilson, Dave, 1933-2002, director.
Martha Graham Dance Company, dancer.
Martha Graham Dance Company, donor.
Found in:
Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Other form:
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): 3 by Martha Graham. 1 videotape reel (87 min., 11 sec.) : sound, color ; 2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)529263 (OCoLC)1375596691