Research Catalog

Title

Lecture given for Dance modernism lecture series, Walker Art Center, lecture no. 8 of 8 [sound recording]

Author

Siegel, Marcia B.

Publication

1980.

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Details

Additional Authors

Walker Art Center.

Description

2 sound cassettes (ca. 118 min.)

Summary

• Cassette 13, side A (ca. 43 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Marcia Siegel introduces her subject, conservative choreography, as contrasted with postmodern dance, in the post World War II era; speaks about the factors that have encouraged conservatism; describes the characteristics of contemporary dance, mainly in the context of ballet; the decreased emphasis on the dancers' individuality; European-influenced goal of satisfying the audience; discusses choreographers whose work she views as representing major prototypes, including Glen Tetley, Gerald Arpino and Eliot Feld, John Cranko, and Maurice Béjart; shows and speaks about slides of art works including sculpture, collage and other works by Bruce Nauman, David Hudson, David Weinrib, Richard Rendell, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, and Larry Bell, and of a building designed by Louis Kahn; shows and comments on slides intended to illustrate different periods in Martha Graham's choreography, including Satyric festival song, Primitive mysteries, El penitente, Herodiade, Cave of the heart, Clytemnestra, and Alcestis [ends abruptly].
• Cassette 13, side B (ca. 45 min.) [Begins abruptly.] Siegel speaks about the relatively lighter style of the dances Graham created when she was not dancing, including Diversion of angels, Secular games, Acrobats of God, Every soul is a circus, Canticles for innocent comedians, and Maple leaf rag; shows and speaks about a film of Graham's work Adorations; shows and speaks about slides of former Graham dancers or their work, including Pearl Lang's The possessed, Yuriko, Paul Taylor's Orbs, and Erick Hawkins, and Glen Tetley's Pierrot lunaire; speaks about the influence of Graham on modern ballet; shows and comments on slides of Tetley's work Richard Cory, Norman Morrice's work Hazard, the French company Ballet Théâtre Contemporain, and Hans van Manen's work Situation; speaks about Robert Joffrey's ballet Astarte; shows and comments on slides intended to illustrate various subjects treated in dance during this period, including Tetley's ballet Embrace tiger and return to mountain, Maurice Béjart's work Bhakti, Tetley's Mutations, Barry Moreland's In nomine, Tetley's Rite of spring, Toer van Schayk's Before, during and after the party, a pas de deux from Tetley's Rite of spring, John Neumeier's Baiser de la fée, and Béjart's works Spectre de la rose, Firebird, and Songs of a wayfarer; speaks briefly about new wave dancers; shows and speaks about slides of modern works in the tradition of the opera house ballet, including Yuri Grigorovich's Spartacus; shows and comments on a film of Béjart's work Bolero.
• Cassette 14, side A (ca. 30 min.). Continues with screening of Bolero; speaks about John Cranko and his choreography; speaks briefly about John Neumeier and Valery Panov; shows and comments on a film of an excerpt from Cranko's Romeo and Juliet; speaks about and shows slides intended to illustrate neo-classicism, including George Balanchine's works Don Quixote, Who cares?, and Duo concertant, Frederick Ashton's ballet Symphonic variations, and two of Twyla Tharp's works, a pas de deux and When push comes to shove; speaks about current directions, including the mixing of postmodern dance with traditional ballet, and developments Siegel would welcome or expects.

Donor/Sponsor

• Gift of Marcia B. Siegel.
• New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
• Oral History Archive.

Alternative Title

• Meaning of modernism.
• Dance modernism lecture series.

Subject

• Graham, Martha
• Cranko, John
• Béjart, Maurice
• Bolero (Choreographic work : Béjart)

Note

• Lecture by Marcia B. Siegel at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn., on Nov. 24 1980; recording is of the final lecture in a program of eight, entitled Dance modernism, given by Siegel as part of the Meaning of modernism lecture series held at the Walker Art Center. Siegel made frequent use of slides and films to illustrate her lecture. The recording is marred by frequent short gaps.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2277

OCLC

NYPY04-R27

Author

Siegel, Marcia B. Speaker

Title

Lecture given for Dance modernism lecture series, Walker Art Center, lecture no. 8 of 8 [sound recording]

Imprint

1980.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

Archive copies: *MGZTCO 3-2277 nos. 14-15

Dubbing masters: *MGZTD 10-2277 nos. 20-22

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Siegel, M.

Added Author

Walker Art Center.

Added Title

Meaning of modernism.

Dance modernism lecture series.

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2277