Research Catalog

Title

Cynthia Reynolds [videorecording] : Oral history interview / interviewer, Caroline Sutton Clark.

Publication

2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Reynolds, Cynthia.
• Clark, Caroline Sutton.
• 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videodisc (62 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Cynthia Reynolds (dancer) discusses seeing her first Erick Hawkins dance concert; dancing with Ethel Butler and learning Martha Graham technique; seeing how Lillo Way and Nadia Diachenko had changed since dancing with Hawkins; first studying with Erick Hawkins at a workshop at the American University at Wolf Trap Farm Park in 1972; how she became a Hawkins company member; her first performance with the company in Jan. 1976; taking the 4:30 pm company class at the Hawkins studio; taking the beginner 7:30 pm class to undo bad habits and tendencies; teaching Alexander technique; works she enjoyed dancing include Heyoka, Classic Kite tails, Plains daybreak, and Agathlon; Hawkins firing the entire company in 1978 and rehiring some of them several days later; Hawkins injuring his foot during performance of Classic kite tails and how the company had to adapt and dance during the rest of the performance; the creation and rehearsal process for New Moon; Reynolds deciding to leave for the first time during the creation process to travel to Cypress on a spiritual journey; dancing with the company from 1976-1993; how the company changed after Hawkins' stroke and Reynolds deciding to leave the company; concludes with Reynolds taking about teaching Alexander technique to actors and vocalists.

Subject

• Reynolds, Cynthia
• Hawkins, Erick
• Way, Lillo
• Diachenko, Nada
• Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000
• Butler, Ethel
• Erick Hawkins Dance Company
• New moon (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Classic kite tails (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Heyoka (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Plains daybreak (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Agathlon (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Alexander technique

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. 10, 2010.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Caroline Sutton Clark;

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6442

OCLC

764656171

Title

Cynthia Reynolds [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. 10, 2010.

Source

Gift; Caroline Sutton Clark; Nov. 2010. NN-PD

Added Author

Reynolds, Cynthia. Interviewee

Clark, Caroline Sutton. Interviewer

92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)

Clark, Caroline Sutton. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6442