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The José Limón Dance Company

Title: The José Limón Dance Company [electronic resource]/ presented by the American Dance Festival ; choreography by José Limón.
Publication: 1979.

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Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (43 min.) : sd., b&w

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the José Limón Foundation.

Uniform Title

Psalm (Choreographic work : Limón)
Dances for Isadora (Choreographic work : Limón)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Accompanied by house program.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Artistic director, Carla Maxwell ; associate artistic director, Jennifer Scanlon ; musical director, Stanley Sussman.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, for the American Dance Festival Video Archival Project, on July 6, 1979 ; project director, Dennis Diamond ; coordinating director and cameraperson, Bohdan Kukil.

Funding (note)

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

Psalm [excerpts] (1967) (ca. 19 min.) / reconstructed and reworked by Carla Maxwell, 1977 and 1979 ; music, Eugene Lester (commissioned score, revised in 1977) ; costumes, Allen Munch, 1977 ; lighting, Richard Nelson ; danced by Sue Bernhard, Ginga Carmany, Bill Cratty, Russell Lome, Carla Maxwell, Jim May, Jennifer Scanlon, Louis Solino, Robert Swinston, Douglas Varone, Nina Watt.
Dances for Isadora (ca. 24 min.) / music, Frédéric Chopin ; costumes, Charles D. Tomlinson ; lighting, Paul Kaine ; cast: Primavera, danced by Nina Watt ; Maenad, danced by Carla Maxwell ; Niobe, danced by Jennifer Scanlon ; La patrie, danced by Risa Steinberg ; Scarf dance [performed without musical accompaniment], danced by Jennifer Scanlon.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 9245

OCLC

NYPY98-F2653

Title

The José Limón Dance Company [electronic resource]/ presented by the American Dance Festival ; choreography by José Limón.

Imprint

1979.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, for the American Dance Festival Video Archival Project, on July 6, 1979 ; project director, Dennis Diamond ; coordinating director and cameraperson, Bohdan Kukil.

Credits

Artistic director, Carla Maxwell ; associate artistic director, Jennifer Scanlon ; musical director, Stanley Sussman.

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 9-5583.

Additional Copy 1: 1 3/4" videocassette, copied from A.O., 10/97; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage.

Additional Copy 2: 1 3/4" videocassette, copied from A.O., 10/97; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage; was vid. viewing copy until 10/2016.

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Added Author

Bernhard, Sue, dancer.

Carmany, Ginga, dancer.

Cratty, Bill, dancer.

Lome, Russell, dancer.

Maxwell, Carla, dancer. Restager

May, Jim, 1944- dancer.

Scanlon, Jennifer, dancer.

Solino, Louis, dancer.

Swinston, Robert, dancer.

Varone, Doug, dancer.

Watt, Nina, dancer.

Limón, José, choreographer.

Sussman, Stanley. Musician

Lester, Eugene. Composer

Munch, Allen. Costume designer

Nelson, Richard, 1938-1996, lighting designer.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer

Tomlinson, Charles D. Costume designer

Kaine, Paul. Lighting designer

Diamond, Dennis. Director

Kukil, Bohdan. Director. Videographer

José Limón Dance Company.

American Dance Festival.

DHCA.

Added Title

Psalm (Choreographic work : Limón)

Dances for Isadora (Choreographic work : Limón)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 9245

*MGZIC 9-5583 (former)

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