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Bessie Schönberg Choreography Project

Title
Bessie Schönberg Choreography Project [videorecording]
Publication
1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Schönberg, Bessie.
  • Isaacs, Andrea
  • Baum, Maude
  • DiSanto-Rose, Mary
  • Stiller, Jamie
  • Smith, Toni
  • Choreography Project.
  • Emma Willard School (Troy, N.Y.)
Description
1 videocassette (66 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Performance of five dance works created under the guidance of Bessie Schönberg during her Choreography Project at the Emma Willard School. Schönberg appears briefly for a bow at the end of the performance.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Estate of Bessie Schönberg.
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from original container.
  • Additional program data, including performers' names, from a review by Constance Valis-Hill, Attitude, spring/summer 1991, p. 56.
Performer (note)
  • Introduced by Andrea Isaacs.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y., on May 5, 1991.
Contents
  • Mother, a requiem for the earth (revised version) (ca. 22 min.) / choreography, Maude Baum.
  • Borrowed ledges (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Andrea Isaacs ; music, Pennington McGee ; danced by Cami Sholts, Rebecca Lance, Dina Matzner.
  • Mother knot (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Mary DiSanto-Rose ; music, Judy Fitzner-Atchinson ; danced by Caroline Hewitt (mother), Pamela Lau (daughter) ; cellist, Ingrid Parker.
  • Addiction (ca. 13 min.) / choreography, Jamie Stiller ; music, Carl Landa ; danced by student dancers from the State University at Albany: Gloria Izquierdo, Janet Lazarus, Keith Mehrtens, Melissa Santos, Regina Schwarha, Angela Segarra.
  • Shrapnel from the closet (ca. 16 min.) / choreography, Toni Smith ; performed by Rya Kihlstedt, Caroline King, Rob Kitsos.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4670
OCLC
NYPY00-F938
Title
Bessie Schönberg Choreography Project [videorecording]
Imprint
1991.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Kiggins Hall, Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y., on May 5, 1991.
Performer
Introduced by Andrea Isaacs.
Local Subject
Choreographic workshops.
Dance workshops and workshop performances.
Added Author
Schönberg, Bessie.
Isaacs, Andrea, choreographer. Commentator
Baum, Maude, choreographer.
DiSanto-Rose, Mary, choreographer.
Stiller, Jamie, choreographer.
Smith, Toni, choreographer.
Choreography Project.
Emma Willard School (Troy, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4670
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