Dances by James Waring

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Title

Dances by James Waring

Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Names

Browne, Rachel (Dancer)
Armour, Toby (Dancer)
Vaughan, David, 1938- (Speaker)
MacLane, Gretchen (Dancer)
Walton, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Johnson, Raymond, 1928- (Dancer)
Waring, James, 1922-1975 (Choreographer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
New England Dinosaur (Company) (Dancer)
5 by 2 Dance Company (Dancer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1978-04

Table Of Contents

Disc 1 (approx. 55 min.): The story of a snowflake / music: John Herbert McDowell ; danced by Toby Armour -- Rune to a green star / music: Claude Debussy ; danced by Rachel Browne -- Terpsichore explained (lecture by James Waring) / read by David Vaughan ; dance examples by Toby Armour, Jean Churchill, Alan Good, Gretchen Maclane, and Robert Seder -- A new life / music: Christian Wolff ; danced by Elizabeth Walton -- Moonlight sonata / music: Beethoven ; danced by Toby Armour -- Disc 2 (approx. 45 min.): An eccentric beauty revisited / music: Erik Satie ; dancer: Gretchen Maclane ; handyman: David Vaughan ; epilogue: Al Carmines and David Vaughan -- Novelty sweets / music: Scott Joplin ; danced by New England Dinosaur -- Feathers / music: Mozart ; danced by Raymond Johnson -- Disc 3 (approx. 60 min.): Arena / music: Stravinsky ; danced by New England Dinosaur -- Gallopade / music: Joseph Lanner ; danced by 5 by 2 Dance Company -- A new kind of love / sound: Ezera Sims ; danced by New England Dinosaur.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7849
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 7-777

Subjects

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Presented by the Judson Dance Theater and James Waring Foundation in association with the Dance Theater Workshop. With the exception of Rune to a green star, which was recorded in rehearsal, all works videotaped in performance by Dennis Diamond at the James Waring Festival at Judson Memorial Church, New York, on April 18-28, 1978.
Content: The content notes were taken from the original open reels. The streaming video files are not in the same order as the original.

Physical Description

Extent: 5 videotape reels (160 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12158529
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 61639470-e35c-0130-0f93-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dances by James Waring" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/61639470-e35c-0130-0f93-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Dances by James Waring Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/61639470-e35c-0130-0f93-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dances by James Waring" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/61639470-e35c-0130-0f93-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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