- Additional Authors
- Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (98 min.) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Bertram Ross discusses meeting Martha Graham; becoming a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company; how her technique evolved over the years; taking class with Louis Horst and how Horst left the company around the same time Ross joined; how Graham helped Ross become a better performer; partnering with Graham; adapting the choreography of Night Journey to accommodate Ross after Erick Hawkins left the company; Ross' first performance with Graham in Deaths and Entrances; Ross' experiences and stories about performing with Graham; thoughts on Graham and Hawkins' relationship before they broke up; Graham always choreographing to completed music scores and working through each dance before rehearsals began; images and metaphores Graham used when creating works; Graham changing the choreography of works as she became older and more unable to dance the original choreography; the differences in Graham as she aged; stories of Graham being depressed; what happened generally before each performance; Graham losing her temper in rehearsals and often blaming the newest company member; more stories about working with Graham; first seeing Graham perform and how it moved Ross; how he prepared for his role in Appalachian Spring; comparing Seraphic Dialogue and the preacher Saint Michael to Appalachian Spring; how Graham felt about aging; Grahams drinking problem and how it affected rehearsals near the end of her life; Ross becoming co-director of the Martha Graham Dance Company and what happened when Ron Protas took over; and Ross' final thoughts on dancing with Martha Graham.
- Alternative Title
- Bertram Ross Video Archive.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- Title from original VHS cassette label.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 2660
- OCLC
- 880907896
- Title
Bertram Ross Interview.
- Production
1993.
- Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
video
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Performer
Interviewee, Bertram Ross.
- Event
Videotaped during interview in New York City, N.Y. 1993 September 21.
- Source
Gift; William Prensky; 2009.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, interviewee.
Prensky, William, donor.
- Added Title
Bertram Ross Video Archive.
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2660