Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Way, Lillo.
2. Clark, Caroline Sutton.
3. 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Lillo Way (dancer) discusses the first time she saw the Erick Hawkins Dance Company at Univ. of Maryland in 1966; Hawkins coming to Governor's School for a two week residency; Way's dance training at Juilliard, and with Merce Cunningham, and Twyla Tharp; joining the Hawkins company in 1969; how she learned roles previously danced by other dancers from Hawkins and Beverly Brown; traveling and performing during the quartet tours; taking the 4:30 company class and how Hawkins often talked through the entire class; Way's decision to read everything Hawkins was reading so she should relate to the talks and ask questions; description of the Hawkins Studio at 78 Fifth Ave.; how company members were not allowed to take dance classes at other studios but could take yoga; Hawkins dancers forming their own company entitled, Greenhouse Ensemble; creating new works including Classic kite tails, Dawn dazzled door, and Of love; the experience of performing Of love at the premiere on Broadway when the choreography was not finished yet; her experiences with Lucia Dlugoszewski; why she left the company in 1972; how should Hawkins legacy be continued; her connection to the Hawkins' conductor, Gerard Schwarz; and how Hawkins related to changing times in society and new approaches to dance and choreography.

Subject

1. Dance
2. Filmed dance
3. Dawn dazzled door (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
4. Filmed interviews
5. Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000
6. Brown, Beverly, -2002
7. Schwarz, Gerard, 1947-
8. Way, Lillo
9. Hawkins, Erick
10. Interviews
11. Of love (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
12. Video
13. Classic kite tails (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
14. Erick Hawkins Dance Company
15. Dance > Study and teaching > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Interviews.
4. Filmed dance.
5. Nonfiction films.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6448

Note

1. Widescreen.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped during interview at the 92nd St. Y, New York, N.Y., as part of the Erick Hawkins Symposium, on Jan. 10, 2010.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Caroline Sutton Clark;

Title

1. Lillo Way [videorecording] : Oral history interview / interviewer, Caroline Sutton Clark.

Imprint

1. 2010.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD.

Event

1. Videotaped during interview at the 92nd St. Y, New York, N.Y., as part of the Erick Hawkins Symposium, on Jan. 10, 2010.

Source

1. Gift; Caroline Sutton Clark; Nov. 2010. NN-PD

Added author

1. Way, Lillo. Interviewee
2. Clark, Caroline Sutton. Interviewer
3. 92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.)
4. Clark, Caroline Sutton. Donor

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6448