Research Catalog
Artists of the dance
- Title
- Artists of the dance [electronic resource] / presented by Louise Tiranoff Productions ; produced by WRC-TV Community Affairs ; directed and photographed by Louise Tiranoff ; executive producer, Mary Catherine Kilday.
- Publication
- c1975.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC, 52 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Documentary on the Capitol Ballet Company of Washington, D.C., and its fountainhead, the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, narrated by their founders, Doris Jones and Claire Haywood. Rehearsal and performance excerpts from ballet, tap, and jazz dance works presented by children and young adults at a recital at Washington's Lisner Auditorium are interspersed with scenes of classes and studio rehearsals. Sandra Fortune, a rising young dancer trained by the School, is seen in excerpts from the Black swan pas de deux. Jones and Haywood discuss how racism has affected their careers and the operations of their school and company.
- Subjects
- Children's dance recitals
- Race and dance
- Tap dancing
- Jazz dance
- Child dancers
- Documentaries and factual films and programs
- Dance
- Black films and programs
- Dance for children > Study and teaching
- Video
- Ballet dancing for children > Study and teaching
- Racism
- Television > Artists of the dance
- Dance, Black > United States
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Documentaries and factual films and programs.
- Black films and programs.
- Video.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 7594
- OCLC
- NYPY97-F495
- Title
- Artists of the dance [electronic resource] / presented by Louise Tiranoff Productions ; produced by WRC-TV Community Affairs ; directed and photographed by Louise Tiranoff ; executive producer, Mary Catherine Kilday.
- Imprint
- c1975.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- 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 9-5079.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Race and dance.
- Local Subject
- Children's dance recitals.
- Local Subject
- Television. Artists of the dance.
- Added Author
- Jones, Doris. NarratorHaywood, Claire. NarratorFortune, Sandra, dancer.Tiranoff, Louise. Producer. Director. VideographerCapitol Ballet Company (Washington, D.C.)Jones-Haywood School of Ballet (Washington, D.C.)DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDF 7594*MGZIC 9-5079 (former)