Dorothy Bird Villard

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Title

Dorothy Bird Villard

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Bird, Dorothy, 1912-1996 (Speaker)
Adelphi College (Event place)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1981

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8928
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1014 (former)

Subjects

Graham, Martha
Horst, Louis

Genres

Filmed Dance
Lectures

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in a classroom at Adelphi College.
Content: Mrs. Villard describes the key elements of the very early Graham technique, including how it developed and was abstracted.
Content: Topics discussed include: Sacre du printemps, potential motion, use of the five senses, command of the audience, kinetic response, suspended motion, and strong impulses.
Content: Mrs.Villard also discusses her memories of Louis Horst and his role in Martha Graham's choreography.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videotape reels (64 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Dorothy Bird Villard, a member of the Martha Graham Company in the early 1930s, speaks to a class about her memories of Martha Graham and the Graham technique.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY887027920-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12166350
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ce9f300-7958-0135-eb20-11c6b680b039

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dorothy Bird Villard" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ce9f300-7958-0135-eb20-11c6b680b039

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). Dorothy Bird Villard Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ce9f300-7958-0135-eb20-11c6b680b039

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dorothy Bird Villard" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ce9f300-7958-0135-eb20-11c6b680b039

Wikipedia citation

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