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Bertram Ross: performing as Gordan Craig and Raymond Duncan

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Bertram Ross Video Archive

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Bertram Ross

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Title
Bertram Ross: performing as Gordan Craig and Raymond Duncan
Additional title: Gordon Craig (Choreographic work : Ross)
Additional title: Raymond (Choreographic work : Ross)
Names
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003 (Performer)
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003 (Choreographer)
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966 (Writer of accompanying material)
Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966 (Writer of accompanying material)
Greenfield, Amy (Videographer)
Collection

Bertram Ross Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-07-10
Table of Contents
Bertram and Amy [Greenfield] warm-up (3 min.) -- [Gordon Craig] (16 min.) / conceived and choreographed by Bertram Ross -- [Raymond Duncan] (9 min.) -- Bertram talks with the audience (26 min.).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2655
Topics
Ross, Bertram
Martha Graham Dance Company
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966
Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Interviews
Notes
Creation/production credits: Camera, Amy Greenfield.
Venue: Videotaped during performance and post performance talk at small indoor space near High Rock Park, Staten Island, N. Y. 1988 July 10.
Original version: Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Acquisition: Gift; William Prensky; 2009.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (54 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
An unedited performance video that was intended to be performed outdoors at High Rock Park, Staten Island, but due to thunderstorm was performed in a small indoor space nearby. During the post-discussion talk, Bertram Ross discusses the works performed, the texts used, and the stories behind the words; talks about modern movement; François Delsarte's influence on dance; how contractions are used; differences between ballet and modern dance; Isadora Duncan's life and the movie entitled, Isadora, with Vanessa Redgrave; mishaps while performing with the Martha Graham Dance Company that were inaccurately told in a biography.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20213487
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b6dec5c0-e875-0131-e68e-3c075448cc4b
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

  • 1920: Creator Born
  • 1988: Created
  • 2003: Creator Died
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bertram Ross" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9550270-e875-0131-4101-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bertram Ross" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9550270-e875-0131-4101-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). Bertram Ross Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b9550270-e875-0131-4101-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Bertram Ross