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[Interview with Michael Hollander and James Payton]

Title: [Interview with Michael Hollander and James Payton] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Publication: 1996.

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Description

2 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (126 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. Joint interview with Michael Hollander and James Payton, former dancers with the José Limón Dance Company. The interview is dominated by Hollander, who preceded Payton into the company and also served as José Limón's teaching assistant. In addition to Limón, individuals frequently mentioned in the discussion are choreographer Doris Humphrey, Limón's artistic adviser; and dancers Dick [i.e. Richard] Fitzgerald, Lucas Hoving, Melisa Nicolaides, Chester Wolenski, and Harlan McCallum (referred to as "Harky"). For a separate interview with James Payton, see: *MGZIA 4-8153 [Interview with James Payton].

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.

Series Statement

Limón: a life beyond words

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Interviews.
Video.

Note

Occasional loss of focus.

Event (note)

Videotaped in fall 1996.

Contents

Cassette 1 (ca. 63 min.). Tape begins with ca. 2 1/2 min. of still photographs. Hollander and Payton discuss how Limón and his men dancers created a model of male deportment in dance which emphasized qualities like nobility, power, and dignity; and how each of them came to dance with Limón. Hollander discusses how he learned part of Doris Humphrey's dance work Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías (a work that also influenced Payton); his disappointment in aspects of Humphrey's choreography; Limón's great works; the enduring stage persona he first created in Chaconne; the creation of Limón's The traitor; company dynamics in Limón's all-male works; his Ode to the dance; the differences of his Emperor Jones and The traitor.
Cassette 2 (ca. 63 min.). Hollander discusses Limón's experiments with companies of various sizes and ratios of male and female dancers; his works Redes (later titled El grito), Scherzo, and There is a time. Referring to Limón's Missa brevis, Payton discusses Humphrey's role as artistic adviser; Limón's facility of invention; the perception that the power of his works often stems from the original interpreter. Agreeing with the last point, Hollander describes Limón's special qualities as a performer, particularly his classicism; the cyclical changes of attitudes and preferences in the dance world, which may be leading to a resurgence of interest in his style; his memories of taking Limón's dance class; Limón's eloquence; the creation of Limón's Mazurkas (originally titled Dances in honor of Poznan, Wroclaw, Katowice, and Warszawa) after a European tour that included Poland. He summarizes Limón's contributions to western culture and recalls his own relationship with Limón. The recording ends before the conclusion of the interview.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8182

OCLC

NYPY05-F10117

Title

[Interview with Michael Hollander and James Payton] [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

Event

Videotaped in fall 1996.

Performer

Interviewer: Ann Vachon.

Local Subject

Male dancing.

Added Author

Hollander, Michael. Interviewee

Payton, James. Interviewee

Vachon, Ann. Interviewer. Producer

Roth, Malachi. Director

Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer

Dance Conduit (Company)

Antidote Films (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8182

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