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The dance goes on a film portrait of Elizabeth Twistington Higgins MBE
- Title
- The dance goes on [videorecording] : a film portrait of Elizabeth Twistington Higgins MBE / Aquarius Film Productions ; directed by Geoffrey Hogg ; produced by David Richardson.
- Publication
- U.K. : Aquarius Film Productions Limited, c1980.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Documentary on the life of Elizabeth Twistington Higgins, a dancer and teacher whose active career was cut short by polio. Though confined to a wheelchair by day and an iron lung by night, she contrived to continue her activities as a teacher and director-choreographer of a liturgical dance group, the Chelmsford Dancers. In addition, she began to paint with a paintbrush held in her mouth, and a number of her paintings of dancers and other subjects are displayed in this program. Joanna Lumley is seen opening an art exhibition that included Higgins's works, and interviewing her at the exhibition. The documentary includes commentaries by Higgins and many of the people in her life, among them dancers Karen Perry and Sheila Large, biographer Marc Alexander, engineer Doug Adams, painter Rosemary Howard, and others. Rudolf Nureyev, who narrates the program, appears briefly on camera at the beginning and end. The program includes rehearsal and performance footage of the Chelmsford Dancers, closing with a performance in a church in London's West End.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Biographies.
- Video.
- Note
- Accompanied by data sheet.
- Credits (note)
- Choreography for the Nightmare street dance, Elizabeth Twistington Higgins ; the song "The dance goes on" written, composed and performed by Alan Price ; photography, Lewis Rory McLeod ; script, Marc Alexander.
- Performer (note)
- Narrator: Rudolf Nureyev.
- Interviewees: Elizabeth Twistington Higgins, Marc Alexander, Karen Perry, Doug Adams, Rosemary Howard, Sheila Large, others.
- Special guest appearance by Joanna Lumley.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4097 RNC
- OCLC
- NYPY00-F1025
- Title
- The dance goes on [videorecording] : a film portrait of Elizabeth Twistington Higgins MBE / Aquarius Film Productions ; directed by Geoffrey Hogg ; produced by David Richardson.
- Imprint
- U.K. : Aquarius Film Productions Limited, c1980.
- Series
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Credits
- Choreography for the Nightmare street dance, Elizabeth Twistington Higgins ; the song "The dance goes on" written, composed and performed by Alan Price ; photography, Lewis Rory McLeod ; script, Marc Alexander.
- Performer
- Narrator: Rudolf Nureyev.Dancers: Gillian Toogood (in Nightmare street dance) ; the Chelmsford Dancers: Denise Barber, Deborah Collins, Lynne Hutchings, Sheila Large, Suzanne Leeder, Karen Perry, Elizabeth Swan.Interviewees: Elizabeth Twistington Higgins, Marc Alexander, Karen Perry, Doug Adams, Rosemary Howard, Sheila Large, others.Special guest appearance by Joanna Lumley.
- Local Subject
- Religious dance -- England.Dancers as artists.Ballet and painting.
- Added Author
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. NarratorLumley, Joanna. InterviewerHogg, Geoffrey. DirectorHiggins, Elizabeth Twistington, 1923- choreographer. Commentator. IntervieweePrice, Alan, 1941- ComposerPrice, Alan, 1941- PerformerAlexander, Marc, 1929-2020. Commentator. ScreenwriterAquarius Film Productions.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4097 RNC