About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items The Alexander discovery, Part II

The Alexander discovery, Part II: Eugene Loring and the dance

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Jerome Robbins Dance Division

  • Choregraphie
  • A long minuet as danced at Bath
  • Sketchbook
  • Sarah Bernhardt's farewell American tour
  • Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French
  • The dance score
  • Traité élémentaire, théorique et pratique de l'art de la danse
  • Sketchbook
  • Coreografie per ballabili d'opera
  • Caricature of Sergeĭ Dyagilev
  • La sténochorégraphie
  • Ehon Tsūhōshi
  • Le maître a danser
  • America
  • Costume designs for the ballet La Pastorella Svizzera
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Eugene Loring Video Archive

This Item

The Alexander discovery, Part II

View this item elsewhere:

Title
The Alexander discovery, Part II: Eugene Loring and the dance
Names
Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982 (Commentator)
Tengwall, Roger (Producer)
Snyder, Cynthia (Dancer)
Tengwall, Roger (Distributor)
Collection

Eugene Loring Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8594
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2565 (former)
Topics
Alexander technique
Ballet -- Study and teaching
Genres
Instructional films
Educational films
Notes
Creation/production credits: Produced and distributed by Roger Tengwall, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Venue: Videotaped at the University of California, Irvine, in May 1977.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (33 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
After an introduction to Alexander technique by Roger Tengwall, Eugene Loring discusses his application of its principles to ballet instruction. Floor and barre exercises are demonstrated by Cynthia Snyder.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY916039806-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12170416
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1f57b260-8a8b-0135-35ae-331ac4baf2fd
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1911: Creator Born
  • 1977: Created
  • 1982: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Alexander discovery, Part II" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a5b7f15e-1380-49e5-91e1-ccae9efd6a94

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Alexander discovery, Part II" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 25, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a5b7f15e-1380-49e5-91e1-ccae9efd6a94

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). The Alexander discovery, Part II Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a5b7f15e-1380-49e5-91e1-ccae9efd6a94

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a5b7f15e-1380-49e5-91e1-ccae9efd6a94 | title= (moving image) The Alexander discovery, Part II, (1977)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=May 25, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The Alexander discovery, Part II