Doris Humphrey, the other giant

Item data

Title

Doris Humphrey, the other giant

Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Names

Siegel, Marcia B (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1977-11-07

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-372

Subjects

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 -- New dance
Death of Adonis (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Cuadro flamenco (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
Audiotapes -- Humphrey, D
Motion pictures -- Death of Adonis, Cuadro flamenco, Hoop dance, Scarf dance
Motion pictures -- Air for the G string
Motion pictures -- Water study
Motion pictures -- New dance
Motion pictures -- The modern dance; Humphrey technique

Genres

Radio Programs
Interviews

Notes

Citation/Reference: All of the films shown are in the collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The film including the dances Death of Adonis, Cuadro flamenco, and Hoop dance is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 4-131. The film of Water study is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 6-836. The film of the dancers at Bennington College and Mills College is cataloged under the call number: *MGZIA 4-8008. The film of New dance is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 12-1774. The film The modern dance (Humphrey technique) is cataloged under the call number: *MGZHB 4-840.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded at the auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center 1977, November 11 New York (N.Y.)
Funding: The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 15 min.)
Sound quality is fair.

Abstract

Marcia B. Siegel speaks about Doris Humphrey and the films shown in the auditorium of the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts [now the New York Public LIbrary for the Performing Arts] at Lincoln Center as part of a dance film series, on November 7, 1977. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Unidentified speaker [possibly Genevieve Oswald] introduces Marcia B. Siegel; Marcia B. Siegel speaks about dance on camera and its uses; Doris Humphrey and her choreography; introduces and comments on the films shown: a circa 1924 film that includes performances of Ted Shawn's Death of Adonis, his Cuadro flamenco, and Humphrey's Hoop dance; a 1934 film of Humphrey's Air for the G string; a 1966 film of Humphrey's Water study; a film showing dancers at Mills College in 1939 and at Bennington College in 1938; a 1972 film of Humphrey's New dance [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2]. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 37 minutes). Marcia B. Siegel continues to comment on the film of Doris Humphrey's New dance as it is being shown; Siegel speaks about the (193-) film The modern dance (Humphrey technique) as it is being shown. Closing remarks.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 80636397
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12118139
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d4f239f0-c259-0135-096f-2d23c29f50f9

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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