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Limón Dance Company

Title
Limón Dance Company [videorecording] / presented by the José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. in association with The Joyce Theatre Foundation ; founders, José Limón and Doris Humphrey ; artistic director, Carla Maxwell ; artistic mentor, Donald McKayle ; artistic associates, Nina Watt and Roxane d'Orléans Juste.
Publication
c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  • Lloyd, Norman, 1909-1980.
  • Jones, Betty, 1926-2020.
  • Watt, Nina.
  • Lawrence, Pauline.
  • Williams, Marion, costume designer.
  • Sullivan, Ted.
  • Regala, Robert
  • Foote, Kristen
  • Corwin, Kimiye
  • Maxwell, Carla
  • Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.
  • McDowell, Katherine.
  • Riedel, Jonathan
  • Linke, Susanne, 1944-
  • Kreisiment, Wilfried.
  • Juste, Roxane d'Orleans
  • Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
  • Riedel, Adele.
  • Rothman, Jessica.
  • Ruvalcaba, Francisco
  • Seeber, Roel
  • Alter, Kathryn
  • Douglas, Kurt
  • Scott, Charles
  • Kudo, Ryoko
  • Limón, José
  • Magnussen, Jon.
  • Woods, Steve.
  • Boumaïla, Raphaël
  • Monroe-Cook, Brenna
  • Diamond, Dennis.
  • José Limón Dance Company.
  • Joyce Theater Foundation.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
  • Video D Studios.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (76 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Uniform Title
  • Invention (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  • Etude (Choreographic work : Maxwell)
  • Transfiguration (Choreographic work : Linke)
  • Unsightful nanny (Choreographic work : Riedel)
  • Psalm (Choreographic work : Limón)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Program A.
  • Accompanied by house program.
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of the Limón Dance Company, the Joyce Theater, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 9, 2003; video documentation, Dennis Diamond, Video D Studios, Inc.; director, Dennis Diamond; cameras, Dennis Diamond, Tom Kennedy; AVID editor, David Quinn.
Funding (note)
  • This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
  • Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Contents
  • Invention (ca. 16 min.) / choreography, Doris Humphrey; music, Norman Lloyd, composed for the dance; staging and direction, Betty Jones; rehearsal direction, Nina Watt; costumes, Pauline Lawrence, recreated by Marion Williams; lighting, Ted Sullivan; danced by Robert Regala, Kristen Foote, Kimiye Corwin.
  • Etude (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Carla Maxwell; music, Franz Schubert (D. 118, Gretchen am Spinnrade); costume, Katherine McDowell; lighting, Ted Sullivan; danced by Jonathan Riedel.
  • Transfiguration (ca. 13 min.) / choreography and costume, Susanne Linke; music, Franz Schubert; lighting, Wilfried Kreisiment, executed by Ted Sullivan; danced by Roxane d'Orléans Juste.
  • The unsightful nanny (ca. 9 min.) / choreography, Jonathan Riedel; music, Camille Saint-Saëns; scenery, Adele Riedel; costumes and props, Jessica Rothman; lighting, Ted Sullivan after original concept by Charles Pennebaker; danced by Francisco Ruvalcaba (the bully), Roel Seeber (the punk), Kristen Foote (the waif), Robert Regala (the wimp), Kathryn Alter (the flirt), Kurt Douglas (the tattletale), Charles Scott (the worrywart), Ryoko Kudo (the princess), Jonathan Riedel (the nanny). Inspired by Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb tinies.
  • Psalm (ca. 33 min.) / choreography, José Limón (1967); restaging and direction, Carla Maxwell (2002); music, Jon Magnussen (2002), composed for the dance; costumes, Marion Williams; lighting, Steve Woods; danced by Robert Regala (the just man), Roxane d'Orléans Juste and Kimiye Corwin (expiatory figures), and the Company. Re-staged version with newly commissioned score first performed at Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, as part of the Winter Olympics, on February 13, 2002, by the Limón Dance Company.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7351
OCLC
NYPY04-F5
Title
Limón Dance Company [videorecording] / presented by the José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. in association with The Joyce Theatre Foundation ; founders, José Limón and Doris Humphrey ; artistic director, Carla Maxwell ; artistic mentor, Donald McKayle ; artistic associates, Nina Watt and Roxane d'Orléans Juste.
Imprint
c2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 9, 2003; video documentation, Dennis Diamond, Video D Studios, Inc.; director, Dennis Diamond; cameras, Dennis Diamond, Tom Kennedy; AVID editor, David Quinn.
Performer
Danced by the Limón Dance Company: Kathryn Alter, Raphaël Boumaïla, Kimiye Corwin, Kurt Douglas, Kristen Foote, Roxane d'Orléans Juste, Ryoko Kudo, Brenna Monroe-Cook, Robert Regala, Jonathan Riedel, Francisco Ruvalcaba, Charles Scott, Roel Seeber.
Funding
This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Added Author
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.
Lloyd, Norman, 1909-1980. Composer
Jones, Betty, 1926-2020.
Watt, Nina.
Lawrence, Pauline. Costume designer
Williams, Marion, costume designer. Costume designer
Sullivan, Ted. Lighting designer
Regala, Robert, dancer.
Foote, Kristen, dancer.
Corwin, Kimiye, dancer.
Maxwell, Carla, choreographer.
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Composer
McDowell, Katherine. Costume designer
Riedel, Jonathan, dancer, choreographer.
Linke, Susanne, 1944- choreographer. Costume designer
Kreisiment, Wilfried. Designer
Juste, Roxane d'Orleans, dancer.
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Composer
Riedel, Adele. Designer
Rothman, Jessica. Costume designer
Ruvalcaba, Francisco, dancer.
Seeber, Roel, dancer.
Alter, Kathryn, dancer.
Douglas, Kurt, dancer.
Scott, Charles, dancer.
Kudo, Ryoko, dancer.
Limón, José, choreographer.
Magnussen, Jon. Composer
Woods, Steve. Designer
Boumaïla, Raphaël, dancer.
Monroe-Cook, Brenna, dancer.
Diamond, Dennis.
José Limón Dance Company.
Joyce Theater Foundation.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Video D Studios.
Added Title
Invention (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Etude (Choreographic work : Maxwell)
Transfiguration (Choreographic work : Linke)
Unsightful nanny (Choreographic work : Riedel)
Psalm (Choreographic work : Limón)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7351
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