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Dance Vista with Diane Dragone

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Janis Brenner Video Archive

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Dance Vista with Diane Dragone

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Title
Dance Vista with Diane Dragone
Additional title: Interview with Janis Brenner
Names
Brenner, Janis (Interviewee)
Brenner, Janis (Choreographer)
Brenner, Janis (Artistic director)
Brenner, Janis (Performer)
Taketa, Edward Akio (Performer)
Sevilla, John-Mario (Performer)
Dragone, Diane (Interviewer)
Horan, Tom (Television producer)
Horan, Tom (Television director)
Half Moon Video (Associated name)
Kennedy Dancers (Associated name)
Janis Brenner & Dancers (Associated name)
Collection

Janis Brenner Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1994-07
Table of Contents
Anticipation / choreography by Janis Brenner ; performed by Janis Brenner and Edward Akio Taketa -- Guilt / choreography and performance by Janis Brenner -- Shekhinah/Voices / choreography by Janis Brenner ; performed by Janis Brenner and John-Mario Sevilla -- Uku Maki / choreographed by Janis Brenner ; performed by Edward Akio Taketa -- Ton of Led / choreography and performance by Janis Brenner & Dancers ; music, Led Zeppelin.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-6959
Topics
Dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Television programs
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: produced and directed by Tom Horan ; a Half Moon Video Production & A Kennedy Dancers Production.
Performers: Interviewee, Janis Brenner ; interviewer, Diane Dragone.
Venue: Videotaped during interview at New Jersey Television, Jersey City, N.Y. as part of the Dance Vista program 1994 July.
Original version: Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Acquisition: Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (33 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Janis Brenner (choreographer/dancer) discusses her career in dance; her first creative dance classes at age 5; ballet with Andre Eglevsky at age 8; modern dance with Carl Morris (Humphrey/Weidman technique) at age 13; becoming a dance major at Adelphi University for two years; leaving college to study dance in New York City; her first concert being at Dance Theater Workshop in 1975; joining the Murray Louis Company for 7 1/2 years; performing with guest artists including Rudolf Nureyev and Placido Domingo; leaving the Murray Louis Company around the age of 30; some works she created including Guilt, Shekhinah/Voices, UzaMaki, and Ton of Led; the lack of money for modern dance in the U.S. and how there is more respect and money for companies in Asia and Europe; where she sees her company in five years and the current financial problems with her company.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19985638
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c66e3ae0-352a-0131-3752-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1994: Created
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance Vista with Diane Dragone" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b9ee790-342a-0131-10da-685b35830967

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance Vista with Diane Dragone" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 3, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b9ee790-342a-0131-10da-685b35830967

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). Dance Vista with Diane Dragone Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b9ee790-342a-0131-10da-685b35830967

Wikipedia Citation

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Dance Vista with Diane Dragone