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Invention in dance

Title
  1. Invention in dance [videorecording] / produced by WGBH-TV, Boston for National Educational Television ; directed by Greg Harney ; produced by Jac Venza ; conceived and written by Martha Myers ; choreography by Alwin Nikolais.
Published by
  1. [1959]

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Additional authors
  1. Nikolais, Alwin
  2. Louis, Murray
  3. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
  4. Lamhut, Phyllis
  5. Blossom, Beverly
  6. Laub, Arlene
  7. Vislocky, Dorothy
  8. Martindale, Coral
  9. Myers, Martha.
  10. Venza, Jac.
  11. Harney, Greg.
  12. Henry Street Playhouse Dance Company.
  13. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  14. National Educational Television and Radio Center.
  15. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Alwin Nikolais and Martha Myers discuss the break with classical forms as pioneered by Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. Excerpts from Mr. Nikolais' theatre pieces are performed by the Henry Street Playhouse Dance Company.
Series statement
  1. Time to dance ; no. 3.
Uniform title
  1. Radha (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
  2. Kaleidoscope (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
  3. Sanctum (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
  4. Masks, props and mobiles (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. Dance in the Duncan style -- Radha [excerpt] / danced by Ruth St. Denis -- Photographs of the great modern dance innovators -- Alwin Nikolais talks with Martha Myers; the Henry St. Playhouse Dance Company performs excerpts from Kaleidoscope, Sanctum and Noumenon from Masks, props and mobiles.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-3202
System details (note)
  1. DVD.
Title
  1. Invention in dance [videorecording] / produced by WGBH-TV, Boston for National Educational Television ; directed by Greg Harney ; produced by Jac Venza ; conceived and written by Martha Myers ; choreography by Alwin Nikolais.
Imprint
  1. [1959]
Series
  1. Time to dance ; no. 3.
System details
  1. DVD.
Performer
  1. Performed by the Henry Street Playhouse Dance Company: Murray Louis and Phyllis Lamhut, Arlene Laub, Coral Martindale, Beverly Schmidt, and Dorothy Vislocky.
Local note
  1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-943.
  2. Additional copy: *MGZHB 12-664; use *MGZIDVD 5-3202 instead.
Local subject
  1. Avant-garde dance.
  2. Television. Invention in dance.
  3. Mixed media performances.
Added author
  1. Nikolais, Alwin, choreographer.
  2. Louis, Murray, dancer.
  3. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, choreographer, dancer.
  4. Lamhut, Phyllis, dancer.
  5. Blossom, Beverly, dancer.
  6. Laub, Arlene, dancer.
  7. Vislocky, Dorothy, dancer.
  8. Martindale, Coral, dancer.
  9. Myers, Martha. Conceptor
  10. Venza, Jac. Producer
  11. Harney, Greg. Director
  12. Henry Street Playhouse Dance Company.
  13. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
  14. National Educational Television and Radio Center.
  15. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Radha (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
  2. Kaleidoscope (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
  3. Sanctum (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
  4. Masks, props and mobiles (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-3202
  2. *MGZHB 12-664 Additional copy ; 1 film reel. 16 mm.
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