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José Limón & Company

Title: José Limón & Company [videorecording] / WCBS-TV.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : WCBS-TV, 1956 ; Kent, Conn. : Creative Arts Television Archive, c1999.

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Description

1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Excerpts from six modern dance works, interspersed with brief commentaries by José Limón, including a voiceover introduction to The moor's pavane in which he explains the intentions of the work. Most of the works are danced fully or partly in rehearsal clothes.

Series Statement

Camera three

Uniform Title

Day on earth (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Moor's pavane (Choreographic work : Limón)
Exiles (Choreographic work : Limón)
Theatre piece (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Night spell (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Alternative Title

José Limón and Dance Company

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Title on cassette label: José Limón and Dance Company.

Performer (note)

Host: James Macandrew.
Commentary by José Limón.

Event (note)

Originally telecast by WCBS-TV on the series Camera three in 1956.

Contents

Day on earth (excerpt) / choreography, Doris Humphrey ; music, Aaron Copland ; danced by José Limón and Ruth Currier.
Lament for a bullfighter [Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías] (excerpt) / choreography, Doris Humphrey ; music, Norman Lloyd ; text, Federico García Lorca ; danced by José Limón.
The moor's pavane (excerpts) / choreography, José Limón ; music, Henry Purcell ; scenario after William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello ; costumes, Pauline Lawrence ; danced by José Limón (the Moor), Lucas Hoving (his friend), Betty Jones (the Moor's wife).
The exiles (excerpt) / choreography, José Limón ; performed without musical accompaniment ; danced by José Limón and Ruth Currier.
Theatre piece (excerpt) / choreography, Doris Humphrey ; performed without musical accompaniment ; danced by Betty Jones.
Night spell (excerpt) / choreography, Doris Humphrey ; music, Priaulx Rainier ; costumes, Pauline Lawrence ; danced by the Company.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4610

OCLC

NYPY00-F842

Title

José Limón & Company [videorecording] / WCBS-TV.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WCBS-TV, 1956 ; Kent, Conn. : Creative Arts Television Archive, c1999.

Series

Camera three

Event

Originally telecast by WCBS-TV on the series Camera three in 1956.

Performer

Host: James Macandrew.

Commentary by José Limón.

Danced by the José Limón Dance Company: Ruth Currier, Lucas Hoving, Betty Jones, José Limón.

Pianist: Simon Sadoff.

Local Subject

Television. Camera three.

Drama and dance.

Literature and dance.

Biblical themes in dance.

Added Author

Limón, José, choreographer, dancer. Commentator

Currier, Ruth, 1926- dancer.

Hoving, Lucas, dancer.

Jones, Betty, 1926-2020, dancer.

Sadoff, Simon. Instrumentalist

Macandrew, James. Host

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Composer

Lloyd, Norman, 1909-1980. Composer

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936. Author

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Composer

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

Lawrence, Pauline. Costume designer

Rainier, Priaulx, 1903-1986. Composer

José Limón Dance Company.

CBS Television Network.

Creative Arts Television (Firm)

Added Title

Day on earth (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Moor's pavane (Choreographic work : Limón)

Exiles (Choreographic work : Limón)

Theatre piece (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Night spell (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4610

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