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[Five interviews at the National Museum of Dance]

Title: [Five interviews at the National Museum of Dance] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Publication: 1997.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. This tape was recorded on the occasion of José Limón's induction into the Hall of Fame of the National Museum of Dance, and includes candid footage of the guests invited to the induction ceremony, as well as views of the exhibition The dance heroes of José Limón, curated by Norton Owen. For a video tour of the exhibition, which opened at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City and traveled to the National Museum of Dance in conjunction with Limón's induction, see *MGZIA 4-8147 [The dance heroes of José Limón]. Footage of the induction ceremony, which included speeches and a performance of Limón's work A choreographic offering, appears on *MGZIA 4-8159 [Induction of José Limón into the National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame] ; [and] [Interview with Nina Watt].

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.

Series Statement

Limón: a life beyond words

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Interviews.
Video.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in summer 1997.

Contents

[Candid footage of guests; views of the exhibition The dance heroes of José Limón] (ca. 12 min.).
[Interview with Marianne Monnikendam] (ca. 8 min.) / Marianne Monnikendam came to the U.S. from Holland in 1960. She discusses her first view of Limón's dance company; studying with him at The Juilliard School; dancing in his Missa brevis at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, in 1960; her impressions of Limón.
[Interview with Libby Nye] (ca. 6 min.) / Libby Nye, a former member of the José Limón Dance Company, discusses her first view of him; studying with him at The Juilliard School; dancing in his works; the Far East tour of his company; the influence of teachers Alfredo Corvino, Limón, Betty Jones, and June Dunbar; her current position as a teacher of Limón technique at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen; her perceptions of the connections between Kurt Jooss and Limón; Lucas Hoving's influence on Limón; her reconstructions of Vivaldi [i.e. Limón's Concerto grosso] and A choreographic offering.
[Interview with Susan Hess] (ca. 15 min.) / Susan Hess, based in Philadelphia, danced in Limón's works while a student at The Juilliard School. She relates several anecdotes about Limón, and discusses some of his work in Philadelphia (including a staging of The moor's pavane for the Pennsylvania Ballet; teaching opera singers at the Academy of Music); her favorite memories of Limón and his work; the creation of his Dances for Isadora; the similarities between Antony Tudor's ballet Dark elegies and Limón's style.
[Interview with Alice Condodina] (ca. 9 min.) / Alice Condodina, a former member of the José Limón Dance Company, discusses her first view of Limón; studying dance at The Juilliard School; roles she danced with the Limón company, including a solo he re-choreographed for her in The winged; Limón's method of working with dancers; his main contributions to the dance world.
[Interview with Lutz Förster] (ca. 6 min.) / Lutz Förster, a former member of the José Limón Dance Company, now directs the dance program at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. He discusses learning the role of Iago in The moor's pavane in Essen, where he had studied with Betty Jones; coming on scholarship to study in New York City; joining the Limón company, where he danced many of the roles originated by Lucas Hoving, with whom he shared a background of Jooss training; the similar approaches to dance shared by Jooss and Limón.
[Candid footage and views of the exhibition] (ca. 2 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8167

OCLC

NYPY05-F10134

Title

[Five interviews at the National Museum of Dance] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.

Imprint

1997.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Limón: a life beyond words

Performer

Interviewees: Marianne Monnikendam, Libby Nye, Susan Hess, Alice Condodina, Lutz Förster.

Interviewer: Ann Vachon.

Event

Videotaped at the National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in summer 1997.

Added Author

Monnikendam, Marianne. Interviewee

Nye, Libby. Interviewee

Hess, Susan. Interviewee

Condodina, Alice. Interviewee

Förster, Lutz. Interviewee

Vachon, Ann. Interviewer. Producer

Roth, Malachi. Director

Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer

Owen, Norton. Curator

Dance Conduit (Company)

Antidote Films (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8167

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