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[Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] ; [and] [Photographs of José Limón]

Title
[Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] ; [and] [Photographs of José Limón] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Publication
1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Nicolaides, Melissa.
  • Vachon, Ann.
  • Roth, Malachi.
  • Levy-Hinte, Jeff.
  • José Limón Dance Foundation.
  • Dance Conduit (Company)
  • Antidote Films (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. Melisa Nicolaides was still a child when she first danced with José Limón in Doris Humphrey's dance work Day on earth. She later performed in Limón's Ode to the dance, Scherzo, and (as a member of Juilliard Dance Theater) King's heart.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.
Series Statement
Limón: a life beyond words
Alternative Title
[Photographs of José Limón]
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Interview videotaped in fall 1996.
Contents
  • [Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] (ca. 32 min., interrupted by 3 min. of footage of still photographs) / topics include: her memories of rehearsing Day on earth with Doris Humphrey, and dancing it with José Limón; Limón's choreographic process; the qualities that made him the quintessential modern dancer; his resistance to the codification of his technique; the present-day propensity to use technique as an end rather than a tool; the need to explore human experience in the arts; Limón's performance in Humphrey's Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías; his behavior to her as a child, and her observations of his behavior to others.
  • [Photographs of José Limón] (ca. 29 min.) / from the collection of the Limón Foundation. Black-and-white still photographs depicting Limón at various stages of life, including photographs of him on a farm and in his army uniform. He is seen with members of his company in a variety of works, among them The moor's pavane, There is a time, The traitor, Missa brevis, The Emperor Jones, Tonantzintla, and others.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-8166
OCLC
NYPY05-F10128
Title
[Interview with Melisa Nicolaides] ; [and] [Photographs of José Limón] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Imprint
1996.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Limón: a life beyond words
Performer
Interviewer: Ann Vachon.
Event
Interview videotaped in fall 1996.
Added Author
Nicolaides, Melissa. Interviewee
Vachon, Ann. Interviewer. Producer
Roth, Malachi. Director
Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer
José Limón Dance Foundation.
Dance Conduit (Company)
Antidote Films (Firm)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-8166
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