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Radha

Title
Radha [electronic resource]
Publication
1973.

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Additional Authors
  • St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
  • Saddler, Donald
  • Cooper, Rex
  • Terry, Walter.
  • Godwin, Dwight.
  • Meeker, Jess.
  • Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (20 min.) : sd., col.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dwight Godwin.
Uniform Title
Radha (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Note
  • Directed, filmed, and edited by Dwight Godwin. Out-of-doors performance, in costume, filmed in 1941 at Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachusetts. This edited version, with prologue written and narrated by Walter Terry, was completed and released in 1973.
  • Choreography: Ruth St. Denis (1906). Music by Léo Delibes; arranged for instrumental ensemble and conducted by Jess Meeker.
  • Performed by Ruth St. Denis (Radha), with Donald Saddler, Rex Cooper (High Priests), Charles Tate, William Skipper, Ray Harrison, Robert Bland, Rex Harrower, and Richard Reed (Priests).
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Contents
CONTENTS: Introduction by Walter Terry and still photographs of Ruth St. Denis. -- Radha (complete except for Dance of taste section which was not filmed): The awakening; Greeting her priests; Dance of touch; Dance of smell; Dance of sound; Delirium of the senses; Farewell and return to her throne.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 9938
OCLC
NYPY787009983-F
Title
Radha [electronic resource]
Imprint
1973.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4230.
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Local Subject
Motion pictures. Radha.
Added Author
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, choreographer, dancer.
Saddler, Donald, dancer.
Cooper, Rex, dancer.
Terry, Walter. Author. Narrator
Godwin, Dwight. Director. Film editor
Meeker, Jess. Arranger. Conductor
Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Composer
Added Title
Radha (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9938
*MGZIC 9-4230 (former)
*MGZHB 8-849 Additional copy; 16 mm. 1 film reel. 717 ft.
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