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Martha Graham: News

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Title

Martha Graham: News

Collection

Bertram Ross Video Archive

Names

Graham, Martha (Choreographer)
Graham, Martha (Dancer)
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003 (Dancer)
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003 (Interviewee)
Guida, Tony (Speaker)
Simmons, Sue (Speaker)
Peltz, Perri (Interviewer)
Taylor, Paul, 1930- (Interviewee)
Sydney, Laurin, 1954- (Speaker)
Foreman, Donlin (Interviewee)
Capucilli, Terese (Interviewee)
Kisselgoff, Anna (Interviewee)
Turner, Kathleen (Interviewee)
Tune, Tommy (Interviewee)
MacNeil, Robert, 1931- (Interviewer)
Gray, Diane, 1941- (Interviewee)
WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)
Cable News Network (Presenter)
WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)
CBS News (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1991-04-01 - 1991-04-02

Table Of Contents

Names in the News (1 min.) -- WNBC Channel 4 News (approximately 2 min.) / anchors, Tony Guida and Sue Simmons ; reporter, Perri Peltz ; interviewees, Bertram Ross -- CNN obituary (1 min.) -- CBS Channel 2 News (1 min.) -- [PBS] News Hour (approximately 1 min.) / interviewee, Paul Taylor -- CNN Showbiz Today / reporter, Laurin Sydney ; interviewees, Donlin Foreman, Terese Capucilli, Anna Kisselgoff, Bertram Ross, Paul Taylor, Kathleen Turner, Tommy Tune -- Grande Dame of Dance from The MacNeal/Lehrer News Hour [includes 1984 interview with Martha Graham] (10 min.) / interviewer & reporter, Robert MacNeil -- CNN Showbiz Today [repeat of earlier segment] (3 min.) -- Channel 2 News (2 min.) / interviewee, Diane Gray.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2653

Subjects

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003
Graham, Martha
Graham, Martha -- Obituaries

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Interviews

Notes

Content: Martha Graham news segments are interspersed among other news segments and commercials.
Venue: Videotaped during news segments at television studios, New York, N.Y. 1991 April 1 & 2.
Original Version: Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Acquisition: Gift; William Prensky; 2009.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (40 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

News segments regarding Martha Graham after her death on April 1, 1991.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20213483
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9de41ec0-e875-0131-7c07-3c075448cc4b

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

Date Issued

1991-04-01

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Martha Graham: News" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991 - 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de41ec0-e875-0131-7c07-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991 - 1991). Martha Graham: News Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de41ec0-e875-0131-7c07-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Martha Graham: News" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de41ec0-e875-0131-7c07-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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