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Speaking of dance. Daniel Nagrin

Title
Speaking of dance. Daniel Nagrin [videorecording] / American Dance Festival Video ; directed and produced by Douglas Rosenberg.
Publication
Oregon, Wis. : American Dance Festival Video, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Nagrin, Daniel.
  • Rosenberg, Douglas.
  • Reinhart, Charles.
  • Reinhart, Stephanie.
  • American Dance Festival.
  • American Dance Festival Video (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Interview with Daniel Nagrin, who prefaces his account of his life and career with the observation that an artist's works speak more clearly of his intentions than his biography. Nagrin describes how he began to dance ; his long partnership with Helen Tamiris as a dance team, in Broadway musicals, and with the Tamiris-Nagrin company ; his decision to become a solo performer, abetted in part by the encouragement of Paul Draper ; the lessons of the Open Theater, which he applied in his work for the Workgroup company ; the atmosphere of fear and repression he perceived during the McCarthy era. Among the works he discusses are Path, The Peloponnesian war, Strange hero, and Spanish dance. He discusses his belief that art should create mystery and wonderment, and that it is up to the viewer rather than the artist to find explanations.
Series Statement
Speaking of dance
Uniform Title
  • Spanish dance (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
  • Indeterminate figure (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
  • Peloponnesian war (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
  • Jazz, three ways (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
Alternative Title
Daniel Nagrin
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Note
  • Series subtitle: Conversations with contemporary masters of American modern dance.
Credits (note)
  • Camera, Douglas Rosenberg ; executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.
Contents
Dance excerpts (all choreographed and danced by Daniel Nagrin): Spanish dance (1948) -- Indeterminate figure (1957) -- National dance II from The Peloponnesian war (1968) -- Bop man (1967) [title given on frame as Bob man ; part of Jazz, three ways].
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5891
OCLC
NYPY02-F438
Title
Speaking of dance. Daniel Nagrin [videorecording] / American Dance Festival Video ; directed and produced by Douglas Rosenberg.
Imprint
Oregon, Wis. : American Dance Festival Video, c1995.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Speaking of dance
Credits
Camera, Douglas Rosenberg ; executive producers, Charles Reinhart and Stephanie Reinhart, American Dance Festival.
Local Subject
Solo dances.
Added Author
Nagrin, Daniel. ive, choreographer, dancer.
Rosenberg, Douglas. Producer. Director
Reinhart, Charles. Producer
Reinhart, Stephanie. Producer
American Dance Festival.
American Dance Festival Video (Firm)
Added Title
Spanish dance (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
Indeterminate figure (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
Peloponnesian war (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
Jazz, three ways (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5891
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