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Interview with Nancy Umanoff

Title
Interview with Nancy Umanoff [videorecording] / interviewer, Joan Acocella.
Publication
c2008.

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Moving imageSupervised use *MGZMT 3-5054Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Additional Authors
  • Umanoff, Nancy
  • Acocella, Joan Ross
  • Chiltern, Michael.
  • Maldonado, America.
  • Brooklyn Independent Television.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +
Summary
Nancy Umanoff speaks with Joan Acocella about how she came to work for Mark Morris Dance Group; the Mark Morris Dance Group from 1984-1988; the budget in relation to touring; circumstances surrounding the Mark Morris Dance Group going to Belgium; the three-year residency at the Monnaie Theatre; the Mark Morris Dance Group's experiences in Belgium; returning to the United States with an international reputation; acquiring the building for the Dance Center; how the Belgian experience led to a more professional dance company; changes in the company over time; introducing the educational component and developing the Mark Morris Dance School; how having the Center has impacted Mark's work; administrative components of the Mark Morris Dance Group; taking over leadership after Barry Alterman left; the institutionalization of the company.
Subject
  • Morris, Mark, 1956-
  • Mark Morris Dance Group
  • Monnaie Dance Group/Mark Morris
  • Théâtre royal de la Monnaie
  • Dancers
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Credits (note)
  • Videotaped by Brooklyn Independent Television ; camera and sound, Michael Chiltern, America Maldonado.
Event (note)
  • This interview was videotaped at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York on October 30, 2008.
Funding (note)
  • Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from a MiniDV cassette.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5054
OCLC
424502085
Title
Interview with Nancy Umanoff [videorecording] / interviewer, Joan Acocella.
Imprint
c2008.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD, transferred from a MiniDV cassette.
Event
This interview was videotaped at the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York on October 30, 2008.
Credits
Videotaped by Brooklyn Independent Television ; camera and sound, Michael Chiltern, America Maldonado.
Performer
Interviewee, Nancy Umanoff.
Funding
Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Added Author
Umanoff, Nancy Interviewee
Acocella, Joan Ross Interviewer
Chiltern, Michael. Production personnel
Maldonado, America. Production personnel
Brooklyn Independent Television.
New York Public Library. Dance Division
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-5054
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