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Remembering Pearl [Lang]

Title
Remembering Pearl [Lang] [videorecording] / [presented by the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance].
Publication
c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009.
  • Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009
  • Graff, Ellen
  • Wiseman, Martha, speaker
  • Hinkson, Mary
  • Jefferson, Denise
  • Mécène, Virginie
  • Billington, Ken, 1946-
  • Stevens, Nancy (Dancer)
  • Predmore, Kevin
  • Betts, Ian
  • Graham, Martha
  • Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
  • Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Speakers discuss and pay tribute to the choreographer and dancer Pearl Lang.
Alternative Title
  • Pearl Lang memorial
  • Dream voyages (Choreographic work : Lang)
  • Tehillim (Choreographic work : Lang)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Widescreen.
  • Film excerpts in the introduction include Pearl Lang dancing in Martha Graham's Letter to the world, and Pearl Lang's Shirah and The possessed.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance during memorial at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on June 26, 2009.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Source (note)
  • Nancy Stevens;
Contents
Introduction and film excerpts (13 min.) / speakers, Ellen Graff and Martha Wiseman (Pearl Lang's step-daughter) -- Diversion of angels (red duet excerpt) (2 min.) / choreography, Martha Graham -- Mary Hinkson (3 min.) -- Denise Jefferson (8 min.) -- Virginie Mécène (3 min.) -- Class with Pearl (with film excerpts of Pearl Lang teaching) (10 min.) / dancers, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance students -- Ken Billington (6 min.) -- Nancy Stevens (8 min.) -- Dream voyages (11 min.) / choreographed by Pearl Lang in collaboration with Kevin Predmore ; dancer, Kevin Predmore? -- Ellen Graff (reading of Christine Dakin letter) (3 min.) -- Ian Betts (7 min.) -- Tehillim (7 min.) / choreography, Pearl Lang -- Ellen Graff (thank you and closing) (1 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7014
OCLC
780096037
Title
Remembering Pearl [Lang] [videorecording] / [presented by the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance].
Imprint
c2009.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD.
Event
Videotaped in performance during memorial at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on June 26, 2009.
Performer
Speakers, Ellen Graff, Martha Wiseman (Pearl Lang's step-daughter), Denise Jefferson, Mary Hinkson, Virginie Mécène (director, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance), Ken Billington (lighting designer), Nancy Stevens, Ian Betts.
Source
Gift; Nancy Stevens; Oct. 18, 2011. NN-PD
Added Author
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009. Honoree
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009, choreographer.
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009, dancer.
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009. Teacher
Graff, Ellen. Speaker
Wiseman, Martha, speaker. Speaker
Hinkson, Mary. Speaker
Jefferson, Denise. Speaker
Mécène, Virginie. Speaker
Billington, Ken, 1946- speaker.
Stevens, Nancy (Dancer) Speaker
Predmore, Kevin, dancer.
Betts, Ian. Speaker
Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
Stevens, Nancy. Donor
Graham, Martha. Diversion of angels
Added Title
Dream voyages (Choreographic work : Lang)
Tehillim (Choreographic work : Lang)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7014
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