Integration of dance and drama

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Title

Integration of dance and drama

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Gray, Harriette Ann (Dancer)
Jayne, Ellen (Performer)
Brown, Barney (Performer)
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982 (Dancer)
Harris, Julie (Performer)
Dana, Leora (Performer)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
King, Eleanor, 1906-1991 (Dancer)
Gregory, Robin (Dancer)
Lawler, Peggy (Performer)
Fuller, Gage (Performer)
Shepherd, Berney (Performer)
Leighton, Jim (Performer)
De Mille, Agnes (Choreographer)
Perry, Charlotte, 1889-1983 (Choreographer)
Mansfield, Portia (Photographer)
Gray, Harriette Ann (Choreographer)
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982 (Choreographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1952

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS.--Part 1: Acting and movement techniques for the actor and dancer, directed by Charlotte Perry, demonstrated by Harriette Ann Gray and Barney Brown.--Part 2: Shorts from Valerie Bettis in Vain shadow; Eleanor King in Electra; Merce Cunningham, Leora Dana and Julie Harris in Four walls; Robin Gregory and Peggy Lawler in Brigadoon; dances from When Satan hops out, by Charlotte Perry.--Part 3. Robin Gregory modern dance improvisations; Berney Shepherd and Jim Leighton in Cocteau's Infernal machine; Gage Fuller and group in original study on a dramatic theme; Harriette Ann Gray in her solo from And a time to dance.--Ellen Jayne as Queen Elizabeth; Letters to Lucerne; Valerie Bettis rehearses Vain shadow; Eleanor King in Electra; Merce Cunningham in Four walls with Julie Harris and Leora Dana.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3720
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1615 (former)
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 6-490

Subjects

Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (37 min.) : silent, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY727019778-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12145209
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 13cf26b0-4b4a-0133-76f3-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Integration of dance and drama" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1952. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13cf26b0-4b4a-0133-76f3-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1952). Integration of dance and drama Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13cf26b0-4b4a-0133-76f3-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Integration of dance and drama" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13cf26b0-4b4a-0133-76f3-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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