Research Catalog

Title

German lineage in modern dance [videorecording] : solos by Wigman, Hoyer, Holm, Nikolais, Louis / Dancetime Publications presents ; conceived and performed by Betsy Fisher.

Publication

[New York] : Dancetime Publications, c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fisher, Betsy
• Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
• Hoyer, Dore, 1911-1967
• Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
• Nikolais, Alwin
• Louis, Murray
• Provencher, Ernie
• Hasting, Hanns
• Wiatowitsch, Dimitri
• Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
• Nikolais, Alwin
• Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963.
• Dancetime Publications, production company, publisher

Description

1 videodisc (approx. 58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

In this performance documentary dancer/choreographer Betsy Fisher performs solos from pieces by the originators of the German Expression Dance (Ausdruckstanz) and American exponents of the movement, which began in Germany prior to World War I. Fisher also provides narration describing the creation and the historical context of each work.

Uniform Title

• tVisionen (Choreographic work : Wigman)
• Schwingende Landschaft (Choreographic work : Wigman)
• Affectos humanos (Choreographic work : Hoyer). Selections.
• Homage to Mahler (Choreographic work : Holm). Selections.
• Tribe (Choreographic work : Nikolais). Selections.
• Figura (Choreographic work : Louis). Selections.

Alternative Title

Hexetanz II.

Subjects

• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Choreographers > Germany > Biography
• Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
• Modern dance > United States > 20th century > German influences
• Choreographers > United States > Biography
• Dance films
• Modern dance > Germany > 20th century
• Nonfiction films
• Feature films > United States
• Documentary films

Genre/Form

• Documentary films.
• Nonfiction films.
• Dance films.
• Feature films.
• Feature films – United States.

Note

• Performance/documentary.
• Originally produced in 2012.

Credits (note)

• Editor, Stuart Math.

System Details (note)

• DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.

Contents

Hexetanz [i.e., Hexetanz II] (1926) / choreography, Mary Wigman ; music, Ernie Provencher -- Schwingende Lanschaft (Swinging landscapes, 1929) / choreography, Mary Wigman ; music, Hans Hastings -- Affectos humanos (2 excerpts) / choreography, Dore Hoyer ; music, Dimitri Wiatowitsch -- Homage to Mahler (solo excerpt 1976) / choreography, Hanya Holm ; music, Gustav Mahler -- Tribe (1975) / choreography & score, Alwin Nikolais -- Figura (1978) / choreography, Murray Louis ; music, La comparsa by Ernesto Lecuona.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4999

LCCN

880104004094

OCLC

774905025

Title

German lineage in modern dance [videorecording] : solos by Wigman, Hoyer, Holm, Nikolais, Louis / Dancetime Publications presents ; conceived and performed by Betsy Fisher.

Imprint

[New York] : Dancetime Publications, c2012.

Edition

Widescreen.

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Performer

Narrator/dancer, Betsy Fisher.

Credits

Editor, Stuart Math.

System Details

DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.

Added Author

Fisher, Betsy, creator.

Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973, choreographer.

Hoyer, Dore, 1911-1967, choreographer.

Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992, choreographer.

Nikolais, Alwin, choreographer.

Louis, Murray, choreographer.

Fisher, Betsy, dancer.

Fisher, Betsy, narrator.

Provencher, Ernie, composer (expression)

Hasting, Hanns, composer (expression)

Wiatowitsch, Dimitri, composer (expression)

Container of (work): Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Kindertotenlieder.

Container of (work): Nikolais, Alwin. Tribe.

Container of (work): Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963. Danzas afro-cubanas. Comparsa.

Dancetime Publications, production company, publisher.

Added Title

Container of (work): tVisionen (Choreographic work : Wigman)

Container of (work): Schwingende Landschaft (Choreographic work : Wigman)

Container of (work): Affectos humanos (Choreographic work : Hoyer). Selections.

Container of (work): Homage to Mahler (Choreographic work : Holm). Selections.

Container of (work): Tribe (Choreographic work : Nikolais). Selections.

Container of (work): Figura (Choreographic work : Louis). Selections.

Hexetanz II.

Other Standard Identifier

880104004094

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4999