Research Catalog

Title

Kelly Holt [videorecording] : Oral history interview / interviewer, Caroline Sutton Clark.

Publication

2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Holt, Kelly.
• Clark, Caroline Sutton.
• 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Kelly Holt (dancer) discusses first hearing about Erick Hawkins from his dance teacher in 1954-55; taking classes at the Hawkins studio beginning in Jan. 1958; his first impressions of the studio and classes; learning Hawkins movement and how he needed to let go of everything he knew; studying with Andre Bernard; the holistic and integrated aspect of Hawkins and his classes; Hawkins dance training and experiences performing with George Balanchine and Martha Graham; Kelly studying at the Graham School; Hawkins dancing/performing his own choreographic works in the studio for Holt; watching Hawkins teach Barbara Tucker during the revival of Here and now watchers and 8 clear places; Hawkins asking Holt to join the company and perform in Sudden snake bird; creating Early floating; meeting Hawkins family and seeing the house in Trinidad, Colorado where he was raised; the experience of acting as a dancer with an acting background; performing John Brown for the Expo in 1969 with Hawkins; the physical experience of working with Hawkins as a man; Holt seeing himself as an individual dancer and not as a reflection of Hawkins; greatest touring experience of watching Jim Tyler perform Geography of noon, as they altered the performances; Holt working with Jean Erdman after receiving a phone call from her at 2 am; how Hawkins and Erdman both knew how to take chances; and how exciting it is to revisit working with Hawkins after 50 years.

Subject

• Holt, Kelly
• Hawkins, Erick
• Bernard, André, 1924-2003
• dnc Tucker, Barbara (Dancer)
• dnc Tyler, James (Dancer)
• Erdman, Jean
• Erick Hawkins Dance Company
• Here and now with watchers (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• 8 clear places (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Sudden snake-bird (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Early floating (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• John Brown (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Geography of noon (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
• Dance > Study and teaching > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Interviews.
• Filmed dance.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Widescreen.
• Visual problems; dark, fades in and out.

Event (note)

• Videotaped during interview at the 92nd St. Y, New York, N.Y., as part of the Erick Hawkins Symposium, on Jan. 9, 2010.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Caroline Sutton Clark;

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6475

OCLC

764691563

Title

Kelly Holt [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. 9, 2010.

Source

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

Added Author

Holt, Kelly. Interviewee

Clark, Caroline Sutton. Interviewer

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

Clark, Caroline Sutton. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6475