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Dancing images

Title
Dancing images [videorecording] / produced by Éditions à Voir in cooperation with Springdance, Filmtheater 't Hoogt, SK Stiftung Kultur, and Kunstencentrum Vooruit.
Publication
Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Éditions à Voir, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
  • Fenster, Nancy
  • Kaye, Pooh.
  • Gillespie, Ginger
  • Beer, Henry
  • Love, Lisa
  • Monson, Jennifer
  • Ruttmann, Walter, 1887-1941.
  • Man Ray, 1890-1976.
  • Deslaw, Eugène.
  • Murphy, Dudley, 1897-1968.
  • Fegte, Ernst, 1900-1976.
  • Lye, Len, 1901-1980.
  • Emshwiller, Ed.
  • Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003.
  • Strand, Chick.
  • Klapish, Cedric.
  • Vondracek, Victor.
  • Kilgore, John.
  • Gassinger, Ilse.
  • Eccentric Motions Company.
  • Éditions à Voir.
  • Springdance (Festival)
  • SK Stiftung Kultur.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, PAL) (76 min.) : si. and sd., b&w and col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Compilation of experimental films portraying objects or people in dance-like motion.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Ulrike Boecking of SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln.
Series Statement
History of dance on film & video ; III
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Compilations.
  • Video.
Note
  • For accompanying leaflet, see: *MGZR Cinedance [clippings].
Contents
  • Opus II, III and IV (Germany, 1919-1926 (?) ; b&w and col., ca. 9 min.) / directed by Walter [also spelled Walther] Ruttmann ; abstract forms in motion. Dated 1926 on frame, 1920-1923 on wrapper, 1919-1925 on accompanying leaflet.
  • Emak bakia (France, 1927 ; b&w, ca. 20 min.) / directed by Man Ray ; collage of bodies and objects, including the legs of a dancer doing the Charleston. Duration given as 17 min. on leaflet.
  • La marche des machines (France, 1928 ; b&w, ca. 7 min.) / directed by Eugène Deslaw ; machines in motion.
  • Black and tan fantasy (U.S., 1919 ; b&w, ca. 19 min.) / story and direction, Dudley Murphy ; art direction, Ernest Fegte ; performers include Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra ; drama including variety dancing at a nightclub. Title given as Black and tan on added credits, wrapper and leaflet.
  • Trade tattoo (New Zealand, 1937 ; col., ca. 5 min.) / directed by Len Lye ; presented by John Grierson ; a G.P.O. Film Unit production ; directed by Len Lye ; music played by the Lecuona Band ; shapes and images of people at work. Country of production given as Great Britain on wrapper and leaflet.
  • Dance chromatic (U.S., 1959 ; col., ca. 6 min.) / directed by Ed Emshwiller ; choreography and performance, Nancy Fenster ; paintings, Ed Emshwiller ; music, Lou Harrison (from Canticle no. 3) ; combination of a dancer's movements with painted forms and textures. Title given erroneously as Dance chromatics on added credits, wrapper and leaflet. This film is also on *MGZHB 4-1949.
  • Angel blue sweet wings (U.S., 1966 ; col., ca. 3 1/2 min.) / directed by Chick Strand ; collage including dancers.
  • Inside the house of floating paper (U.S., 1984 ; col., ca. 4 1/2 min.) / conceived, directed and produced by Pooh Kaye ; an Eccentric Motions Inc. production ; camera, Cedric Klapish, Pooh Kaye, Victor Vondracek ; sound design and editing, John Kilgore ; performed by Pooh Kaye, Ginger Gillespie, Marcus Weischmeyer, Henry Beer, Karen Cassamismo, Jay Hyatt, Lisa Love, Randy Mardin, Jennifer Monson, Sharla Perel. This film is also on *MGZHB 4-2345.
  • Splash (Austria, 1989 ; col., ca. 1 1/2 min.) / directed by Ilse Gassinger ; music, Radio Tirana ; images of women in a swimming pool.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3404
ISBN
9055190519
OCLC
  • 71558284
  • NYPY99-F931
Title
Dancing images [videorecording] / produced by Éditions à Voir in cooperation with Springdance, Filmtheater 't Hoogt, SK Stiftung Kultur, and Kunstencentrum Vooruit.
Imprint
Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Éditions à Voir, c1998.
Country of Producing Entity
The Netherlands.
Series
History of dance on film & video ; III
Local Subject
Cinedance.
Variety dancing -- United States.
Motion pictures. Dance chromatic.
Motion pictures. Inside the house of floating paper.
Added Author
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Performer
Fenster, Nancy, choreographer, dancer.
Kaye, Pooh. drt, choreographer, dancer.
Gillespie, Ginger, dancer.
Beer, Henry, dancer.
Love, Lisa, dancer.
Monson, Jennifer, dancer.
Ruttmann, Walter, 1887-1941. Director
Man Ray, 1890-1976. Director
Deslaw, Eugène. Director
Murphy, Dudley, 1897-1968. Director
Fegte, Ernst, 1900-1976. Set designer
Lye, Len, 1901-1980. Director
Emshwiller, Ed. Director
Emshwiller, Ed. Cinematographer
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Composer
Strand, Chick. Director
Klapish, Cedric. Cinematographer
Vondracek, Victor. Cinematographer
Kilgore, John.
Gassinger, Ilse. Director
Eccentric Motions Company.
Éditions à Voir.
Springdance (Festival)
SK Stiftung Kultur.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3404
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