Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. De Mille, Agnes
2. Coles, Honi, 1911-1992
3. Corkle, Francesca
4. Sultzbach, Russell
5. Penn, Cynthia
6. Tomlinson, Mel
7. Jamieson, James
8. Ferguson, Jeffery
9. Robinson, Wesley, -1993
10. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
11. Exaudet, André Joseph, approximately 1710-1762.
12. Rameau, Jean Philippe, 1683-1764.
13. Joffrey Ballet.
14. DHCA.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Rehearsal for the first half of Agnes de Mille's lecture-demonstration Conversations about the dance, an overview of dance in the United States. De Mille's voice can be heard from off-camera, speaking the narration and directing the dancers, but her words are not always intelligible. Some of the dances include repetitions and false starts.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Agnes de Mille Collection.

Uniform title

1. Conversations about the dance (Choreographic work)
2. Rodeo (Choreographic work : De Mille)

Subject

1. Jig (Dance)
2. Tap dancing
3. Rigaudon (Dance)
4. Volta (Dance)
5. Video
6. Minuet (Dance)
7. Square, round and contra dancing
8. Cakewalk (Dance)
9. Galliard (Dance)
10. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (33 min.): Exercises for dynamics -- Exercises for dramatic mime -- Rodeo [excerpt] / choreography, Agnes de Mille ; music, Aaron Copland ; danced by Russell Sultzbach and men's ensemble -- Jacobean dances: Step Stately [English country dance], Galliarde, Volta -- Square dance -- Minuet / music, Exaudet.
2. Disc 2 (30 min.): Rigaudon / music, Rameau ; danced by Francesca Corkle -- African dance / man's solo danced by Mel Tomlinson ; woman's solo danced by Cynthia Penn ; also includes slaves' quintet and cakewalk -- Irish jig / danced by James Jamieson (seated) -- Ragtime / danced by Mel Tomlinson and two men, probably Jeffery Ferguson and Wesley Robinson -- [Tap dance solo] / danced by Honi Coles.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1821

Note

1. Original tapes accompanied by typewritten note giving date and list of contents.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsal at City Center, New York, in rehearsal clothes with piano accompaniment, in Nov. 1977.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Conversations about the dance [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1977.

Performer

1. Danced by members of the Joffrey Ballet.
2. Guest artists: Honi Coles, Mel Tomlinson.
3. Narrator [off-camera]: Agnes de Mille.

Event

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsal at City Center, New York, in rehearsal clothes with piano accompaniment, in Nov. 1977.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 5-1821.

Local subject

1. Square, round and contra dancing.
2. Galliard (Dance)
3. Volta (Dance)
4. Rigaudon (Dance)

Added author

1. De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.
2. De Mille, Agnes, narrator.
3. Coles, Honi, 1911-1992, dancer.
4. Corkle, Francesca, dancer.
5. Sultzbach, Russell, dancer.
6. Penn, Cynthia, dancer.
7. Tomlinson, Mel, dancer.
8. Jamieson, James, dancer.
9. Ferguson, Jeffery, dancer.
10. Robinson, Wesley, -1993, dancer.
11. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Composer
12. Exaudet, André Joseph, approximately 1710-1762. Composer
13. Rameau, Jean Philippe, 1683-1764. Composer
14. Joffrey Ballet.
15. DHCA.

Added title

1. Conversations about the dance (Choreographic work)
2. Rodeo (Choreographic work : De Mille)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1821