Aida.
c1981. 1 videocassette (VHS) (150 min.). Sung
in Italian, with English subtitles. A performance
of Guiseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" in four acts.
Performed and recorded live at the Arena di Verona
in Italy. A libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni is
included. VHS 707
Ailey
Dances. 1982. 1 videocassette (VHS) (90 min.).
Recorded live at New York's City Ceneter Theater.
A ballet performance by the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater and other musical performances.
VHS 490
American
Ballet Theatre in San Francisco. 1985. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (105 min.). Features excerpts from several
ballets. VHS 486
An
American in Paris. 1988, . 1 videocassette
(VHS) (115 min.). Academy Award winner in
1951 for Best Picture. Jerry, an ex-G.I., has
stayed in Paris to paint. He falls in love with
a woman who is due to wed another; ultimately,
the painter and his French beauty are happily
united. The film is known for the seventeen-minute
ballet sequence featuring Gene Kelly and Leslie
Caron. VHS 1438
Anna
Sokolow: Choreographer. 1989, . 1
videocassette (VHS) (17 min.). Anna Sokolow
talks about her life history and her dances, using
old and new footage. VHS 1362
Antony
Tudor. 1992. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.).
"Antony Tudor (1908-1987) revolutionized ballet
by replacing princes and princesses with ordinary
people who display universal human emotions. In
this documentary Tudor speaks about his work,
and so do Agnes de Mille, Nora Kaye, Sallie Wilson,
Margaret Craske, and Martha Hill. Interspersed
with their interviews are excerpts of Tudor classics:
Dark elegies, Pillar of fire, Jardin aux lilas,
Romeo and Juliet, Judgment of Paris and Undertow,
among others. Historical black-and-white sequences
of Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing, and Sallie Wilson in
principal roles are juxtaposed with crisp, color
footage of later interpreters. Finally, Tudor
is shown rehearsing and talking about one of his
last works, The leaves are fading."--Container.
VHS 1667
Appalachian
Journey. 1991, c1990. 1 videocassette (VHS)
(60 min.). From the American Patchwork series.
Take a journey with host Alan Lomax into the mountain
valleys where country music was born. Includes
historical background into the origins of this
unique American music, and some great fiddling,
banjo-picking, flat- foot dancing and lonesome
songs. VHS 1407
The
Ballerinas. c1987. 1 videocassette (108 min.).
A two-part ballet-drama that features Peter Ustinov
and Carla Fracci in a series of dramatic vignettes
highlighted with excerpts from classic ballets.
Ustinov portrays Theophile Gautier in part I and
Sergei Diaghilev in part II. Fracci acts and dances
the roles of Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler, Carlotta
Grisi, Emma Livry, Giuseppina Bozzacchi, Carlotta
Brianza, Matilde Kschessinska, Anna Pavlova, Tamara
Karsavina, and Olga Spessitzeva. VHS 506
Baryshnikov
by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre. c1984.
1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.). Three ballets
choreographed by Twyla Tharp that tell no story
but are full of the vitality, daring, intelligence,
and emotional depth that a great dancer possesses.
Tharp's approach is personal, radical, and contemporary,and
she combines this vision with the classsical artist's
regard for form and technique to bring the viewer
a memorable record of one of the greatest dancers
of our era. VHS 482
Baryshnikov:
The Dancer And The Dance. c1983. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (82 min.). Profile of Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Includes the complete ballet "Configurations"
choreographed by Choo San Goh. VHS 480
Beyond
the Mainstream. 1980. 1 videocassette (59
min.). Explores non-traditional modern dance trends
through interviews with and excerpts from the
work of several contemporary choreographers. VIC
327
Carmen.
c1984, . 1 videocassette (99 min.).
To complete his production of "Carmen," a director-choreographer
must find a leading lady. His obsessive search
for a fiery, passionate Carmen, takes him to flamenco
dance schools where he eventually discovers his
leading lady in an untried young dancer named
Carmen. As time goes on, they find themselves
living the "Carmen" story of love and treachery.
