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Paulus Berensohn interview, 12/18/98
- Title
- Paulus Berensohn interview, 12/18/98 [videorecording]
- Publication
- 1998.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIA 4-3650 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 2 videocassettes (33 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Footage recorded for a projected documentary on Mary Anthony, a modern dancer, choreographer and teacher.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Tonia Shimin.
- Series Statement
- Mary Anthony: a life in modern dance preliminary footage.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Interviews.
- Video.
- Note
- Unedited footage.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped on December 18, 1998 ; videography, Roger Sherman.
- Contents
- Paulus Berensohn, who first studied with Mary Anthony at the New Dance Group studio in the early 1950s, reminisces about her as a teacher and choreographer. He discusses her creation of Threnody, in which he played the youngest son ; her use of imagery in her classes and choreography ; her knack of integrating dance and daily life ; and her ability, as a choreographer, to draw out the individual qualities of her dancers. After the interview, Berensohn is seen greeting Anthony at the door.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-3650
- OCLC
- NYPY99-F1161
- Title
- Paulus Berensohn interview, 12/18/98 [videorecording]
- Imprint
- 1998.
- Series
- Mary Anthony: a life in modern dance preliminary footage.
- Event
- Videotaped on December 18, 1998 ; videography, Roger Sherman.
- Performer
- Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.
- Added Author
- Berensohn, Paul. IntervieweeShimin, Tonia. InterviewerSherman, Roger, 1958-DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-3650