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Martha Graham : in performance.
LIBRA DVD 015 027
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Graham, Martha.
- Martha Graham Dance Company.
- Ballet.
- Modern dance.
- Genre:
- Dance films.
- Ballet films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Standard format.
- Place of Publication:
- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2002]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A dancer's world: Martha Graham and the Martha Graham Dance Company perform a series of short dances, interspersed with commentary by Graham and writer Leroy Leatherman.
- Night journey: "Martha Graham's retelling of the legend of Oedipus, danced by Miss Graham as Jocasta, Paul Taylor as Tiresias, and Bertram Ross as Oedipus"--Container.
- Appalachian spring: "An American folk tale of a young pioneer, his bride, and a wandering revivalist preacher with a band of followers. The dance tells of the couple's wedding, the building of their home, the preacher's dire sermon, and the woman's gentle blessing as the couple begins a life in the wilderness"--Container.
- Contents:
- A dancer's world / dances conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; film editor, Eleanor Hamerow ; commentary by Martha Graham and Leroy Leatherman ; music composed and played by Cameron McCosh ; produced by Nathan Kroll (1957, 30 min.)
- Night journey / conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; music by William Schuman ; settings, Isamu Noguchi ; produced by Nathan Kroll ; directed by Alexander Hammid ; director of photography, Stanley Meredith ; editor, Miriam Arsham ; orchestra conducted by Robert Irving (1961, 30 min.)
- Appalachian spring / conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; music by Aaron Copland ; setting by Isamu Noguchi ; directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; edited by Eleanor Hamerow ; orchestra conducted by Eugene Lester ; produced by Nathan Kroll (1958, 31 min.).
- Participant:
- Dancers: Martha Graham, Bertram Ross, Paul Taylor (Night journey) ; Martha Graham, Stuart Hodes, Bertram Ross, Matt Turney (Appalachian spring).
- Credits:
- Photographed by Peter Glushanok (Dancer's, Appalachian), Stanley Meredith (Night) ; editor, Eleanor Hamerow (Dancer's, Appalachian), Miriam Arsham (Night) ; music by Cameron McCosh (Dancer's), William Schuman (Night), Aaron Copland (Appalachian) ; settings by Isamu Noguchi (Night, Appalachian).
- Notes:
- Collective title from disc menu.
- Contains:
- Dancer's world.
- ISBN:
- 0769711774
- 9780769711775
- OCLC:
- 51209680
- Publisher Number:
- 032031117792
- D1177 Kultur
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