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Speaking of dance. Betty Jones

Title: Speaking of dance. Betty Jones [videorecording] / American Dance Festival Video ; directed and produced by Douglas Rosenberg.
Publication: Oregon, Wis. : American Dance Festival Video, c1993.

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Description

1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

In interviews interspersed with performance excerpts and footage of her dance classes, Betty Jones discusses her passion for dancing and her desire to share it through her teaching. She reminisces about her performing career, particularly with the José Limón Dance Company, whose artistic director was Doris Humphrey ; her long association with Limón, which began when she was his student at Jacob's Pillow ; her continuing involvement with the American Dance Festival, beginning with summers at Connecticut College. She also discusses her preference for the roles of interpreter and teacher rather than that of choreographer ; her belief that the artist must transcend the purely physical or technical sides of dance ; and her appreciation of the works of Humphrey and Limón as expressions of the human spirit. Included in this video is her acceptance speech upon receiving the American Dance Festival's Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Chair for Distinguished Teaching in 1993, in which she pays tribute to her own teachers Limón, Humphrey, and Antony Tudor. A selection of dance excerpts depict her performances from 1949 to 1993.

Series Statement

Speaking of dance

Uniform Title

Invention (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Antagonists (Choreographic work : Currier)
Moor's pavane (Choreographic work : Limón)
Ritmo jondo (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Four songs (Choreographic work : Moore)

Alternative Title

Betty Jones

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Interviews.
Video.

Note

Series subtitle: Conversations with contemporary masters of American modern dance.

Credits (note)

Executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.

Performer (note)

Interviewee: Betty Jones.

Contents

Dance excerpts: Invention / recorded in 1949 ; choreography, Doris Humphrey [attributed to José Limón on frame] ; danced by José Limón, Ruth Currier, Betty Jones -- The antagonists / recorded in 1955 ; choreography, Ruth Currier ; soloist, Betty Jones -- The moor's pavane / recorded in 1955 ; choreography, José Limón ; danced by José Limón, Lucas Hoving, Pauline Koner, Betty Jones -- Ritmo jondo / recorded in 1955 ; choreography, Doris Humphrey ; danced by Betty Jones and the José Limón Dance Company -- Four songs (1987) / recorded at the American Dance Festival, 1993 ; choreography, Jack Moore ; direction, Carol Lyn McDowell ; music, Julio Iglesias, Kurt Weill ; costume, Carol Lyn McDowell, Jack Moore ; danced by Betty Jones -- The moor's pavane / recorded in 1965 ; danced by José Limón, Lucas Hoving, Lola Huth, Betty Jones -- Untitled solo (1987) / recorded in 1993 (?) ; choreography, Martha Wittman ; danced by Betty Jones.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5889

OCLC

NYPY02-F436

Title

Speaking of dance. Betty Jones [videorecording] / American Dance Festival Video ; directed and produced by Douglas Rosenberg.

Imprint

Oregon, Wis. : American Dance Festival Video, c1993.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Speaking of dance

Credits

Executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.

Performer

Interviewee: Betty Jones.

Added Author

Jones, Betty, 1926-2020. ive, dancer.

Hoving, Lucas, dancer.

Koner, Pauline, dancer.

Huth, Lola, dancer.

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.

Currier, Ruth, 1926- choreographer, dancer.

Limón, José, choreographer, dancer.

Moore, Jack, choreographer, dancer.

McDowell, Carol. Costume designer

Wittman, Martha, choreographer.

Rosenberg, Douglas. Producer. Director

Reinhart, Charles. Producer

Reinhart, Stephanie. Producer

José Limón Dance Company.

Connecticut College. School of Dance.

Jacob's Pillow School of the Dance.

American Dance Festival.

American Dance Festival Video (Firm)

Added Title

Invention (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Antagonists (Choreographic work : Currier)

Moor's pavane (Choreographic work : Limón)

Ritmo jondo (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Four songs (Choreographic work : Moore)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5889

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