VHS 165
Channels/Inserts.
c1982. 1 videocassette (32 min.). Performance
of Merce Cunningham's choreography for David Tudor's
Phonemes by Merce Cunningham's Dance Troupe. VIC
276
Charles
Weidman On His Own. 1990. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (59 min.). Charles Weidman's career is traced
from his roots to his partnership with Doris Humphrey
and the last 30 years on his own. Contains historic
footage of Weidman (and Humphrey) in performance,
speaking about his work, and teaching about his
work, and teaching a class in kinetic pantomime.
Has contemporary performance of Lunchtown, and
excerpts from On My Mother's Side, Flickers, Brahms
Waltzes, and Christmas Oratorio. VHS 1029
Children
Dance. 1970. 1 film reel (14 min.). Kindergarten
and primary-school children from Washington, DC
demostrate the use of dance movements in awakening
creativity and expressing feelings and ideas.
MPB 3
The
Children of Theatre Street. 1978, c1977. 1 videocassette
(92 min.). Ballet performances recorded at the
Kirov, Bolshoi, and Maly Theatres in Russia. Describes
life at the Vaganova Choreographic Institute in
Leningrad, formerly the Imperial Ballet School
of Russia, which has spawned dancers like Pavlova,
Nijinsky, Baryshnikov, and Balanchine. VHS 1379
Choreography
by Balanchine. 1984, orig. 1980. 2 pts. on 3 videocassettes
(160 min.). Examples of Balanchine's choreography
performed by the New York City Ballet. VIC 337
Cinderella:
A Ballet. c1989. 1 videocassette (VHS) (87
min.). A magical and imaginative version of the
Cinderella story, with characters envisioned as
live dolls, conceived for and performed by the
Lyon Opera Ballet. VHS 1318
Circles-Cycles,
Kathak Dance. 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS) (28
min.). Illustrates the concept of the circular
in Indian philosophy and religion as it is portrayed
in Kathak, the classical dance form of North India.
VHS 732
Creole
Giselle. c1988. 1 videocassette (VHS) (88
min.). Set in Louisiana in 1841, when social status
amongst freed blacks was measured by how far removed
one's family was from slavery, this version of
Giselle re-enacts similar social obstacles to
its white classical counterpart. VHS 1387
Dance
and Human History. 1976. 1 videocassette (40
min.). Introduces the work of Alan Lomax and his
colleagues in developing choreometrics, a cross-cultural
method of studying the relationship of dance style
to social structure. VIC 257
Dance
Black America: Black American Dance Festival.
1990, c1984. 1 videocassette (VHS) (87 min.).
Documents a four-day festival of dancers and dance
companies held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
VHS 1030
Dance
Theatre of Harlem. 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS)
(120 min.). Features 4 full-length works: Fall River
Legend, Agnes DeMiller's rendition of the Lizzie
Borden ax-murders; Troy Game, Robert North's satire
of machismo attitudes in sports; The Beloved, Lester
Horton's vignette of violence and fanaticism between
a minister and his wife; and John Henry, Arthur
mitchell's retelling of the legandary folk hero's
story. Includes narration by company members and
Artistic Director Arthur Mitchell. VHS 1023
Dancing. 8 videocassettes (VHS).
VHS 2291-2298
The Dancing Ground. 1 videocassette
(VHS). VHS 2289
Day on Earth. 1978, made 1972.
