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A program of Denishawn dances as staged and recreated by Jane Sherman

Title: A program of Denishawn dances as staged and recreated by Jane Sherman [videorecording] / [presented by] the Denishawn Repertory Dancers and the Vanaver Caravan.
Publication: 1991.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

A spoken introduction illustrated by slides precedes each dance. The slides do not reproduce well on the videotape.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Uniform Title

Incense (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Choeur dansé (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Danse américaine (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Valse caprice (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Serenata morisca (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Tillers of the soil (Choreographic work : St Denis and Shawn)
Bakawali (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Schubert waltzes (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Around the hall (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Gringo tango (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Valse a la Loie (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Waltz, op. 39, no. 15 (Choreographic work : St Denis)
Boston fancy - 1854 (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Title from accompanying house program.
Date on original tape given as 8/29 or 30/91.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance in the Studio Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 29 or 30, 1991.

Contents

Floor plastique [classroom exercises] / choreography by Ted Shawn; music by Edward McDowell; performed by Sheila Sullivan Buttermore, Kim Chandler, Janet Danforth, Teal Marx, Sheyla Coutinho Mattos, Bridget Unice, Livia Vanaver -- Incense / choreography by Ruth St. Denis; music by Harvey W. Loomis; performed by Deborah Zall -- Choeur dansé / choreography by Ted Shawn; music by Vladimir Stcherbatcheff; performed by June Balish, Robin Becker, Teal Marx -- Danse Américaine / choreography by Ted Shawn; music by Dent Mowry; performed by Ted McKnight -- Valse caprice / choreography Doris Humphrey; music by Cecile Chaminade; performed by Robin Becker -- Serenata morisca / choreography by Ted Shawn; music by Mario Terenghi; performed by Jacqulyn Buglisi -- Soaring / choreography by Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey; music by Robert Schumann; performed by Sheyla Coutinho Mattos with Sheila Sullivan Buttermore, Kim Chandler, Janet Danforth, Teal Marx.
Tillers of the soil / choreography by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn; music by Walter Meyerowitz; performed by Livia Vanaver and Michael Scott -- Bakawali nautch / choreography by Ruth St. Denis; music by Arthur Nevin; performed by June Balish -- Schubert waltzes / choreography by Ruth St. Denis; music by Franz Schubert; performed by Robin Becker -- Around the hall in Texas and Gringo tango / choreography by Ted Shawn; music by Eastwood Lane; performed by David Parker with Rachel List and Livia Vanaver -- Dance of the black and gold sari / choreography by Ruth St. Denis; music by R.S. Stoughton; performed by Jacqulyn Buglisi -- Valse a la Loie / choreography by Ruth St. Denis; music by Frédéric Chopin; performed by Teal Marx with Sheila Sullivan Buttermore -- Brahms waltz and Liebestraum / choreography by Ruth St. Denis; music by Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt; performed by Deborah Zall -- Boston fancy / choreography by Ted Shawn; music by Eastwood Lane; performed by Ted McKnight, Livia Vanaver, David Parker, Toni Smith, Michael Scott, Gina Russell, Bill Vanaver, Rachel List.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8706

OCLC

NYPG05-F10294

Title

A program of Denishawn dances as staged and recreated by Jane Sherman [videorecording] / [presented by] the Denishawn Repertory Dancers and the Vanaver Caravan.

Imprint

1991.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Performed by Denishawn Repertory Dancers: Robin Becker, June Balish, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Sheila Sullivan Buttermore, Kim Chandler, Janet Danforth, Teal Marx, Sheyla Coutinho Mattos, Bridget Unice, Deborah Zall; and by the Vanaver Caravan: Livia Drapkin Vanaver, Bill Vanaver, Rachel List, Ted McKnight, David Parker, Gina Russell, Michael Scott, Toni Smith.

Event

Videotaped in performance in the Studio Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 29 or 30, 1991.

Local Subject

Denishawn dances, Revivals of.

Added Author

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972, choreographer.

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

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958, choreographer.

Sherman, Jane. Restager

Balish, June, dancer.

Buglisi, Jacqulyn, dancer.

Chandler, Kim, dancer.

Mattos, Sheyla Couttinho, dancer.

Zall, Deborah, dancer.

Vanaver, Livia, dancer.

McKnight, Ted Robin, dancer.

Smith, Toni, dancer.

Vanaver, Bill, dancer.

Becker, Robin, dancer.

Buttermore, Sheila Sullivan, dancer.

Danforth, Janet, dancer.

Marx, Teal, dancer.

Unice, Bridget, dancer.

List, Rachel, dancer.

Parker, David, 1959- dancer.

Russell, Gina, dancer.

Scott, Michael, dancer.

Vanaver Caravan (Dance company)

Denishawn Repertory Dancers.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Added Title

Incense (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Choeur dansé (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Danse américaine (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Valse caprice (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

Serenata morisca (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)

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

Bakawali (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Schubert waltzes (Choreographic work : St. Denis)

Around the hall (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Gringo tango (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Valse a la Loie (Choreographic work : St. Denis)

Waltz, op. 39, no. 15 (Choreographic work : St Denis)

Boston fancy - 1854 (Choreographic work : Shawn)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8706

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