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A dancer's world (Motion picture)

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Description

1 reel. 30 min. 1080 ft. : sd. b&w.; 16 mm.

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Martha Graham and Leroy Leatherman explain the dancer's craft as members of her company illustrate her philosophy in a dance created for the film.
Presented by WQED-TV, Pittsburgh. Producer: Nathan Kroll. Director and camera: Peter Glushanok. Composer and pianist: Cameron McCosh. Filmed at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, New York, N.Y. Choreographer: Martha Graham. Dancers: Yuriko, Helen McGehee, Gene McDonald, Ellen Siegel, David Wood, Miriam Cole, Lillian Biersteker, Robert Cohan, Ethel Winter, Mary Hinkson, Bertram Ross.
For a videotape version of A dancer's world, see *MGZIA 4-746 Martha Graham--an American original in performance.

Call Number

*MGZHB 12-129

OCLC

NYPY727011354-F

Title

A dancer's world (Motion picture)

Imprint

1957.

Local Subject

Motion pictures. A dancer's world.

Local Subject

Dance -- Philosophy.

Dance -- Vocational guidance.

Added Author

Siegel, Ellen, dancer.

Yuriko, 1920-2022, dancer.

McGehee, Helen, dancer.

McDonald, Gene, dancer.

Wood, David, 1925-2002, dancer.

Cole, Miriam, dancer.

Biersteker, Lillian, dancer.

Cohan, Robert, dancer.

Winter, Ethel, dancer.

Hinkson, Mary, dancer.

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, dancer.

Glushanok, Peter. Director

Graham, Martha, choreographer.

Graham, Martha. Commentator

Leatherman, LeRoy. Commentator

McCosh, Cameron. Composer. Instrumentalist

Kroll, Nathan. Producer

Martha Graham Dance Company.

Research Call Number

*MGZHB 12-129