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Dance for six [and] The spirit of Denishawn: Excerpts

Title: Dance for six [and] The spirit of Denishawn: Excerpts [electronic resource]
Publication: 1979.

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Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (50 min.) : sd., b&w.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joyce Trisler Danscompany.

Uniform Title

Dance for six (Choreographic work : Trisler)
Spirit of Denishawn (Choreographic work : Pinska)
Gnossienne, no 1 (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Sonata pathétique (Choreographic work : St. Denis and Humphrey)
Two part invention, no 4 (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Waltz (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Liebestraum (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Japanese spear dance (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Note

Videotaped in performance at Emanu-el Midtown Y, New York, on December 30, 1979.
Performed by the Joyce Trisler Danscompany: Nancy Colahan, Adria Cordero, Lisa Farias, Zvi Gotheiner, Diane Grumet, Michele Irvin, Regina Larkin, Nancy Long, Allen Maniker, Joyce McGowan, Lonné Moretton, Lisa Rubin, Deborah Salmirs, William Soleau, Warren Spears, Broderick Wilson, and others.
This footage is also on *MGZIA 4-13 reel 2 Choreography by Joyce Trisler; however, it contains the conclusion of Soaring, which is cut off on *MGZIA 4-13.

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: Dance for six (approx. 21 min.). Choreography: Joyce Trisler. Music: Antonio Vivaldi. -- The spirit of Denishawn: Excerpts (approx. 29 min.). Choreography: Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and Doris Humphrey, restaged by Klarna Pinska. Single and double scarf techniques (mus: Schlenck). Gnossienne (chor: Shawn; mus: Satie). Sonata pathétique (chor: St. Denis and Humphrey; mus: Beethoven). Two-part invention no. 4 (chor: Shawn; mus: Bach). Waltz (chor: St. Denis; mus: Brahms). Liebestraum (chor: St. Denis; mus: Liszt). Japanese spear dance (chor: Shawn; mus: Horst). Soaring (chor: Humphrey and St. Denis; mus: Schumann). Low-level stage lighting in sections.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 7472

OCLC

NYPY916063477-F

Title

Dance for six [and] The spirit of Denishawn: Excerpts [electronic resource]

Imprint

1979.

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 9-2547.

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Local Subject

Television. Dance for six.

Television. The spirit of Denishawn.

Added Author

Trisler, Joyce, 1934-1979, choreographer.

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, choreographer.

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, choreographer.

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.

Pinska, Klarna. Restager

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Composer

Satie, Erik, 1866-1925. Composer

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Composer

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Composer

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Composer

Horst, Louis. Composer

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Composer

Joyce Trisler Danscompany.

Added Title

Dance for six (Choreographic work : Trisler)

Spirit of Denishawn (Choreographic work : Pinska)

Gnossienne, no 1 (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Sonata pathétique (Choreographic work : St. Denis and Humphrey)

Two part invention, no 4 (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Waltz (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Liebestraum (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Japanese spear dance (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 7472

*MGZIC 9-2547 (former)

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