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Six American Dance Pioneers : A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade (excerpt) and Masters Exchange.

Title
Six American Dance Pioneers : A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade (excerpt) and Masters Exchange.
Publication
2000.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-
  • Hess, Susan
  • Kline, Josh
  • Painted Bride Art Center, presenter.
Description
2 streaming video files (56 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Reel 1: Brief Question & Answer session with Carmen De Lavallade talking about the Carmen Jones film, her feelings about Hip Hop dance; her experiences with racism on the Ed Sullivan Show and being arrested for attending a racially mixed party. Reel 2: Carmen De Lavallade talks about Josie Smith's Heart and Floor, includes working with text and passing over text and movement to quickly.
Series Statement
Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive
Uniform Title
  • Heart and Floor (Choreographic work : Smith)
  • Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive.
Alternative Title
Josh Kline
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Title taken from Dance Division's *MGZIDF 1472 and original cassette label.
  • Same as *MGZIDF 1471, without introduction and tribute but more visible film footage.
  • Reel 1 (12 min.) ; Reel 2 (44 min.).
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Presented by Susan Hess Modern Dance; videographer, Josh Kline.
Source (note)
  • Susan Hess;
Contents
  • Reel 1. Carmen De Lavallade [camera on audience] (10 min.) -- Conclusion (2 min.) / with Susan Hess and Carmen De Lavallade.
  • Reel 2. Masters Exchange with Carmen De Lavallade advising choreographer in studio: Warm up (4 min.) / dancers and choreographers participating in session -- Introduction (11 min.) / by Susan Hess and Carmen De Lavallade -- Heart and Floor (performance) (11 min.) / choreography and performance, Jose Smith -- Discussion of Heart and Floor (19 min.) / speaker, Carmen De Lavallade.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1473
OCLC
890478211
Title
Six American Dance Pioneers : A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade (excerpt) and Masters Exchange.
Production
2000.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
video
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive
Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive.
Original Version
Original format: 2 videocassettes (Mini DV).
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Presented by Susan Hess Modern Dance; videographer, Josh Kline.
Event
Videotaped during talk at Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pa. and dance studio 2000 October 29.
Source
Gift; Susan Hess; 2010.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- speaker.
Hess, Susan, speaker.
Hess, Susan, director.
Kline, Josh, videographer.
Painted Bride Art Center, presenter.
Hess, Susan, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Heart and Floor (Choreographic work : Smith)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1473
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