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Martha Graham the dancer revealed

Title: Martha Graham [videorecording] : the dancer revealed
Publication: c1994.

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1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

Documentary on the life and work of Martha Graham. Highlighted topics include her early dance training with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, her professional and private relationships with Louis Horst and Erick Hawkins, the development of her modern dance technique, her longtime collaboration with sculptor Isamu Noguchi, her use of Greek mythological themes, and the problems of her later years, such as her difficult decision to retire as a performer. Her former company members and associates Patricia Birch, Bertram Ross, Robert Cohan, Pearl Lang, Erick Hawkins, Jane Dudley, Jean Erdman, and Ronald Protas comment upon various aspects of her personality and work, as do critics Anna Kisselgoff, Holly Brubach, and Clive Barnes, and choreographers Agnes de Mille and Glen Tetley. Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson discuss her training from the special perspective of actors whose aim is to increase body expressivity. Graham speaks for herself in several pre-recorded interviews and is seen dancing in excerpts from Tanagra, Heretic, Lamentation, Frontier, Every soul is a circus (with Hawkins and Merce Cunningham), Appalachian spring, Acrobats of God, and Cortege of eagles. Other works singled out for discussion include Diversion of angels, Errand into the maze, Cave of the heart, Seraphic dialogue, and Clytemnestra; excerpts from Acts of light and Steps in the street are also shown.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Tatge Productions.

Uniform Title

Steps in the street (Choreographic work : Graham)

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Genre/Form

Biographies.

Note

Co-produced by Thirteen/WNET, Caméras Continentales, La Sept/Arte, and BBC. Telecast on Thirteen/WNET's American masters series on May 13, 1994. Producer: Dominique Lasseur. Executive producers: Susan Lacy and Takis Candilis. Director: Catherine Tatge. Director of photography: Joel Shapiro. Narrator: Claire Bloom.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4216

OCLC

31689506
NYPY946069665-F

Title

Martha Graham [videorecording] : the dancer revealed

Imprint

c1994.

Local Subject

Modern dance -- Technique -- Graham.

Television. Martha Graham: the dancer revealed.

Added Author

Graham, Martha, interviewee.

Graham, Martha, choreographer.

Graham, Martha, dancer.

De Mille, Agnes, commentator.

Tetley, Glen. Commentator

Kisselgoff, Anna. Commentator

Birch, Patricia. Commentator

Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014, commentator.

Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016. Commentator

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003. Commentator

Cohan, Robert. Commentator

Brubach, Holly. Commentator

Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008. Commentator

Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009. Commentator

Hawkins, Erick. Commentator

Dudley, Jane. Commentator

Erdman, Jean. Commentator

Protas, Ron. Commentator

Tatge, Catherine, director.

Lasseur, Dominique, producer.

Lacy, Susan, producer.

Martha Graham Dance Company.

Graham, Martha. Appalachian spring

Graham, Martha. Acrobats of God

Graham, Martha. Frontier

Graham, Martha. Lamentation

Graham, Martha. Cortege of eagles.

Graham, Martha. Acts of light

Graham, Martha. Every soul is a circus

Graham, Martha. Heretic

Graham, Martha. Tanagra

Added Title

Steps in the street (Choreographic work : Graham)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4216

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