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Mariko Tanabe Oral history interview

Title
Mariko Tanabe [videorecording] : Oral history interview / interviewer, Caroline Sutton Clark.
Publication
2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Tanabe, Mariko.
  • Clark, Caroline Sutton.
  • 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Mariko Tanabe (dancer) discusses her first introduction to Erick Hawkins; how her dance training and career led her to Hawkins' classes with Randy Howard in 1983; her spiritual connection to Hawkins and his aesthetic; the structure of the company and how it allowed for a particular experience for her; being an understudy for 3 1/2 years and watching rehearsals and performances; touring with the company; Hawkins working with the lighting designer Robert Engstrom; how Tanabe learned roles and studied the notation in Hawkins' book to aid with this process; performing her first work, Classic kite tail, with the company at Alice Tully Hall in 1987; Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen being influenced by Hawkins which helped her to develop Body Mind Centering; how the company changed after Hawkins' stroke in 1988; creating New Moon; her decision to leave the company in 1995 and move back to Montreal; concludes with the current dance scene in Montreal and the upcoming Hawkins performance at the symposium.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Widescreen.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped during interview at the 92nd St. Y, New York, N.Y., as part of the Erick Hawkins Symposium, on Jan. 7, 2010.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Source (note)
  • Caroline Sutton Clark;
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6449
OCLC
764650499
Title
Mariko Tanabe [videorecording] : Oral history interview / interviewer, Caroline Sutton Clark.
Imprint
2010.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD.
Event
Videotaped during interview at the 92nd St. Y, New York, N.Y., as part of the Erick Hawkins Symposium, on Jan. 7, 2010.
Source
Gift; Caroline Sutton Clark; Nov. 2010. NN-PD
Added Author
Tanabe, Mariko. Interviewee
Clark, Caroline Sutton. Interviewer
92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
Clark, Caroline Sutton. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6449
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