The call/Breath of fire [videorecording] / presented by the National Doris Humphrey Society in collaboration with Princeton Book Company, Publishers, Momenta Performing Arts Company, Ernestine Stodelle and Reusch Dance Video ; artistic direction and coaching commentaries by Ernestine Stodelle ; video director, Amy Reusch ; project director, Stephanie Clemens ; choreography by Doris Humphrey (1929 and 1930), reconstructed by Ernestine Stodelle in 1986 ; music by Dane Rudhyar (two pieces from the piano suite First pentagram)
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Dance Horizons Video,
Copyright Date:
1998, c1997
Description:
1 videocassette (63 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
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. Danced by Nina Watt. Pianist for performance [prerecorded]: Vivian Fine. Videotaped in rehearsal at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater, Academy of Movement and Music, Oak Park, Ill., in August 4, 1995, and January 3, 1997; and in performance at the Doris Humphrey Memorial Theater on January 4, 1997. Archival footage (b&w) filmed onstage, 1929-1930 ; danced by Doris Humphrey.
Summary:
Ernestine Stodelle, a former member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company, coaches Nina Watt in two solos choreographed by Doris Humphrey, The call and Breath of Fire. Analyzing the choreography section by section, she clarifies and refines its details, with attention to shape, timing, dynamics, and motivation. Key concepts are identified in subtitles. A full performance of the two solos 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. These dramatic 1929 solos, performed together, represent a statement about the early development of the modern dance and the growth of the individual.
Series:
Doris Humphrey legacy ; [v.] 2
OCLC:
(OCoLC)39884678
Locations:
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
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.