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Six American Dance Pioneers: A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade (excerpt) and Carmen De Lavallade advising choreographer

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive

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Title
Six American Dance Pioneers: A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade (excerpt) and Carmen De Lavallade advising choreographer
Additional title: Josh Kline
Additional title: Heart and Floor (Choreographic work : Smith)
Names
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- (Speaker)
Hess, Susan (Speaker)
Hess, Susan (Director)
Kline, Josh (Videographer)
Painted Bride Art Center (Presenter)
Collection

Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2000-10-29
Table of Contents
Reel 1. Carmen De Lavallade [camera on audience] (10 min.) -- Conclusion (2 min.) / with Susan Hess and Carmen De Lavallade. |||| Reel 2. 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.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1473
Topics
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-
Smith, Josie
Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
Heart and Floor (Choreographic work : Smith)
Carmen Jones (Motion picture)
Racism and the arts -- United States
Dance rehearsals
Genres
Interviews
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Title taken from Dance Division's *MGZIDF 1472 and original cassette label.
Additional physical form: Same as *MGZIDF 1471, without introduction and tribute but more visible film footage.
Content: Reel 1 (12 min.) ; Reel 2 (44 min.).
Creation/production credits: Presented by Susan Hess Modern Dance; videographer, Josh Kline.
Venue: Videotaped during talk at Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pa. and dance studio 2000 October 29.
Acquisition: Gift; Susan Hess; 2010.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (MiniDV) (56 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Description
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.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 890478211
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20294791
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4fdd0400-6457-0132-3fbf-3c075448cc4b
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Six American Dance Pioneers" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2000. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51232470-6457-0132-b237-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Six American Dance Pioneers" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51232470-6457-0132-b237-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2000). Six American Dance Pioneers Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51232470-6457-0132-b237-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Six American Dance Pioneers