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Denishawn dances on!

Title: Denishawn dances on! [videorecording] / conceived and re-created by Jane Sherman, with four Ted Shawn revivals by Barton Mumaw ; directed by Ron Honsa ; produced by Chris Sloben.
Publication: West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, c2002.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (102 min.) : sd., col. ; ill.; 1/2 in. + 22 cm.)

Summary

Compilation of dance works re-created from the repertory of Denishawn, the performing company founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in 1914 and active until 1931. A spoken introduction illustrated by still photographs precedes each dance, with credits and cast following.

Uniform Title

Incense (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Gnossienne, no 1 (Choreographic work : Shawn)
O brother sun and sister moon (Choreographic work : Shawn)
White jade (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Valse caprice (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Valse à la Loie (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Brahms waltz (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Liebestraum (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Choeur dansé (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Schubert waltzes (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Tillers of the soil (Choreographic work : St Denis and Shawn)
Serenata morisca (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Bakawali (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Black and gold sari (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Japanese spear dance (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Danse américaine (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Around the hall (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Gringo tango (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Pasquinade (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Boston fancy - 1854 (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Accompaning booklet gives a history for each dance.
Title of booklet: Denishawn dances on! a guide to the videotaped program of selected choreography by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, as re-created by Jane Sherman ... / by Jane Sherman (c2000).

Credits (note)

Executive producer, Michelle Mathesius; editing, Jason Gillet; costumes for Denishawn Repertory Dancers, Candace Chase; costumes for Vanaver Caravan, Nancy L. Johnson. In the credits for individual dances, Barton Mumaw is listed as re-creator of only three works, not four as indicated in end credits.

Performer (note)

Narrator: James L. Moody.

Contents

Floor plastique / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Edward McDowll; danced by Megan Brazil, Beth Flaherty, Caroline Kohles, Karen Kreyling, Teal Marx, Julie Rapone, Janet Rowthorn, Stacy Sofman; accompanist, Eric Repansheck.
Incense / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, Harvey Loomis; danced by Deborah Zall; accompanist, Eric Repansheck.
Gnossienne / choreography, Ted Shawn, re-created by Barton Mumaw; music, Erik Satie; danced by Jack Clark; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
O Brother Sun, O Sister Moon / choreography, Ted Shawn, re-created by Barton Mumaw; music, Ottorino Respighi; danced by Stuart Hodes; accompanist, Jess Meeker.
Mevlevi dervish / choreography, Ted Shawn, re-created by Barton Mumaw; music, Anis Fuleihan; danced by Jack Clark; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
White jade / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, Clifford Vaughan; danced by June Balish; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Valse caprice / choreography, Doris Humphrey; music, Cecile Chaminade; danced by Robin Becker; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Valse à la Loie / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, Frédéric Chopin; danced by Beth Flaherty, Janet Rowthorn; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Brahms waltz [and] Lieb[e]straum / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt; danced by June Balish; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Choeur dansé / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Vladimir Stcherbatcheff [i.e. Shcherbachev]; danced by Abigail Levine, Patricia Ladis, Geniene Maybruch; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Schubert waltzes / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, Franz Schubert; danced by Robin Becker; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Soaring / choreography, Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey; music, Robert Schumann; danced by Shani Ankori, Zinovia Koutouzi, Patricia Ladis, Jennifer Perez, Erica Strubbe; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Tillers of the soil / choreography, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn; music, Walter Meyrowitz; danced by Livia Vanaver, Michael Scott; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud. Introduction includes brief b&w footage of Ted Shawn performing the Cosmic dance of Siva.
Serenata morisca / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Mario Tarenghi; danced by Jacqulyn Buglisi; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
A Javanese court dancer / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, Clifford Vaughan; danced by Jacqulyn Buglisi; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Bakawali nautch / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, Arthur Nevins; danced by June Balish; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Black and gold sari / choreography, Ruth St. Denis; music, R.S. Stoughton; danced by Jacqulyn Buglisi; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Japanese spear dance / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Louis Horst; danced by Jeffrey B. Hankinson; accompanist, Lyudmila Melerud.
Danse américaine / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Dent Mowrey; danced by Bill Vanaver.
Around the hall in Texas and A gringo tango / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Eastwood Lane; danced by Sharon Leahy Cooper, Terry Creach, Livia Vanaver.
Pasquinade / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Louis Moreau Gottschalk; danced by Yung Yung Tsuai.
Boston fancy: 1854 / choreography, Ted Shawn; music, Eastwood Lane; danced by Terry Creach, Livia Vanaver, Terrance Fister, Toni Smith, Ted Robin McKnight, Sharon Leahy Cooper, Bill Vanaver, Rachel List; musicians, Linda Draper, Nancy L. Johnson, Julia Haines, Andy Teirstein.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7177

ISBN

0769775330

OCLC

51180650
NYPY03-F541

Title

Denishawn dances on! [videorecording] / conceived and re-created by Jane Sherman, with four Ted Shawn revivals by Barton Mumaw ; directed by Ron Honsa ; produced by Chris Sloben.

Imprint

West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, c2002.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Executive producer, Michelle Mathesius; editing, Jason Gillet; costumes for Denishawn Repertory Dancers, Candace Chase; costumes for Vanaver Caravan, Nancy L. Johnson. In the credits for individual dances, Barton Mumaw is listed as re-creator of only three works, not four as indicated in end credits.

Performer

Danced by the Denishawn Repertory Dancers, artistic director Janet Rowthorn, and Vanaver Caravan, artistic directors Livia Drapkin Vanaver and Bill Vanaver.

Narrator: James L. Moody.

Local Subject

Denishawn dances, Revivals of.

Added Author

St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, choreographer.

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, choreographer.

Sherman, Jane, 1908- Conceptor

Mumaw, Barton, 1912-

Honsa, Ron. Director

Rowthorn, Janet, dancer.

Vanaver, Livia, dancer.

Vanaver, Bill, dancer.

Mathesius, Michelle. Producer

Brazil, Megan, dancer.

Flaherty, Beth, dancer.

Sofman, Stacy, dancer.

Zall, Deborah, dancer.

Clark, Jack, dancer.

Hodes, Stuart, dancer.

Meeker, Jess. Musician

Balish, June, dancer.

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.

Becker, Robin, dancer.

Buglisi, Jacqulyn, dancer.

Hankinson, Jeffrey, dancer.

Leahy, Sharon, dancer.

Creach, Terry, dancer.

Tsuai, Yung Yung, dancer.

Smith, Toni, dancer.

McKnight, Ted Robin, dancer.

List, Rachel, dancer.

Johnson, Nancy L. Musician. Costume designer

Haines, Julia. Musician

Teirstein, Andy. Musician

Chase, Candace A. Costume designer

Denishawn Repertory Dancers.

Vanaver Caravan (Company)

Kultur International Films.

Added Title

Incense (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Gnossienne, no 1 (Choreographic work : Shawn)

O brother sun and sister moon (Choreographic work : Shawn)

White jade (Choreographic work : St. Denis)

Valse caprice (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Valse à la Loie (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Brahms waltz (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Liebestraum (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Choeur dansé (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Schubert waltzes (Choreographic work : St. Denis)

Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Tillers of the soil (Choreographic work : St Denis and Shawn)

Serenata morisca (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Bakawali (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Black and gold sari (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Japanese spear dance (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Danse américaine (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Around the hall (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Gringo tango (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Pasquinade (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Boston fancy - 1854 (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7177 [DVD]

*MGV 13-7147 [Notes]

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