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[Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] ; [and] [Photographs of José Limón]

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  1. [Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] ; [and] [Photographs of José Limón] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
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  1. 1996.

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Additional authors
  1. Nicolaides, Melissa.
  2. Vachon, Ann.
  3. Roth, Malachi.
  4. Levy-Hinte, Jeff.
  5. José Limón Dance Foundation.
  6. Dance Conduit (Company)
  7. Antidote Films (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. Melisa Nicolaides was still a child when she first danced with José Limón in Doris Humphrey's dance work Day on earth. She later performed in Limón's Ode to the dance, Scherzo, and (as a member of Juilliard Dance Theater) King's heart.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.
Series statement
  1. Limón: a life beyond words
Alternative title
  1. [Photographs of José Limón]
Subject
  1. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
  2. Video
  3. Dance
  4. José Limón Dance Company
  5. Nicolaides, Melissa > Interviews
  6. Limón, José
  7. Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  8. Day on earth (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
  9. Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Video.
Contents
  1. [Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] (ca. 32 min., interrupted by 3 min. of footage of still photographs) / topics include: her memories of rehearsing Day on earth with Doris Humphrey, and dancing it with José Limón; Limón's choreographic process; the qualities that made him the quintessential modern dancer; his resistance to the codification of his technique; the present-day propensity to use technique as an end rather than a tool; the need to explore human experience in the arts; Limón's performance in Humphrey's Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías; his behavior to her as a child, and her observations of his behavior to others.
  2. [Photographs of José Limón] (ca. 29 min.) / from the collection of the Limón Foundation. Black-and-white still photographs depicting Limón at various stages of life, including photographs of him on a farm and in his army uniform. He is seen with members of his company in a variety of works, among them The moor's pavane, There is a time, The traitor, Missa brevis, The Emperor Jones, Tonantzintla, and others.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-8166
Event (note)
  1. Interview videotaped in fall 1996.
Title
  1. [Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] ; [and] [Photographs of José Limón] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Imprint
  1. 1996.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Limón: a life beyond words
Performer
  1. Interviewer: Ann Vachon.
Event
  1. Interview videotaped in fall 1996.
Added author
  1. Nicolaides, Melissa. Interviewee
  2. Vachon, Ann. Interviewer. Producer
  3. Roth, Malachi. Director
  4. Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer
  5. José Limón Dance Foundation.
  6. Dance Conduit (Company)
  7. Antidote Films (Firm)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-8166
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