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Martha Graham steps of a giant. Insiders' stories. Ensemble works and Myths and legends

Title
Martha Graham [videorecording] : steps of a giant. Insiders' stories. Ensemble works and Myths and legends / 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
c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Cole, Miriam.
  • Hinkson, Mary.
  • Hodes, Linda Margolies, 1933-
  • Yuriko, 1920-2022
  • Tetley, Glen.
  • Graff, Ellen.
  • Thomas, Marnie.
  • 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) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Panel discussion, second in a series of three. The panelists, all former members of the Martha Graham Dance Company, share their observations of Graham as a performer, choreographer, and private person; her choreography and direction; and her inventive use of costumes and props. The recollections of Glen Tetley, also a former company member, are quoted from a recent interview. The works Canticle for innocent comedians and Ardent song are discussed in detail; Clytemnestra is also mentioned repeatedly. The panelists also recall aspects of a dancer's life in the 1940s: their sense of community, earning a living, making their own costumes. A question-and-answer session concludes the program.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Panel discussions.
  • Video.
Note
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of Miriam Cole, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Yuriko, Ellen Graff, Marnie Wood, Maxine Glorsky, Kenneth Topping, Richard Daniels, 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: Miriam Cole, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Yuriko.
  • Moderators: Ellen Graff, Marnie Wood (Marnie Thomas).
  • Welcome by Alan J. Pally.
  • Introduction 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 Jan. 4, 2003; 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 4-7493
OCLC
NYPY04-F171
Title
Martha Graham [videorecording] : steps of a giant. Insiders' stories. Ensemble works and Myths and legends / 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
c2003.
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 Jan. 4, 2003; video documentation, François Bernadi.
Performer
Panelists: Miriam Cole, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Yuriko.
Moderators: Ellen Graff, Marnie Wood (Marnie Thomas).
Welcome by Alan J. Pally.
Introduction 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
Cole, Miriam. Speaker
Hinkson, Mary. Speaker
Hodes, Linda Margolies, 1933- Speaker
Yuriko, 1920-2022, speaker.
Tetley, Glen. Author in quotations or text abstracts
Graff, Ellen. Moderator
Thomas, Marnie. Moderator
Nichols, Madeleine M. Speaker
Pally, Alan J., producer.
Pally, Alan J., speaker.
Glorsky, Maxine.
Daniels, Richard.
Bernadi, François.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7493
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