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The early years: Student performance (excerpts) [and] [Choreographic principles of Humphrey and Weidman] (excerpt)

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Title
The early years: Student performance (excerpts) [and] [Choreographic principles of Humphrey and Weidman] (excerpt)
Additional title: Lynchtown (Choreographic work : Weidman)
Additional title: Three promenades with the Lord (Choreographic work : Butler)
Additional title: New dance (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Names
Keersmaeker, Anne Teresa de (Choreographer)
Schurman, Nona (Teacher)
Carr, Deborah (Restager)
Labeille, Daniel (Producer)
Reich, Steve, 1936- (Composer)
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 (Choreographer)
Ross, Patty Kerr (Director)
Emshwiller, Ed (Videographer)
Weidman, Charles (Choreographer)
Butler, John, 1920-1993 (Choreographer)
Early years, (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.) (Associated name)
Rockland Community College (Suffern, N.Y.) (Performer)
Queensborough Community College (Performer)
Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble (Performer)
State University of New York College at Purchase (Event place)
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Early Years Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1981-04-10
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3551
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-950 cassette 48 (former)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: For a printed program of the festival, see *MGZB The early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.) [Programs].
Content: Video documentation of the festival The early years: American modern dance from 1900 through the 1930s, hosted by SUNY College at Purchase, New York, on April 9-12, 1981, under the sponsorship of State University of New York, University-Wide Programs in the Arts. Festival director: Patricia Kerr Ross. Video producer: Daniel Labeille.
Content: Selections from a student performance (approx. 40 min.): Wool socks: Excerpt. Chor.: Mary Ritter. Music: Ricky Lee Jones. Perf. by dancers from the State University of New York at Buffalo: Monique Dash, Anne Marie Moylan, and Susan Kirsons (?). -- Prelude: Excerpt. Chor.: Barbara England. Music: Miles Davis. Perf. by dancers from Rockland Community College. -- Lynchtown (from the suite Atavisms). Chor.: Charles Weidman, staged by Deborah Carr. Music: Lehman Engel. Perf. by dancers from Queensborough Community College: Patricia Mazorra (the inciter), with Mary Beth Adamo, Ronald Burton, Susan Camiletti, Jay Foster, Janice Gabriel, Diana Giordano, June Mapp, Janet Placquadio, Perry Salit, and Eddy Vasquez. -- Untitled. Chor./perf.: Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, from New York University School of the Arts. Music: Steve Reich (Violin phase). -- Three promenades with the Lord. Chor.: John Butler. Music: Traditional American folk music. Perf. by dancers from State University College at Fredonia: Joey Babay (preacher), with Tamalee A. Bifaro, Anna Marie Davis, Barbara Stein, Richard E. Hess, Jerry L. Hines, Jr., and William Holbert. -- [Choreographic principles of Humphrey and Weidman]: Excerpt. Title in festival program: Humphrey-Weidman technique. Performance section of a lecture-demonstration by Nona Schurman and members of the Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble. Two excerpts from New dance: women's ensemble (chor.: Doris Humphrey) and men's ensemble (chor.: Weidman). Includes commentary by Schurman. For Schurman's opening and closing remarks, see: *MGZIDF 3544 (*MGZIC 9-950 cassette 40).
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (53 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12170819
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a5061400-3146-0132-2fda-3c075448cc4b
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The early years: Student performance (excerpts) [and] [Choreographic principles of Humphrey and Weidman] (excerpt)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a5061400-3146-0132-2fda-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The early years: Student performance (excerpts) [and] [Choreographic principles of Humphrey and Weidman] (excerpt)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a5061400-3146-0132-2fda-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). The early years: Student performance (excerpts) [and] [Choreographic principles of Humphrey and Weidman] (excerpt) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a5061400-3146-0132-2fda-3c075448cc4b

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The early years: Student performance (excerpts) [and] [Choreographic principles of Humphrey and Weidman] (excerpt)