1 film reel (21 min.). Presents a 1972 performance
of Doris Humphrey's 1947 pastoral dance work of
the same title, featuring Juilliard student dancers
Peter Sparling, Jane Gilber, Ann de Gange, and
Elizabeth Haight. Without narration. MPC 5
The Ebb and Flow. 1 videocassette
(52 min.). Margot Fonteyn explores the movement
of dance across national frontiers from Italian
and French dancers going to Russia in the 19th
century to make names for themselves, to the coming
of the Ballet Russes to Western Europe to live
and work. VIC 160
An Evening of Dance and Conversation
with Martha Graham. 1984. 1 videocassette (VHS)
(85 min.). Performances of three of Graham's
creations: Errand into the maze, Acts of light,
Cave of the heart. VHS 507
An Evening with Kylian and
the Nederlands Dans Theater. 1987? 1 videocassette
(VHS) (89 min.). Four ballets performed by
The Netherlands Dans Theatre, one of Europe's
most exciting ballet companies. VHS 487
An Evening with the Ballet
Rambert. <198-?>. 1 videocassette (VHS) (98
min.). Ballet Rambert company performs three innovative,
imaginative dances. VHS 508
The Festino of Adriano Banchieri.
1987. 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.). Presents
the madrigal comedy, Festino, performed according
to the composer's directions. VHS 443
Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect
Partnership. 1985. 1 videocassette (VHS) (89
min.). This program traces the Fonteyn- Nureyev
partnership from its inception in 1962 to its
grand finale some 17 years later. Includes excerpts
from "Romeo & Juliet," "Le Corsaire," "Marguerite
& Armand," "Les Sylphides," "Lucifer," and "Sleeping
Beauty." Also includes rare, behind-the- scenes
footage of both dancers. VHS 488
Given to Dance: India's Odissi
Ttradition. 1986. 1 videocassette (VHS) (57
min.). An account of the thousand-year tradition
of Hindu temple dancing at the Temple of Joggernaut
and elsewhere in eastern India and of the women
who perform the dances. Concentrates on the Odissi
tradition of dancing. VHS 1072
Hanya, Portrait of a Dance
Pioneer. 1988, c1985. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60
min.). Using archival footage from the 30's and
40's, and interviews with many of her students,
this film traces the career of Hanya Holm, dancer-
choreographer, from the 20's through the Broadway
stage. VHS 510
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'.
c1987, 1984. 1 videocassette (VHS) (51 min.).
Academy Award winner, Best Documentary Feature
of 1983. The excitement of school children learning
how to dance is captured through the teaching
process of Jacques d'Amboise, a principal dancer
of the New York City Ballet. VHS 1073
Il Ballarino: The Art of Renaissance
Dance. 1990. 1 videocassette (VHS) (33 min.).
Authentic Renaissance court dances and the gestures
and step vocabulary associated with them are demonstrated
and described by noted dance historian and musicologist
Julia Sutton from dance manuals of the 16th century
Italian masters Fabritio Caroso and Cesare Negri.
VHS 1310
Jose Greco in Performance.
c1990. 1 videocassette (VHS) (26 min.). Part
of the Voice of Firestone classic performances
series. Highlights Spanish folk dancing. VHS 1367
Kuma Hula: Keepers of a Culture.
c1990. 1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.). A
documentary about the native Hawaiian dance which
represents the history and ancient traditions
of the Hawaiian people. VHS 881
Lester Horton Technique: The
Warm-up. c1990. 1 videocassette (VHS) (45
min.). Horton protegee Marjorie B. Perces and
Ana Marie Forsythe lead a group of young professional
dancers through leg swings, metatarsal presses
and fortifications. VHS 1350
Limon' Legacy. 1 videocassette
(VHS). VHS 2290
Limon's Legacy: NIK Experience.
1 videocassette (VHS). VHS 1687
The Magic of the Bolshoi Ballet:
Past and Present. 1987. 1 videocassette (VHS)
(60 min.). Excerpts from ballets performed by
the Bolshoi Ballet from the 1930's through 1980's.
VHS 761
The Magnificent Beginning.
1 videocassette (52 min.). Margot Fonteyn
traces ballet from its beginning as courtly dance
in the court of Louis XIV to the worldwide phenomenon
of today. VIC 163
The Men Who Danced. c1985.
1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.). Presents
the story of the first all-male dance company
in the U.S., Ted Shawn's Male Dancers and the
founding of the summer dance school Jacob's Pillow.
