A day at the Mary Wigman school
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Title
A day at the Mary Wigman school
Collection
Names
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 (Teacher)
Gottschild, Hellmut (Teacher)
Jarvis, Judy (Teacher)
Thiele, Til (Teacher)
Linke, Susanne, 1944- (Dancer)
Shepherd, Powell (Dancer)
Fraleigh, Sondra Horton, 1939- (Director)
Mary Wigman Studio (Event place)
Fraleigh, Sondra Horton, 1939- (Cinematographer)
Fraleigh, Sondra Horton, 1939- (Dancer)
Shepherd, Powell (Film editor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1965 (Approximate)
Table Of Contents
Gymnastics / taught by Thiel Thiele -- Technique / taught by Thiel Thiele -- Übung Stunde / taught by Hellmut Fricke-Gottschild -- Technique / taught by Mary Wigman -- Composition / taught by Mary Wigman -- Mary's 79th birthday party -- Action / danced by Judy Jarvis -- Gigue / danced by Maria Codcado -- Susa Linke -- Pendét tane / danced by Tan Gwat Mee -- Three elemental dances / danced by Betty Sacke and Powell Shepard [i.e. Shepherd] -- Black and white / danced by Sondra Horton.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 5927
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-677 (former)
Subjects
Modern dance -- Germany
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Germany
Pendet (Dance)
Gigue (Dance)
Genres
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: Edited by Powell Shepherd.
Venue: Filmed at the Mary Wigman School in Berlin, Germany.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic SP) (25 min.) : silent, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY847039826-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12160622
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2152ff90-8c13-0135-febd-1da347284437
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A day at the Mary Wigman school" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1965. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2152ff90-8c13-0135-febd-1da347284437
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1965). A day at the Mary Wigman school Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2152ff90-8c13-0135-febd-1da347284437
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A day at the Mary Wigman school" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2152ff90-8c13-0135-febd-1da347284437
Wikipedia citation
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