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Never stand still

Title: Never stand still [videorecording] / presented by Moving Pictures ; directed by Ron Honsa ; produced and written by Nan Penman and Ron Honsa.
Publication: [New York] : First Run Features, 2012, c2011.

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Description

1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Legendary dancers and choreographers Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Suzanne Farrell, Mark Morris, Judith Jamison, and Bill Irwin appear alongside new innovators to reveal the passion, discipline, and daring of the world of dance. Featured are amazing performances by world-renowned dancers interwoven with intimate interviews, behind-the-scenes insights, and rare archival footage.

Alternative Title

Never stand still : dancing at Jacob's Pillow
Dancing at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentary films.
Filmed dance.
Dance films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.

Note

Program content: c2011.
Bonus materials include: Extended interview with Merce Cunningham; The Carter family farm at Jacob's Pillow/Invisible Wings; Performance footage: Chunky Move in I want to dance better at parties; Mimulus in On the left-hand side of who goes up the street; The Lombard twins/C jam blues; Filmmaker biography; Dance film gallery; About Jacob's Pillow.

Credits (note)

Cinematographers, Jimmy O'Donnel and Etienne Sauret ; editor, Charles Yurick.

Event (note)

Filmed at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Mass.

Audience (note)

MPAA rating: Not rated.

System Details (note)

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen.
DVD.

Awards (note)

Best Documentary, San Francisco Dance Film Festival; Best Documentary, Dance Camera West Festival

Contents

Extra features: Extended interview with Merce Cunningham -- The Carter family farm at Jacob's Pillow/Invisible Wings -- Performance footage: Chunky Move in I want to dance better at parties ; Mimulus in On the left-hand side of who goes up the street -- The Lombard twins/C jam blues -- Filmmaker biography -- Dance film gallery -- About Jacob's Pillow

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8233

LCCN

720229915175

OCLC

795251138

Title

Never stand still [videorecording] / presented by Moving Pictures ; directed by Ron Honsa ; produced and written by Nan Penman and Ron Honsa.

Imprint

[New York] : First Run Features, 2012, c2011.

Edition

Widescreen.

System Details

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation.

Performer

Narrator, Bill T. Jones ; participants, Marge Champion, Merce Cunningham, Suzanne Farrell, Diane Ferlatte, Frederic Franklin, Joanna Haigood, Anna-Marie Holmes, Nikolaj Hübbe, Bill Irwin, Judith Jamison, Jomar Mesquita, Mark Morris, Gideon Obarzanek, Jens Rosén, Shantala Shivalingappa, Paul Taylor, Linda Tillery, Rasta Thomas.

Artistis (in order of appearance): Bad Boys of Dance (artistic director, Rasta Thomas), Mark Morris Dance Group (artistic director, Mark Morris), The School at Jacob's Pillow (ballet program director, Anna-Maria Holmes, Chunky Move (artistic director, Gideon Obarzanek), Stockholm 59° North (artistic director, Jens Rosén), Shantala Shivalingappa (artistic advisor, Savitry Nair), Bill Irwin, Dancers of The Royal Danish Ballet, Mimulus Dance Company (artistic director, Jomar Mesquita), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (artistic director emerita, Judith Jamison & artistic director, Robert Battle), Zaccho Dance Theatre (artistic director, Joanna Haigood), Suzanne Farrell Ballet (artistic director, Suzanne Farrell), Paul Taylor Dance Company (artistic director, Paul Taylor), The State Ballet of Georgia (artistic director, Nina Ananiashvili).

Credits

Cinematographers, Jimmy O'Donnel and Etienne Sauret ; editor, Charles Yurick.

Audience

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Event

Filmed at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Mass.

Awards

Best Documentary, San Francisco Dance Film Festival; Best Documentary, Dance Camera West Festival

System Details

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen.

DVD.

Added Author

Penman, Nan, film producer.

Penman, Nan, screenwriter.

Honsa, Ron, film producer.

Honsa, Ron, screenwriter.

Honsa, Ron, film director.

Jones, Bill T., narrator.

Champion, Marge, performer.

Cunningham, Merce, performer.

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- performer.

Ferlatte, Diane, performer.

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013, performer.

Haigood, Joanna, performer.

Holmes, Anna-Marie, performer.

Hübbe, Nikolaj, performer.

Irwin, Bill, 1950- performer.

Jamison, Judith, performer.

Mesquita, Jomar, performer.

Morris, Mark, 1956- performer.

Obarzanek, Gideon, performer.

Rosén, Jens, performer.

Shivalingappa, Shantala, performer.

Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018, performer.

Tillery, Linda, performer.

Thomas, Rasta, performer.

O'Donnel, Jimmy, cinematographer.

Sauret, Etienne, cinematographer.

Yurick, Charles, film editor.

Bad Boys of Dance.

Mark Morris Dance Group.

Jacob's Pillow.

Chunky Move (Dance company)

Stockholm 59° North (Dance company)

Kongelige Danske ballet.

Mimulus Dance Company.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Zaccho Dance Theatre.

Suzanne Farrell Ballet.

Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Moving Pictures, Inc.

First-Run Features (Firm)

Other Standard Identifier

720229915175

Publisher No.

FRF 915175D First Run Features

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8233

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