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Martha Graham Dance Company collection : Frontier ; Am. lyric ; Chronicle

Title
Martha Graham Dance Company collection : Frontier ; Am. lyric ; Chronicle, 1938-1941 / choreography by Martha Graham.
Publication
[not before 1976?]

Details

Additional Authors
  • Graham, Martha
  • Graham, Martha
  • Hawkins, Erick
  • Cunningham, Merce
  • Fisher, Nelle
  • Martha Graham Dance Company, dancer
  • Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.), event place
  • Civic Opera House (Chicago, Ill.), event place
  • Martha Graham Dance Company, donor
Found In
Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Description
1 online resource (1 video file) (15 min., 13 sec.) : silent, black and white
Summary
A compilation of black and white film excerpts featuring Martha Graham in her choreographic works: Frontier, American lyric, Chronicle, American document, El penitente, Letter to the world, Every soul is a circus, Appalachian spring. All recordings appear to be stage performances and the camera is recording from the front of the audience.
Genre/Form
  • Filmed performances.
  • Filmed dance.
Note
  • Title from videocassette label.
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Recorded between 1938 and 1941.
Contents
Excerpts from Frontier, American lyric, Chronicle / performed at Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.)(April 7, 1938)(starts at 00:35, 4 min.) -- American document [excerpt] / performed by Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins at Civic Opera House (Chicago, Ill.)(starts at 04:43, 2 min.) -- Excerpts from El penitente and Letter to the world / performed by Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Merce Cunningham in Bennington, Vermont (1941)(starts at 06:40, 2 min.) -- Excerpts from Every soul is a circus / performed by Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Merce Cunningham, Nelle Fisher at Civic Opera House (Chicago, Ill.)(starts at 08:21, 4 min.) -- Excerpts from Appalachian spring (starts at 12:33, 3 min.).
OCLC
1372344840
Title
Martha Graham Dance Company collection : Frontier ; Am. lyric ; Chronicle, 1938-1941 / choreography by Martha Graham.
Production
[not before 1976?]
Country of Producing Entity
United States
Playing Time
001513
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Event
Recorded between 1938 and 1941.
Added Author
Graham, Martha, choreographer, dancer.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Frontier. Selections.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. American lyric. Selections.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Chronicle. Selections.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. American document. Selections.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Penitente. Selections.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Letter to the world. Selections.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Every soul is a circus. Selections.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Appalachian spring. Selections.
Hawkins, Erick, dancer.
Cunningham, Merce, dancer.
Fisher, Nelle, dancer.
Martha Graham Dance Company, dancer.
Auditorium Theater (Chicago, Ill.), event place.
Civic Opera House (Chicago, Ill.), event place.
Martha Graham Dance Company, donor.
Found In:
Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Other Form:
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection : Frontier ; Am. lyric ; Chronicle. 1 videocassette (15 min., 13 sec.) : silent, black and white ; 3/4 in. (SPEC AMI ID)529489 (OCoLC)1372344921
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