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Making dances

Title
Making dances [videorecording] / Michael Blackwood Productions ; produced and directed by Michael Blackwood.
Publication
U.S. : Michael Blackwood Productions, c2003, 1980.

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017
  • Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017.
  • Childs, Lucinda
  • Childs, Lucinda.
  • Gordon, David, 1936-2022
  • Dunn, Douglas, 1942-
  • King, Kenneth, 1948-
  • Monk, Meredith
  • Rudner, Sara
  • Blackwood, Michael.
  • Siegel, Marcia B.
  • Michael Blackwood Productions.
Description
1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
An exploration of the work of seven New York-based post-modern choreographers: Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, David Gordon, Douglas Dunn, Kenneth King, Meredith Monk, and Sara Rudner. In interviews interspersed with rehearsals and performance excerpts the dancer-choreographers discuss the nature of dance and the evolution of their own work.
Uniform Title
  • Accumulation with Talking plus Watermotor (Choreographic work : Brown)
  • Line up (Choreographic work : Brown)
  • Glacial decoy (Choreographic work : Brown)
  • Dance (Choreographic work : Childs)
  • Foot rules (Choreographic work : Dunn)
  • Audience with the Pope (Choreographic work : Gordon)
  • Matter (Choreographic work : Gordon)
  • Word raid (Choreographic work : King)
  • Wor(l)d (T)raid (Choreographic work : King)
  • Education of the girlchild (Choreographic work : Monk)
  • Modern dances (Choreographic work : Rudner)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Credits (note)
  • Photography, Mead Hunt ; written by Marcia Siegel.
Contents
Includes dance excerpts from: Trisha Brown's Accumulation with talking plus water motor, Line up, and Glacial decoy; Lucinda Childs' Dance; Douglas Dunn's Footrules; David Gordon's An audience with the Pope, and The matter; Kenneth King's Word raid, and Wor(l)d (T)raid; Meredith Monk's Education of the girlchild and her musical composition Dolmen music; and Sara Rudner's Modern dances.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6658
OCLC
  • 51768609
  • NYPY857016921-F
Title
Making dances [videorecording] / Michael Blackwood Productions ; produced and directed by Michael Blackwood.
Imprint
U.S. : Michael Blackwood Productions, c2003, 1980.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Photography, Mead Hunt ; written by Marcia Siegel.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Making dances.
Postmodern dance.
Added Author
Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017, choreographer.
Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017. Interviewee
Childs, Lucinda, choreographer.
Childs, Lucinda. Interviewee
Gordon, David, 1936-2022, choreographer.
Gordon, David, 1936-2022, interviewee.
Dunn, Douglas, 1942- choreographer. Interviewee
King, Kenneth, 1948- choreographer.
King, Kenneth, 1948- interviewee.
Monk, Meredith, choreographer.
Monk, Meredith, interviewee.
Rudner, Sara, choreographer. Interviewee
Blackwood, Michael. Producer. Director
Siegel, Marcia B. Author
Michael Blackwood Productions.
Added Title
Accumulation with Talking plus Watermotor (Choreographic work : Brown)
Line up (Choreographic work : Brown)
Glacial decoy (Choreographic work : Brown)
Dance (Choreographic work : Childs)
Foot rules (Choreographic work : Dunn)
Audience with the Pope (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Matter (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Word raid (Choreographic work : King)
Wor(l)d (T)raid (Choreographic work : King)
Education of the girlchild (Choreographic work : Monk)
Modern dances (Choreographic work : Rudner)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6658
*MGZHB 16-2216 Additional copy; 2 film reels (3240 ft.) 16mm; in storage; use *MGZIA 4-6658 instead
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