Includes historic footage of the company performing
in the 1930's and features interviews with surviving
male dancers, including Barton Mumaw at the 50th
reunion of the company in 1983, with a taped over-voice
of Shawn himself. VHS 1022
Nathan Kroll's Martha Graham:
An American Original in Performance. <198->. 1
videocassette (VHS) (93 min.). Two films of
performances by Graham and one film about the
activity of her company. VHS 544
No Maps on My Taps. 1979, made
1978. 1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min.). This
documentary explores the history of a Black form
that is disappearing from American culture. Veteran
jazz tap dancing stars, including Bunny Briggs,
Chuck Green, and Sandman Sims, reminisce about
their art and careers. Includes scenes of street
corner challenge dancing and stills from the 1930's
of legendary figures from tap dancing's heyday.
VHS 1470
Otello. 1982. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (145 min.). A videorecording of the
performance at the Arena di Verona in 1982. VHS
724
Out of the Limelight, Home
in the Rain. 1 videocassette (52 min.). Margot
Fonteyn explores the dancer's life, including
ballet class, rehearsals, preparation, and performance.
VIC 164
Paris Dances Diaghilev. 1 videocassette
(VHS). VHS 2288
A Portrait of Giselle. 1982.
1 videocassette (VHS) (97 min.). Sir Anton
Dolen prepares New York City Ballet's Patricia
McBride for the title role, tells the plot of
the ballet, gives its history, and lends insight
into the technical and dramatic expertise required
of its dancers. VHS 491
The Primal Mind. 1984. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (58 min.). Hosted by Jamake Highwater,
incorporates scenic views, still photographs,
and vintage footage in examining the contrasts
between traditional American cultures. Focuses
on differences related to art, nature, architecture,
and time. VHS 685
Raymonda. 1987. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (146 min.). Raymonda is to marry Jean
de Brienne, but the Saracen knight, Abderakhman,
forces his attentions on her while her betrothed
is on a crusade. At the last moment de Brienne
returns, fights his rival and wins the hand of
Raymonda. VHS 489
The Refiner's Fire. 1977 .
1 videocassette (6 min.). Presents an animated
abstract ballet, without narration, which depicts
the conflict that arises between an established
society and its idealistic members who discover
and preach a new truth. Uses squares and circles
which take on human characteristics in the portrayal
of the conflict. VHS 1404
Reflections of a Dancer: Alexandra
Danilova, Prima Ballerina Assoluta. 1981. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (52 min.). Danilova is seen at the School
of American Ballet working with advanced students
and in Cincinnati, working with her partner Frederic
Franklin, staging "Paquita" for the Cincinnati
Ballet Company. Woven throughout the film is the
story of her life told in her own words and illustrated
with historical photographs. VHS 483
Retracing Steps: American Dance
Since Postmodernism. c1988. 1 videocassette (VHS)
(88 min.). Explores avant-garde dance in the
1980's through interviews with young choreographers
and dance excerpts. VHS 470
Road to the Stamping Ground.
c1984. 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.). Kylian's
ballet Stamping Ground was inspired by the Australian
aborigine dance ceremony he witnessed in 1980.
This film includes footage from the Australian
ceremonies, intercut with the choreographer and
his own dancers working in the Hague. Includes
complete performances of the finished ballet Stamping
Ground, and of a stamping dance performed by Australian
tribesmen. VHS 485
Robert Schumann's "Davidsbundlertanze".
c1981. 1 videocassette (VHS) (43 min.). Recording
of a 1981 performance. Drawing from episodes in
Schumann's own life, Balanchine creates a masterful
work in which four couples perform a variety of
impressionistic dances. VHS 484
The Romantic Ballet. 1 videocassette
(52 min.). Margot Fonteyn traces the Romantic
Ballet from the first ballerinas to dance on their
toes through the new dance styles to the revival
of the romantic age early in the 20th century.
