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| Genre/Form: | Filmed dance Nonfiction films Biographical films Feature films |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Doris Humphrey |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ernestine Stodelle; Matt Hoffman; Scott Silberstein; Doris Humphrey; Barbara Brooks Morgan; HMS Media.; Doris Humphrey Society.; Dance Horizons Video (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 0871271850 9780871271853 |
| OCLC Number: | 26433363 |
| Notes: | Sponsored by the Doris Humphrey Society. Originally produced in 1992; copyright held by The Doris Humphrey Society and Ernestine Stodelle. |
| Credits: | Camera, Matt Hoffman, Greg Stasevsky ; music: Sarah Malement, Wayne Jones, Betty Keig, Edward Muller, John Colman, Alexander Scriabin, Nikolai Medtner, and Gian Francesco Malipiero. |
| Performer(s): | Ernestine Stodelle, host. |
| Description: | 1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Details: | VHS format. |
| Contents: | Archival footage of falls, stretches, and swings (si., b&w), demonstrated by Beatrice Seckler, Letitia Ide, Katherine Manning, Edith Orcutt, and Katherine Litz. -- Seven studies: #1: Successional flow; #2: Swing trio; #3: Leverage; #4: Diagonal floor study; #5: Falling study; #6: Leaps and falls; #7: Combat. Chor: Ernestine Stodelle. Perf. by Miroslava Pospisil, Karim Simisky, Cathy Connal, Siobhan Simisky, John Passafiume, Sally Cohn, Jeanne Warner, Gail Corbin, Jill Dema, Kristen Lightbody, Patricia Rothengass, and Manna Yamasaki -- Fantasia on Doris Humphrey's Water study. Chor: Gail Corbin. Mus: John Colman. Perf. by the ensemble -- Quasi-valse. Chor: Humphrey, reconstructed by Stodelle. Mus: Scriabin. Cos: Sam Harris and Candace Chase. Perf. by Corbin -- Two ecstatic themes. Chor: Humphrey, reconstructed by Stodelle. Mus: Nikolai Medtner and Gian Francesco Malipiero. Cos: Harris and Chase. Perf. by Pospisil. Pianist: Vivian Fine -- Etude patetico. Chor: Humphrey, reconstructed by Stodelle. Mus: Scriabin. Cos: Harris and Chase. Perf. by Corbin and Passafiume -- Air for the G string (1934; b&w). Chor: Humphrey. Mus: J.S. Bach. Cos: Pauline Lawrence. Perf. by Humphrey, Cleo Atheneos, Dorothy Lathrop, Hyla Rubin, and Stodelle. |
| Other Titles: | Subtitle on cassette and container: Creative potential. Quasi-waltz (Choreographic work : Humphrey) Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey) Etude, op. 8, no. 12 (Choreographic work : Humphrey) Air for the G string (Choreographic work : Humphrey) Water study (Choreographic work : Humphrey) |
| Responsibility: | photographs by Barbara Morgan ; conceived, written and directed by Ernestine Stodelle ; television production by HMS Media ; directed & edited by Matt Hoffman ; produced by Scott Silberstein. |
Abstract:
A series of studies for understanding the Doris Humphrey style. Includes illustrations of falls, turns, flow, leaps, leverage and more; commentary for a clip from a 1936 silent film; sequence of photographs by Barbara Morgan; and three examples of reconstructed early dances. Concludes with 1934 film, Air for the G string, with Doris Humphrey performing the central role.
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