Water study / 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 (1928), as reconstructed by Ernestine Stodelle and Eleanor King in 1976 ; coaching commentaries, Ernestine Stodelle ; video director, Amy Reusch.
Publisher:
Dance Horizons Video,
Copyright Date:
1997
Description:
1 videocassette (91 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Danced by Vicki Butler, Joann Concialdi, Catherine Connal, Laura Dixon, Betsy Fiske, Larry Ippel, Micki Nishida, Linda Papa, Patricia Ackerman, Lydia Saad, Peggy Thrasher, Gina Wilken. Danced in additional video clips by the Momenta Performing Arts Company: Patricia Ackerman, Allison Anich, Rachel Cazeau, Ramon Gattan, Lisa Green, Cameron Jarrett, Amanda LeCrone, Anne Merrick, Brenna Monroe-Cook, Emily Weiss. 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 5th and 6th annual Doris Humphrey Technique Workshops coordinated by the National Doris Humphrey Society in August 1994 and 1995, and in performance at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on August 12, 1995. Additional video clips recorded in a performance by the Momenta Performing Arts Company on April 20, 1997 ; videographer, Kevin McCarey.
Summary:
Ernestine Stodelle, a former member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, coaches students in Doris Humphrey's Water study, which is performed without musical accompaniment. Analyzing the choreography section by section, she clarifies and refines its details, with attention to shape, timing, dynamics, and motivation. Each section is preceded by a video clip depicting 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)41102285
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.