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Doris Humphrey technique : its creative potential : with four early dances

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Doris Humphrey technique : its creative potential : with four early dances / photographs by Barbara Morgan ; conceived, written and directed by Ernestine Stodelle ; television production by HMS Media ; directed & edited by Matt Hoffman ; produced by Scott Silberstein.
Publication
Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, ©1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Stodelle, Ernestine.
  • Hoffman, Matt.
  • Silberstein, Scott.
  • Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.
  • Morgan, Barbara Brooks, 1900-1992.
  • Doris Humphrey Society.
  • HMS Video.
  • Dance Horizons (Firm). Video.
Description
1 videocassette (47 min.) : sound, black and white and color; 1/2 in.
Summary
A series of studies for understanding the Doris Humphrey style. Includes illustrations of falls, turns, flow, leaps, leverage and more; commentary for a clip from a 1936 silent film; sequence of photographs by Barbara Morgan; and three examples of reconstructed early dances. Concludes with 1934 film, Air for the G string, with Doris Humphrey performing the central role.
Uniform Title
  • Quasi-waltz (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  • Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  • Etude, op. 8, no. 12 (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  • Air for the G string (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  • Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Alternative Title
Doris Humphrey technique, the creative potential
Subject
  • Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  • Modern dance
  • Choreography
Genre/Form
  • Instructional films.
  • Documentary films.
  • Dance films.
  • Biographical films.
  • Feature films.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Films de formation.
  • Danse filmée.
  • Films de danse.
  • Films biographiques.
  • Documentaires.
  • Films autres que de fiction.
Note
  • Produced by the Doris Humphrey Society.
  • Subtitle on cassette and container: The creative potential.
Credits (note)
  • Camera, Matt Hoffman, Greg Stasevsky ; music: Sarah Malement, Wayne Jones, Betty Keig, Edward Muller, John Colman, Alexander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, and Gian Francesco Malipiero.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
Contents
Quasi-valse -- Two ecstatic themes -- Etude patetico -- Air for the G string.
ISBN
  • 0871271850
  • 9780871271853
OCLC
  • ocm26433363
  • 26433363
  • SCSB-1242520
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library