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Bertram Ross : Three Interviews with Billie Mahoney, Phil Schapiro, Nick Yanni

Title
Bertram Ross : Three Interviews with Billie Mahoney, Phil Schapiro, Nick Yanni / presented by Manhattan Cable TV.
Publication
1982.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Mahoney, Billie
  • Schapiro, Phil
  • Yanni, Nick
  • Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003
  • Wallowitch, John
  • Manhattan Cable TV, presenter.
Description
1 streaming video file (97 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Bertram Ross discusses with Billie Mahoney his upcoming solo performances at Riverside Church as part of the Riverside Dance Festival including works, Raymond [Duncan], Gordon Craig, Uncle Vanya: Three Pastels, My Last Duchess; attending Brooklyn Academy of Music performances as a child and seeing his favorite group, Jooss Ballet; his love for Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger movies; creating a review show for the Women's Army Corps (WAC) which helped him to become a dancer; calling the Martha Graham studio and making appointment with Erick Hawkins; auditioning for the Broadway show, Chicago, and the difference between auditioning for Broadway and Modern dance. Bertram Ross discusses with Phil Schapiro how his one man show was developed; how he created the works through experimentation; Ross being told by his manager to do a one man show; story about Martha Graham after a college performance of Every Souls a Circus. Interview with Nick Yanni begins with John Wallowitch playing a prelude from Ross' Uncle Vanya; and Ross talks about his favorite Graham work, Canticle for Innocent Comedians.
Alternative Title
  • Dance on with Billie Mahoney
  • Phil Schapiro Live
  • Tomorrow's Television Tonight
  • Bertram Ross Video Archive.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Title from original Betamax cassette label; additional titles from video credits.
  • Interviews take place before Bertram Ross' performances entitled, An Evening with Bertram Ross, performed at the Theater of Riverside Church as part of the Riverside Dance Festival, in Oct. 1982.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  • William Prensky;
Contents
Dance on with Billie Mahoney (29 min.) / interviewee, Bertram Ross ; interviewer, Billie Mahoney -- Phil Schapiro Live (31 min.) / interviewee, Bertram Ross ; interviewer, Phil Schapiro -- Tomorrow's Television Tonight (38 min.) / interviewees, Larry Cohen and Michael Moriarty, Carrie Smith, Rutanya Alda, Bertram Ross and John Wallowitch, and Charlotte Zwerin ; interviewer, Nick Yanni.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2677
OCLC
882466825
Title
Bertram Ross : Three Interviews with Billie Mahoney, Phil Schapiro, Nick Yanni / presented by Manhattan Cable TV.
Production
1982.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
video
Type of Carrier
online resource
Original Version
Original format: 1 Betamax
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event
Videotaped during interviews at E.T.C. Studios as part of Manhattan Cable TV programs, New York, N.Y. 1982.
Source
Gift; William Prensky; 2009.
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Added Author
Mahoney, Billie, interviewer.
Schapiro, Phil, interviewer.
Yanni, Nick, interviewer.
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, interviewee.
Wallowitch, John, performer.
Manhattan Cable TV, presenter.
Prensky, William, donor.
Added Title
Bertram Ross Video Archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2677
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