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Silent dancing

Title
Silent dancing [videorecording] / produced and directed by David W. Hahn ; executive producer, Patricia Sides ; written by Melanie Ray and David W. Hahn
Publication
1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Sills, Beverly.
  • Baylis, Meredith.
  • Arpino, Gerald.
  • Arpino, Gerald
  • Danias, Starr
  • Schafer, Richard
  • Han, Daṿid.
  • Sides, Patricia.
  • Ray, Melanie.
  • Krane, David, 1953-
  • Joffrey Ballet School.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Shows deaf youngsters, eight to eleven years old, who are enrolled in an experimental "Ballet for the deaf" program at Robert Joffrey's American Ballet Center. Teacher Meredith Baylis conducts classical ballet classes the goal of which are to integrate the students into regular dance classes for the hearing; Starr Danias and Richard Schafer perform an excerpt from Gerald Arpino's L'air d'esprit; Mr. Arpino is shown rehearsing two deaf children in a piece choreographed for them; and Miss Sills discusses problems of deaf children with a group of parents. Signed for the hearing-impaired.
Alternative Title
Skyline.
Subject
Deaf children
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Music direction, David Krane.
Event (note)
  • Telecast by WNET/13 on the Skyline series.
Funding (note)
  • This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1948
OCLC
NYPY847040108-F
Title
Silent dancing [videorecording] / produced and directed by David W. Hahn ; executive producer, Patricia Sides ; written by Melanie Ray and David W. Hahn
Imprint
1979.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Credits
Music direction, David Krane.
Performer
Narrator, Beverly Sills.
Event
Telecast by WNET/13 on the Skyline series.
Funding
This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
System Details
DVD.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-372.
Local Subject
Deaf dancers.
Ballet dancing for children -- Study and teaching.
Dance for handicapped children.
Added Author
Sills, Beverly. Narrator
Baylis, Meredith. Teacher
Arpino, Gerald. Teacher
Arpino, Gerald, choreographer.
Danias, Starr, dancer.
Schafer, Richard, dancer.
Han, Daṿid. Director
Han, Daṿid. Producer
Han, Daṿid. Author of dialog
Sides, Patricia. Producer
Ray, Melanie. Author of dialog
Krane, David, 1953-
Joffrey Ballet School.
Added Title
Skyline.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1948
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