Panelists discuss Alwin Nikolais; working with and joining Nikolais' dance company; his struggle to find a path; experimenting with the Interludes exercise in composition class; needing a vocabulary in addition to notation; his technique and theory; Beverly Blossom talking about her first composition class with Nikolais; preparing for the first concert through assignments; the Bennington years and comparison/contrast between Nikolais and Doris Humphrey; leaving the Playhouse; and the importance of Nikolais' legacy to dance as an art form.
Call number
*MGZIDF 2496
Note
Title from original cassette label and Virginia Dillon's article entitled, The Legacy, on the Bearnstow Journal Website.
Panel discussion begins abruptly.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Video, Tim Glenn.
Source (note)
Alix I., Hillary, and Lisa Gitelman;
Title
Alwin Nikolais Legacy Forum : Panel I, Part B & C / presented by The Hunter College Dance Program.
Publisher
2003.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
video
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Access
Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Video, Tim Glenn.
Event
Videotaped during panel discussion at Hunter College, New York, N.Y., 2003 October 11.