VIC 162
The Romantic Era. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (89 min.). Conversations with four ballerinas
and excerpts of them dancing in "Robert the Devil,"
"La Peri," "Natalie, The Swiss Milkmaid," and
"Esmerelda." VHS 509
Romeo and Juliet: Ballet in
Three Acts. 198?, orig. 1966. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (124 min.). Featuring the Royal Ballet
with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. VHS 481
Salsa: Latin Music of New York
and Puerto Rico. c1988, orig. 1979. 1 videocassette
(VHS). Latin music especially the hot New
York-based dance music known as Salsa, has anchored
the Latino communities of the eastern U.S and
the Caribbean by providing a focal point for a
colorful, distinctively Latin way of walking,
talking and daqncing. Includes performances, interviews
and recording sessions with Salsa musicians. VHS
809
The Scene Changes. 1980. 1
videocassette (52 min.). Margot Fonteyn explores
the world of dance, from dominance of the ballerina
in the 30's to the emergence of the great male
dancers of the 60's and 70's. VIC 159
Seraphic Dialog. 1978, made
1969. 1 videocassette (VHS) (27 min.).
Presents Martha Graham and her company in a dance
interpretation of Joan of Arc. Features Martha
Graham as Joan of Arc at the moment of her exaltation
when she looks back at phases of her legend as
a maiden, warrior, and martyr. VHS 1639
Speaking in Tongues: Paul Taylor.
1 video cassette (VHS). VHS 2287
Stuttgart Ballet, The Miracle
Lives. 1983. 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min.).
Discusses the creation of the Stuttgart Ballet
by John Cranko, how the company survived his untimely
death, and what the company is like today. VHS
948
Style Wars. c1983. 2 videocasettes
(69 min.). Exploration of the subculture of
New York City's young graffiti writers and breakdancers.
VHS 1537
Swan Lake. c1988. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (116 min.). Natalia Makarova's choreography
evokes an atmosphere of magic and mystery in this
classic tale of eternal love, betrayal, and death.
VHS 1015
Swan Lake. c1984. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (126 min.). A production of Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake, performed by the Moscow Symphonic Orchestra,
Algis Zhuraitis, conductor. VHS 479
The Swan Lake: A Ballet in
Four Acts. c1986, . 1 videocassette
(VHS) (112 min.). The prince searched for
a future bride, to be queen when he becomes king.
The swan that bears the golden crown posseses
magical powers that hold the key. VHS 943
To Dance. 1988, c1989. 1 videocassette
(VHS) (29 min.). Documentary about five young
men who pursue their dreams and degrees in the
dance program at the University of South Florida.
VHS 968
Trailblazers of Modern Dance.
1979, made 1977. 1 video cassette (60 min.).
Reviews the history of modern dance in America
from the early 1900's to the appearance of Martha
Graham in the 1930's. VIC 343
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious
Response to Colonialism. 1975? 1 videocassette
(VHS) (53 min.). Shows how the Trobriand Islanders
have transformed the British game of cricket over
the last seventy years into a unique Trobriand
sport and a colorful ritual expressing their own
cultural values. VHS 586
Walkaround Time. 198-?, orig.
1973. 1 videocassette (VHS) (48 min.). Homage
to Marcel Duchamp. Embodies aspects of the artist's
work, such as transparency, motion, the role of
the viewer, and the nature of vision. The transparency
of the set allows parts of the dance action to
be observed within and behind the decor. VHS 1324
What Is New. 1980. 1 videocassette
(52 min.). Margot Fonteyn looks at some of the
pioneers in dance and choreography who have experimented
with new styles and forms. Includes performances
by Baryshnikov. VIC 161
When the Fire Dances Between
the Two Poles: Mary Wigman, 1886- 1973. 1983.
1 videocassette (VHS) (43 min.). A capsulization
of the artistic development and professional achievements
of dancer Mary Wigman. Includes interviews with
this trend-setter of modern, expressive dance.
Includes footage from performances of her most
notable pieces. VHS 472
With My Red Fires / New Dance:
Two Masterpieces of Modern Choreography by Doris
Humphrey. 1989, c1978. 1 videocassette (VHS)
(65 min.). Two parts of a trilogy with the general
theme of human relationships. VHS 780
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