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The black swan Meryl Tankard, choreographer

Title
The black swan [videorecording] : Meryl Tankard, choreographer / director, Michelle Mahrer ; producer, Don Featherstone ; script, Nadine Amadio ; ABC executive producer, Dasha Ross ; produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; Don Featherstone Productions ; Australian Film Finance Corporation Limited ; distributed by RM Associates.
Publication
New York, NY : Insight Media, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Tankard, Meryl
  • Tankard, Meryl.
  • Mahrer, Michelle.
  • Featherstone, Don, 1902-1984.
  • Bausch, Pina.
  • Australian Dance Theatre.
Description
1 videdisc (NTSC) (56 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This film offers a profile of Australian choreographer and dancer Meryl Tankard. Tankard discusses her feelings about dance, her creative process, her dance background, her reaction against the rigid discipline of classical ballet, the influence of Pina Bausch on her artistic development, and her dance company. Critics and colleagues comment on Tankard's career. The film includes archival footage from Tankard's works and follows the creation of her ballet Aurora.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dance Films Association.
Uniform Title
  • Aurora (Choreographic work : Tankard)
  • Two feet (Choreographic work : Tankard)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Documentaries and factual works.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Kim Batterham ; film editor, Emma Hay ; original music, Antony Partos.
Contents
Dance content: excerpts from Walzer, Two feet, Kikimora, Nuti, Songs with Mara, Chants de mariage 2, Furioso, Aurora.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3616
OCLC
52944920
Title
The black swan [videorecording] : Meryl Tankard, choreographer / director, Michelle Mahrer ; producer, Don Featherstone ; script, Nadine Amadio ; ABC executive producer, Dasha Ross ; produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; Don Featherstone Productions ; Australian Film Finance Corporation Limited ; distributed by RM Associates.
Imprint
New York, NY : Insight Media, c1995.
Performer
Danced by members of Australian Dance Theatre: Vincent Crowley, Prue Long, Mia Mason, Grayson Millwood, Shaun Parker, Tuula Roppolo, Michelle Ryan, Gavin Webber, Ingrid Weisfelt, Steev Zane.
Interviewees include Meryl Tankard, Pina Bausch, David Galloway, Regis Lansac.
Credits
Director of photography, Kim Batterham ; film editor, Emma Hay ; original music, Antony Partos.
Added Author
Tankard, Meryl, choreographer.
Tankard, Meryl, dancer.
Tankard, Meryl. Interviewee
Mahrer, Michelle. Director
Featherstone, Don, 1902-1984. Producer
Bausch, Pina. Interviewee
Australian Dance Theatre.
Added Title
Aurora (Choreographic work : Tankard)
Two feet (Choreographic work : Tankard)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3616
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