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Additional authors

1. Carr, Deborah.
2. Cratty, Bill.
3. Sherman, Lee.
4. Ipiotis, Celia.
5. Weidman, Charles
6. Sewell, James.
7. Molière, 1622-1673.
8. Bush, Jeffrey C.
9. Nijinska, Irina.
10. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972
11. Bill Cratty Dance Theatre.
12. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Charles Weidman's comic gifts as performer and choreographer are remembered by three dancer/choreographers who worked with him: Lee Sherman, Bill Cratty, and Deborah Carr. Looking back upon their own choreography, they recall what he taught them about comic timing, characterization, and distillation of essential themes. They also discuss his and Doris Humphrey's approaches towards literary themes, and present-day reconstructions of his works. His works Flickers and Lynchtown are seen in recorded excerpts, as well as Cratty's The kitchen table and Le bourgeois gentilhomme. In Esoterica balletica, James Sewell of the Feld Ballet discusses and demonstrates movements from Irina Nijinska's restaging of Les noces, choreographed by her mother Bronislava.

Series statement

1. Eye on dance ; 168

Uniform title

1. Flickers (Choreographic work : Weidman)
2. Kitchen table (Choreographic work : Cratty)
3. Bourgeois gentilhomme (Choreographic work : Cratty)
4. Lynchtown (Choreographic work : Weidman)

Subject

1. Comedy in dance
2. Weidman, Charles
3. Television > Terpsichorean tales
4. Television > Esoterica balletica
5. Wit and humor
6. Choreography > Reconstruction
7. Atavisms (Choreographic work : Weidman)
8. Literature and dance
9. Television > Eye on dance
10. Noces (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
11. Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble
12. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
13. Satire in dance

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2960

Note

1. Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on October 3, 1985 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on November 8, 1985. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.

Title

1. Terpsichorean tales: Impact of Charles Weidman [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1985.

Series

1. Eye on dance ; 168

Local subject

1. Television. Terpsichorean tales.
2. Television. Eye on dance.
3. Television. Esoterica balletica.
4. Comedy in dance.

Local subject

1. Satire in dance.
2. Literature and dance.
3. Choreography -- Reconstruction.

Added author

1. Carr, Deborah. Interviewee
2. Cratty, Bill. ive, choreographer.
3. Sherman, Lee. Interviewee
4. Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
5. Weidman, Charles, choreographer.
6. Sewell, James. spk, dancer.
7. Molière, 1622-1673. Author
8. Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
9. Nijinska, Irina. Restager
10. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972, choreographer.
11. Bill Cratty Dance Theatre.
12. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Added title

1. Flickers (Choreographic work : Weidman)
2. Kitchen table (Choreographic work : Cratty)
3. Bourgeois gentilhomme (Choreographic work : Cratty)
4. Lynchtown (Choreographic work : Weidman)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2960