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Early dance, Part one, from the Greeks to the Renaissance

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Early dance

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Title
Early dance, Part one, from the Greeks to the Renaissance
Names
Feves, Angene (Dancer)
Perrier, Charles (Dancer)
Partsch-Bergsohn, Isa (Producer)
Bergsohn, Harold (Director)
Janik, Nina (Choreographer)
Faulkner, Molly (Dancer)
Unkrich, Carl (Dancer)
Consortium Antiquum (Musical group) (Musician)
Dance Horizons (Firm). Video (Videographer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1995
Place: Pennington, NJ
Publisher: distributed by Princeton Book Company, Publishers
Table of Contents
Dance excerpts: Italian court dances: pavan and sciolto, saltarello and canarie / from Fabritio Caroso, published 1600 ; reconstructed and mounted by Angene Feves ; danced by Angene Feves and Charles Perrier ; music played by the Court Revels of the Consortium Antiquum -- Volta and galliard / danced by Angene Feves and Charles Perrier -- Waterways [excerpt] / choreography, Nina Janik ; danced by Molly Faulkner and Carl Unkrich.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7263
Topics
Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589
Arbeau, Thoinot, 1519-1595
Beaujoyeulx, Baltasar de, -approximately 1587
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652
Ballet des Polonais (Choreographic work : Beaujoyeulx)
Balet comique de la royne (Choreographic work : Beaujoyeulx)
Dance -- History -- Greece
Ballroom dancing -- 16th century
Dance -- History -- 17th century
Commedia dell'arte
Pavan (Dance)
Saltarello (Dance)
Canaries (Dance)
Volta (Dance)
Galliard (Dance)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Educational films
Lectures
Notes
Statement of responsibility: directed by Hal [Harold] Bergsohn ; produced by Isa Partsch-Bergsohn.
Performers: Narrators, Charles Flemming and Gail Chodera.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (22 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Lecture on the history of dance, illustrated with contemporary paintings and prints. Among the topics covered are dancing in ancient Greek plays; Italian court dances of the Renaissance; two dance works (Ballet des Polonais and Balet comique de la royne) created by Baltasar de Beaujoyeulx at the court of Catherine de Medicis in France; the basic foot positions and révérence, as codified in Thoinot Arbeau's Orchesography; the influence of the commedia dell'arte on popular theater; the contributions of Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones to the English court masque during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F424
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12591315
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e25aa930-713b-0138-da20-0bb5b3817abe
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1995: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Early dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1995. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06d4dd74-7f23-4d02-8f16-a26333a4db65

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Early dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06d4dd74-7f23-4d02-8f16-a26333a4db65

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1995). Early dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06d4dd74-7f23-4d02-8f16-a26333a4db65

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Early dance