Research Catalog

Title

Dance on camera : a guide to dance films and videos / edited by Louise Spain ; foreword by Jacques D' Amboise.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press ; New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1998.

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Additional Authors

Spain, Louise, 1939-

Description

xiv, 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

• The main section of the filmography, arranged alphabetically by title, lists and annotates approximately 1400 films and videos, covering the full range of dance from around the world. Each entry includes information on date of production, running time, format, distributor, and whether black and white or color. For each entry, a brief description indicates the content, names of the excerpts or full-length dances included, and often titles of other related films.
• Supplementary indexes permit the user to search by dancer, dance company, director, choreographer, or composer. In addition, films are indexed by series title, by award(s) won, by subject, and by dances excerpted in the film. A directory of distributors provides a quick and easy look-up for order information. A list of dance/film resources, both domestic and international, rounds out the volume.
• This exhaustive reference guide will prove useful to dance educators, librarians, curators, programmers, students, producers and directors, dancers and aspiring dancers - in short, anyone seeking information about dance on film and video.

Uniform Title

Dance film and video guide.

Alternative Title

Guide to dance films and videos, dance on camera

Subjects

• Dance > Film catalogs
• Dance > Video catalogs

Note

• Rev. ed. of: The dance film and video guide / Dance Films Association. c1991.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / Jacques d'Amboise -- Introduction / Louise Spain -- Choreography for Camera: A Historical Perspective / Evann Siebens -- Some Thoughts on Filming Dance: A Conversation with Elliot Caplan / Virginia Brooks -- Dance Literacy: Programming and Teaching with Film / Deirdre Towers -- The Velvet Light Trip Fantastic: A "History" of the Hollywood Dance Musical / Eric Monder -- Dance on Film and Video at the Library of Congress / David Parker -- Dance on Camera Title Index -- Awards Index -- Categories Index -- Choreographers Index -- Composers Index -- Dancers Index -- Dance Companies Index -- Directors Index -- Excerpts Index -- Series Titles Index -- Directory of Distributors -- Resources for Dances on Camera (United States) -- Resources for Dance on Camera (International).

ISBN

0810833034 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96053236

OCLC

ocm36130785

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries