The dance of Isadora Duncan

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Title

The dance of Isadora Duncan

Collection

Dance Notation Bureau Collection

Names

Dance Notation Bureau (New York, N.Y.) (Donor)
De Lappe, Gemze (Dancer)
Kooluris, Hortense Dolan (Dancer)
Levien, Julia (Director)
Gold, Sylvia (Dancer)
Belilove, Lori (Dancer)
Bresciani, Jeanne (Dancer)
Kane, Barbara (Dancer)
Landon, Judy (Dancer)
Ramm, Adrienne (Dancer)
Rosenbluth, Theda (Dancer)
Sparkman, Susan (Dancer)
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 (Choreographer)
Spence, Chenault (Lighting designer)
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 (Composer)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 (Composer)
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 (Composer)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
Isadora Duncan Centenary Dance Company (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1978-01-05 - 1978-01-08

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Ave Maria. Music: Schubert. Perf. by the ensemble. -- Tänze. Music: Schubert. 1: Perf. by Belilove, Ramm; 2: Belilove; 3: Ramm; 4 ("Three Graces"): de Lappe, Kooluris, Gold; 5: Landon, Bresciani; 6: Bresciani; 7 ("Moment musical"): Gold; 8: Landon; 9: Belilove, Bresciani, Kane, Landon, Ramm; 10: Sparkman; 11 ("Water study"): de Lappe; 12: Ensemble. -- Dances from the opera Orpheus and Eurydice. Music: Gluck. Dances of the blessed spirits, perf. by Kooluris, with Belilove, Bresciani, Kane, Landon, Ramm, Sparkman. Fury dances, 1: perf. by de Lappe; 2: Levien, de Lappe, Gold. -- Waltzes, op. 39. Music: Brahms. No. 1: Perf. by Belilove, Bresciani, Landon, Ramm, Sparkman, Rosenbluth; No. 4: Levien; No. 8: Gold; No. 10: Belilove, Bresciani, Landon, Ramm; no. 13: Gold, Kooluris, de Lappe, Levien; No. 14: de Lappe; No. 15: Kooluris; No. 7: Ensemble. -- Pathétique symphony [No. 6], Andante con grazia. Music: Tchaikovsky. Perf. by Levien, with Belilove, Bresciani, Landon, and Ramm. Tape ends before conclusion of piece.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3312
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2634 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped at a dress rehearsal in preparation for performances at the Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, on January 5-8, 1978, during the Riverside Dance Festival. Program director: Julia Levien.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Isadora Duncan. Traditional costumes: Cynthia Millman. Lighting: Chenault Spence.
Performers: Performed by the Isadora Duncan Centenary Dance Company: Gemze de Lappe, Hortense Kooluris, Julia Levien, and Sylvia Gold, with Lori Belilove, Jeanne Bresciani, Barbara Kane, Judy Landon, Adrienne Ramm, Theda Rosenbluth, and Susan Sparkman.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (62 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926006140-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12171708
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fefff750-aa06-0133-e135-60f81dd2b63c

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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