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Appalachian spring [excerpts]
- Title
- Appalachian spring [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Martha Graham Dance Company ; choreography by Martha Graham.
- Publication
- 1975.
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- Additional Authors
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
- Graham, Martha
- Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
- Kimura, Yuriko
- Parkes, Ross
- Eilber, Janet
- Mitchell, Lucinda
- Homsey, Bonnie Oda
- Chao, Jessica
- Monte, Elisa
- Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009
- Carter, William, 1936-1988
- Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
- Gilfond, Edythe
- Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-
- Fitzgerald, Gerald
- Graham, Martha
- Martha Graham Dance Company
- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (12 min.) : si., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Excerpts from the modern dance work set to the music of Aaron Copland. The tape combines footage from two performances by Rudolf Nureyev in the role of the Preacher, danced with two different casts. At the end of the recording, Nureyev appears in bows with both casts. In the footage recorded at the company's "Americana Evening" gala on December 16, 1975, Martha Graham and Aaron Copland also appear for bows.
- Series Statement
- Gerald Fitzgerald Collection.
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Motion pictures.
- Video.
- Note
- Originally filmed on Super 8mm.
- Date from original film box.
- Credits (note)
- Set, Isamu Noguchi; costumes after Edythe Gilfond (credited to Martha Graham in 1977); lighting, Jean Rosenthal.
- Performer (note)
- December 16, 1975: Yuriko Kimura (the bride); Ross Parkes (the husbandman); Janet Eilber (the pioneering woman); Rudolf Nureyev (the revivalist); Lucinda Mitchell, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Jessica Chao, Elisa Monte (the followers).
- [May 1977?]: Pearl Lang (the bride); William Carter (the husbandman); Janet Eilber (the pioneering woman); Rudolf Nureyev (the revivalist); others.
- Conductor on December 16, 1975: Aaron Copland.
- Event (note)
- Filmed in performance at the Mark Hellinger Theater, New York, N.Y., as part of the Martha Graham Dance Company's Americana Evening on December 16, 1975, and at another performance (possibly at the Mark Hellinger Theater, New York, in May 1977); camera, Gerald Fitzgerald.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-5541
- OCLC
- NYPY01-F1025
- Title
- Appalachian spring [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Martha Graham Dance Company ; choreography by Martha Graham.
- Imprint
- 1975.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Gerald Fitzgerald Collection.
- Event
- Filmed in performance at the Mark Hellinger Theater, New York, N.Y., as part of the Martha Graham Dance Company's Americana Evening on December 16, 1975, and at another performance (possibly at the Mark Hellinger Theater, New York, in May 1977); camera, Gerald Fitzgerald.
- Credits
- Set, Isamu Noguchi; costumes after Edythe Gilfond (credited to Martha Graham in 1977); lighting, Jean Rosenthal.
- Performer
- Danced by the Martha Graham Dance Company.Guest artist: Rudolf Nureyev.
- Cast
- December 16, 1975: Yuriko Kimura (the bride); Ross Parkes (the husbandman); Janet Eilber (the pioneering woman); Rudolf Nureyev (the revivalist); Lucinda Mitchell, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Jessica Chao, Elisa Monte (the followers).[May 1977?]: Pearl Lang (the bride); William Carter (the husbandman); Janet Eilber (the pioneering woman); Rudolf Nureyev (the revivalist); others.Conductor on December 16, 1975: Aaron Copland.
- Added Author
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.Graham, Martha, choreographer.Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Appalachian spring.Kimura, Yuriko, dancer.Parkes, Ross, dancer.Eilber, Janet, dancer.Mitchell, Lucinda, dancer.Homsey, Bonnie Oda, dancer.Chao, Jessica, dancer.Monte, Elisa, dancer.Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009, dancer.Carter, William, 1936-1988, dancer.Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988. DesignerGilfond, Edythe. Costume designerRosenthal, Jean, 1912- DesignerFitzgerald, Gerald.Martha Graham Dance Company.Graham, Martha. Appalachian spring.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-5541