Dance on screen : a film / by Reiner E. Moritz ; producers, RM Creative for IMZ in association with Arthaus Musik GmbH, ERR, NRK, SBS, SVT, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Yle ; directed by Reiner E. Moritz.
Publisher:
Arthaus Musik,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color and black and white, 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Originally produced in 2013. "To celebrate 25 years of Dance screen organized by IMZ." 101 690. Booklet (laid in container) includes credits and an essay by Reiner E. Moritz: "A history of dance on screen" in English and French and German translations. Commentary by Bob Lockyer, Clement Crisp, Brigitte Kramer, Yuri Fateev, John Neumeier and others.
Summary:
"In this revelatory new documentary, director Reiner E. Moritz poses the question: How has the media influenced dance in the twentieth century and vice versa? Over this period an extensive archive of beautiful choreography, performed by the finest dancers has accumulated on film and television, resulting in a major dispersion of dance through the media. In addition, new art forms such as dance movies and ballet films have emerged from this development in moving images, where dance is created specifically for the camera. 'A History Of Dance On Screen' contains an impressive amount of archive footage featuring the greatest dancers and choreographers of the twentieth and twenty first centuries, framed by in-depth interviews with great personalities of the contemporary dance scene--featuring Alvin Ailey, Pina Bausch, Maurice Béjart, Matthew Bourne, Margot Fonteyn, Martha Graham, John Neumeier, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Roland Petit, Sasha Waltz and many others"--Arthaus website.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.