Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Pendleton, Moses
2. Grauer, Rhoda.
3. Job, John.
4. Tharp, Twyla
5. Gordon, David, 1936-2022
6. Ipiotis, Celia.
7. McIntyre, Dianne.
8. Bush, Jeffrey C.
9. Momix, Inc.
10. Twyla Tharp and Dancers.
11. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (27 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. John Job, company manager of Momix, and Rhoda Grauer, director of media development and special projects for American Ballet Theatre, discuss their companies' objectives in entering the field of television. They compare the different concerns of artists and television producers, as demonstrated by Twyla Tharp's Making television dance, an excerpt of which is screened. Grauer also describes the making of Tharp's The Catherine wheel. To illustrate the special challenges of designing dance for television, they discuss and show excerpts from Moses Pendleton presents Moses Pendleton and David Gordon's What happened. In Esoterica balletica, Dianne McIntyre pays tribute to composer Eubie Blake's influence on American musical theater with a description of his musical comedy Shuffle along.

Series statement

1. Eye on dance ; 79

Subject

1. Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983
2. American Ballet Theatre
3. Video recordings > Production and direction
4. Dance, Black > United States

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2871

Note

1. Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on February 24, 1983 at Arc Videodance Studio, New York. Telecast on March 21, 1983. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. [Video] director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.

Title

1. Dance on television: The opportunities [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1983.

Series

1. Eye on dance ; 79

Local subject

1. Television. Dance on television.
2. Television. Making television dance.
3. Television. Moses Pendleton presents Moses Pendleton.
4. Television. The Catherine wheel.

Local subject

1. Videodance.
2. Television.
3. Television. Eye on dance.
4. Television. Esoterica balletica.
5. Musical comedies. Shuffle along.

Added author

1. Pendleton, Moses, choreographer.
2. Grauer, Rhoda. Interviewee
3. Job, John. Interviewee
4. Tharp, Twyla, choreographer.
5. Gordon, David, 1936-2022, choreographer.
6. Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
7. McIntyre, Dianne. Speaker
8. Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
9. Momix, Inc.
10. Twyla Tharp and Dancers.
11. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2871