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Bessie : a portrait of Bessie Schönberg / Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Inc. presents ; a film by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker ; produced by Katherine O'Neil Bidwell ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bosworth, Patricia.
- Brown, Ronald K., 1966-.
- Brown, Ronald K.
- Cunningham, Merce.
- Graham, Martha.
- Gurganus, Allan, 1947-.
- Gurganus, Allan.
- Hill, Martha.
- Marks, Victoria.
- Monk, Meredith.
- Robbins, Jerome.
- Schönberg, Bessie.
- Dance Theater Workshop.
- Jacob's Pillow School of the Dance.
- Juilliard School. Dance Division.
- Juilliard School.
- American archeology (Choreographic work : Monk).
- Dirt road (Choreographic work : Brown).
- Choreographers--United States--Biography.
- Choreographers.
- Choreography--Study and teaching.
- Choreography.
- Dance teachers--United States--Biography.
- Dance teachers.
- Dance.
- Dancers--United States--Biography.
- Dancers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (58 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Pennebaker Hegedus Films, c1998.
- Summary:
- Documentary on Bessie Schönberg (1906-1997), a renowned and beloved teacher and mentor of choreography. Tributes by Merce Cunningham, Jerome Robbins, Allan Gurganus, Patricia Bosworth and Meredith Monk, presented at a birthday celebration at the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 1995, are interspersed with Schönberg's own reminiscences of her life and work, including her friendship with Martha Hill and her performing career with Martha Graham, which was cut short by a knee injury. Schönberg is also seen working with young choreographers at The Juilliard School, Dance Theater Workshop, and Jacob's Pillow, and observing and commenting upon works by Victoria Marks, Ronald Brown, Claire Porter and Meredith Monk. Dance excerpts include Marks's Back, Brown's Dirt road, Graham's Heretic, Porter's If my words wore boots, and Monk's American archeology.
- Participant:
- Choreography by Bessie Schönberg
- Notes:
- Previously released on DVD.
- Performed Dance Theater Workshop (DTW)
- Recorded New York, NY Recorded Becket, MA 1998.
- OCLC:
- 664683845
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