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Martha Graham steps of a giant. Insiders' stories. Clytemnestra

Title
Martha Graham [videorecording] : steps of a giant. Insiders' stories. Clytemnestra / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; series producer, Alan J. Pally ; series development, Maxine Glorsky, Richard Daniels, Ellen Graff, Kenneth Topping, Madeleine Nichols.
Publication
c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • El-Dabh, Halim, 1921-2017.
  • McGehee, Helen.
  • Winter, Ethel.
  • Graff, Ellen.
  • Topping, Kenneth.
  • Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003.
  • Nichols, Madeleine M.
  • Pally, Alan J.
  • Glorsky, Maxine.
  • Daniels, Richard.
  • Bernadi, François.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (69 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Panel discussion, first in a series of three. Clytemnestra, choreographed by Martha Graham in 1958, was the first full-length modern dance work, and is considered the culminating work of her Greek cycle. Firsthand accounts of its creation are provided by panelists Halim El-Dabh, who composed its score, and Helen McGehee and Ethel Winter, members of the Martha Graham Dance Company who respectively originated the roles of Electra and Helen of Troy. The reminiscences of Bertram Ross, who played the dual role of Agamemnon/Orestes opposite Graham's Clytemnestra, are relayed through letter. A question-and-answer session concludes the program.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Panel discussions.
  • Video.
Note
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of Richard Daniels, Halim El-Dabh, Ellen Graff, Helen McGehee, Maxine Glorsky, Kenneth Topping, Ethel Winter, Madeleine Nichols, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
  • Panelists: Halim El-Dabh, Helen McGehee, Ethel Winter.
  • Moderators: Ellen Graff, Kenneth Topping.
  • Welcome by Madeleine Nichols, curator, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on Dec. 12, 2002; video documentation, François Bernadi.
Funding (note)
  • This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
  • Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7494
OCLC
NYPY04-F170
Title
Martha Graham [videorecording] : steps of a giant. Insiders' stories. Clytemnestra / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center ; series producer, Alan J. Pally ; series development, Maxine Glorsky, Richard Daniels, Ellen Graff, Kenneth Topping, Madeleine Nichols.
Imprint
c2002.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on Dec. 12, 2002; video documentation, François Bernadi.
Performer
Panelists: Halim El-Dabh, Helen McGehee, Ethel Winter.
Moderators: Ellen Graff, Kenneth Topping.
Welcome by Madeleine Nichols, curator, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Added Author
El-Dabh, Halim, 1921-2017. Speaker
McGehee, Helen. Speaker
Winter, Ethel. Speaker
Graff, Ellen. Moderator
Topping, Kenneth. Moderator
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003. Author in quotations or text abstracts
Nichols, Madeleine M. Speaker
Pally, Alan J. Producer
Glorsky, Maxine.
Daniels, Richard.
Bernadi, François.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7494
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