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Bertram Ross and Daniel Maloney interviews, camera two, 7/29/98

Title: Bertram Ross and Daniel Maloney interviews, camera two, 7/29/98 [videorecording]
Publication: 1998.

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Description

1 videocassette (81 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.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Interviews.
Video.

Note

Unedited footage.
Contains same material, taped from a different camera angle, as *MGZIA 4-3642 Bertram Ross and Daniel Maloney interviews, camera one, 7/29/98.

Performer (note)

Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.

Event (note)

Videotaped in New York on July 29, 1998 ; videography, David Quinn.

Contents

[Interview with Bertram Ross] (ca. 41 min.) / Ross, a dancer, actor, singer, and teacher, discusses his first sight of Mary Anthony, performing her dance solo Lady Macbeth ; his observations of her auditions and the qualities she emphasizes in her choreography ; his memories of Anthony as a young dancer ; working with her in Lamp unto my feet and other live religious television programs ; her work Threnody, which he describes as a "monumental dance" ; rallying around her, with other dancers, as she fought against eviction from her loft ; the qualities she seeks in dancers in her company ; her personal qualities, including her energy and her ability to give each dancer a sense of self-worth.
[Interview with Daniel Maloney] (ca. 40 min.) / Maloney, who describes himself as a choreographer and physical therapist, describes how he began to work with Mary Anthony ; the family atmosphere of her studio ; her rehearsal process, which provided a model for his own ; his early choreography, encouraged by Anthony ; sharing leadership of the Mary Anthony Dance Theatre with Anthony and Ross Parkes, with whom he shared the title of associate artistic director ; his fellow company members ; Anthony's grace under pressure ; Anthony's dance technique, which incorporated the principles of contraction and release, and the use of the Laban loops ; Anthony's sources of inspiration, and the importance of emotion in works such as Threnody ; Anthony's place in his life.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3643

OCLC

NYPY99-F1148

Title

Bertram Ross and Daniel Maloney interviews, camera two, 7/29/98 [videorecording]

Imprint

1998.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Mary Anthony: a life in modern dance preliminary footage.

Event

Videotaped in New York on July 29, 1998 ; videography, David Quinn.

Performer

Interviewer: Tonia Shimin.

Local Subject

Television. Lamp unto my feet.

Added Author

Shimin, Tonia. Interviewer

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003. Interviewee

Maloney, Daniel. Interviewee

Quinn, David P.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3643

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