Research Catalog

Title

[Limón technique and choreography at Purchase College] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.

Publication

[199-?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Limón, José
• Masters, Gary.
• Stackhouse, Sarah.
• Scanlon, Jennifer.
• Watt, Nina
• Roth, Malachi.
• Vachon, Ann.
• Levy-Hinte, Jeff.
• State University of New York College at Purchase.
• José Limón Dance Company.
• Dance Conduit (Company)
• Antidote Films (Firm)

Description

4 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (235 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life in words. These tapes document the activities of three former members of the José Limón Dance Company, Gary Masters, Sarah Stackhouse, and Jennifer Scanlon, as they transmit their knowledge of José Limón's dance technique and choreography to a new generation of dancers and students.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.

Series Statement

Limón: a life beyond words

Uniform Title

Choreographic offering (Choreographic work : Limón)

Subject

• Scanlon, Jennifer > Interviews
• Limón, José
• Cébron, Jean, 1927-
• Jones, Betty, 1926-2020
• Lewis, Daniel, 1944-
• Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
• Muller, Jennifer, 1949-
• José Limón Dance Company
• American Dance Theater (Company)
• Missa brevis (Choreographic work : Limón)
• Choreographic offering (Choreographic work : Limón)
• Moor's pavane (Choreographic work : Limón)
• Dances for Isadora (Choreographic work : Limón)
• Dance teachers > Training of > United States

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Interviews.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at various locations at the Conservatory of Dance, Purchase College, State University of New York, in Purchase, N.Y.

Contents

• Cassette 1. [Gary Masters teaching Limón technique] (ca. 47 min.) / excerpts from a class taught to students of Purchase College. This footage is intercut with views of a hallway leading to the office of Sarah Stackhouse, where she is glimpsed studying a video of Limón's dance work A choreographic offering, and ca. 7 min. of footage of Nina Watt, a member of the Limón Dance Company, as she rehearses alone.
• [Sarah Stackhouse rehearsing A choreographic offering] (ca. 14 min.) / working without music, Stackhouse and members of the Limón Dance Company block out an excerpt from the piece.
• Cassette 2. [Sarah Stackhouse rehearsing A choreographic offering, continued] (ca. 32 min.) / includes a 4 min. section danced to music (an excerpt from Bach's Musical offering); the dancers are also seen watching a video of the piece.
• [Jennifer Scanlon teaching Limón pedagogy] (ca. 30 min.) / Jennifer Scanlon and her students discuss and experiment with movement. Topics include aspects of alignment, freeing the body to move, an analysis of leg swings.
• Cassette 3. [Jennifer Scanlon teaching Limón pedagogy, continued] (ca. 40 min.) / topics of discussion include regaining verticality after fall/release, using back space. The students practice a hip isolation exercise at the barre and across the floor.
• [Interview with Jennifer Scanlon] (ca. 10 min.) / topics include Scanlon's integration of Alexander technique with Limón technique; motivating movement; her perceptions of the differences between Humphrey and Limón techniques.
• Cassette 4. [Interview with Jennifer Scanlon, continued] (ca. 50 min.) / topics include her innate comfort with the principles of Limón technique; her first studies of modern dance with Jean Cébron at Jacob's Pillow; studying with Limón and with Betty Jones at The Juilliard School; Limón's response to her injury; the Limón company's performances as part of American Dance Theater; Daniel Lewis's staging of A choreographic offering after Limón's death; Limón's confession of his sense of inferiority beside the genius of Doris Humphrey (rebutted by both Scanlon and Vachon); watching and dancing his Missa brevis; learning different versions of the role of Desdemona in The moor's pavane from Jennifer Muller and Betty Jones (creator of the role); components of her own teaching; the creation of Limón's Dances for Isadora; memorable events during her time with the Limón Company in Russia, the U.S., and Korea. The remainder of this cassette also contains ca. 1 min. of Sarah Stackhouse rehearsing dancers, followed by test shots for the camera and footage of New York City, including street signs for Fifth Avenue and 10th Street (ca. 10 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8183

OCLC

NYPY05-F10125

Title

[Limón technique and choreography at Purchase College] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.

Imprint

[199-?]

Series

Limón: a life beyond words

Performer

Interviewer: Ann Vachon.

Event

Videotaped at various locations at the Conservatory of Dance, Purchase College, State University of New York, in Purchase, N.Y.

Local Subject

Modern dance -- Technique -- Limón.

Added Author

Limón, José, choreographer.

Masters, Gary. Teacher

Stackhouse, Sarah. Restager

Scanlon, Jennifer. Teacher

Scanlon, Jennifer. Interviewee

Watt, Nina, dancer.

Roth, Malachi. Director

Vachon, Ann. Interviewer. Producer

Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer

State University of New York College at Purchase.

José Limón Dance Company.

Dance Conduit (Company)

Antidote Films (Firm)

Added Title

Choreographic offering (Choreographic work : Limón)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8183