Two ecstatic themes / presented by the National Doris Humphrey Society in collaboration with Princeton Book Company, Publishers, Momenta Performing Arts Company, Ernestine Stodelle and Reusch Dance Video ; choreography by Doris Humphrey (1931), reconstructed by Ernestine Stodelle in 1975 ; video director, Amy Reusch ; music by Nikolai Karolovich Medtner and Gian Francesco Malipiero.
Publisher:
Dance Horizons Video,
Copyright Date:
1997
Description:
1 videocassette (91 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Danced by Sarita Smith-Childs; pianist, Vivian Fine. Project made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD), a project underwritten by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater, Academy of Movement and Music, Oak Park, Ill., during the 6th annual Doris Humphrey Technique Workshop coordinated by the National Doris Humphrey Society in August 1995, and in performance at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on August 12, 1995. Additional video clips recorded in performances by Miroslava Pospíšil and Nina Watt, the latter at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on January 4, 1997.
Summary:
Ernestine Stodelle, a former member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, coaches Sarita Smith-Childs in Doris Humphrey's Two ecstatic themes, a solo in two parts, Circular descent and Pointed ascent. Analyzing the choreography section by section, she clarifies and refines its details, with attention to shape, timing, dynamics, and motivation. The sections are preceded by video clips showing the choreography in performance, and key concepts are identified in subtitles. A full performance of the work concludes the tape. This tape is not intended as a means of learning the choreography, nor as a replacement for the notation score or a coach. All works by Doris Humphrey are copyrighted, and permission to perform them must be obtained from her son Charles Humphrey Woodford.
Series:
The Doris Humphrey legacy
OCLC:
(OCoLC)78101273
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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.