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Denishawn and Duncan dances

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Denishawn and Duncan dances

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Title
Denishawn and Duncan dances
Names
Gamson, Annabelle (Dancer)
Colahan, Nancy (Dancer)
Anderson, Elaine (Dancer)
Buglisi, Jacqulyn (Dancer)
Hackett, Anne-Marie (Dancer)
Kaplan, Laurie (Dancer)
Farrington, Ralph (Dancer)
De Raita, Clif (Dancer)
Colman, John (Instrumentalist)
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Choreographer)
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 (Choreographer)
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 (Choreographer)
Walker, Norman (Restager)
Pinska, Klarna (Restager)
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Choreographer)
Yaniv, Yehuda (Videographer)
MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908 (Composer)
Wheeler, Pearl (Costume designer)
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856 (Composer)
Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915 (Composer)
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925 (Composer)
Horst, Louis (Composer)
High School of Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.) (Contributor)
Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers (Choreographer)
Joyce Trisler Danscompany (Contributor)
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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1936 - 1976 (Approximate)
Table of Contents
CONTENTS: Polonaise (approx. 4 min.). Choreography: Ted Shawn, staged by Norman Walker. Music: Edward MacDowell. Recorded in performance at the School of Performing Arts, New York, in June 1971. Perf. by students of the School of Performing Arts. -- Polonaise (approx. 4 min., si.). Same credits as above. Recorded at Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachusetts, ca. 1936. Perf. by members of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. -- Soaring (approx. 5 min.). Choreography: Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey, staged by Klarna Pinska. Music: Robert Schumann. Costumes freely adapted from designs by Pearl Wheeler. Recorded for the Jerome Robbins Archive by Yehuda Yaniv at the Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, on November 6, 1976. Perf. by members of the Joyce Trisler Danscompany: Nancy Colahan, Elaine Anderson, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Anne-Marie Hackett, and Laurie Kaplan. Pianist: John Colman. -- Mother (approx. 3 min.). Choreography: Annabelle Gamson after Isadora Duncan. Music: Alexander Scriabin. Location and date of recording unknown. Perf. by Gamson. -- Etude (approx. 3 min.). Choreography: Gamson after Duncan. Music: Scriabin. Same recording as Mother. Perf. by Gamson. -- Gnossienne (approx. 3 min.). Choreography: Shawn. Music: Erik Satie. Same recording as Soaring (see above). Perf. by Ralph Farrington of the Joyce Trisler Danscompany. -- Spear dance japonesque (approx. 3 min.). Choreography: Shawn. Music: Louis Horst. Same recording as Soaring (see above). Perf. by Clif de Raita of the Joyce Trisler Danscompany.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9548
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3442 (former)
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Polonaise (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Mother (Choreographic work : Gamson after Duncan)
Etude (Choreographic work : Gamson after Duncan)
Gnossienne, no 1 (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Japanese spear dance (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Spirit of Denishawn (Choreographic work : Pinska)
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videotape reel
Extent: 1 videotape reel (25 min.) : silent, and sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
Compilation of recordings made at different locations and dates. Polonaise (first recording) also appears on *MGZIC 7-27 Dance concert at School of Performing Arts. Polonaise (second recording) also appears on *MGZIB 3-206 The men who danced. Soaring, Gnossienne, and Spear dance japonesque, also appears on *MGZHB 16-1498 The spirit of Denishawn. Mother and Etude recorded in performance, location and date unknown.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY936007889-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12174596
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 56d4b830-7acd-0135-de1d-045a8b5c9c39
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1936: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Denishawn and Duncan dances" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936 - 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d624dfe-090b-4c47-bff6-1f57b75f9b74

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Denishawn and Duncan dances" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d624dfe-090b-4c47-bff6-1f57b75f9b74

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1936 - 1976). Denishawn and Duncan dances Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1d624dfe-090b-4c47-bff6-1f57b75f9b74

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Denishawn and Duncan dances