| Edition |
Standard format. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (160 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC. |
| Performer |
Dancers & musicians vary for each piece. |
| Credits |
Cameras, Johannes Holub, Jenny Holub ; editorial assistant, Jenny Holub. |
| Event |
Recorded in performance on June 11, 1993 at LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts in New York City. |
| Note |
Special feature: DVD-ROM access to .PDF file of concert program. |
| Summary |
The New Dance Group (ca. 1993) recreates 18 dances originally performed by the Group from 1934-1979. Each dance includes an introduction, usually by the original choreographers. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 (62 min.): Songs. pt. III: To each his own / Mary Anthony -- Tenant of the street / Eve Gentry -- Blues / Ronnie Aul -- Southern landscape. Mourner's bench / Talley Beatty -- The desperate heart / Valerie Bettis -- Ativisms. Lynchtown / Charles Weidman -- The Negro speaks of rivers / Pearl Primus -- Pursued. The flight / Joseph Gifford -- Shuvi Nafshi. Return oh my soul unto thee / Hadassah. |
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Disc 2 (78 min.): Time is money ; Harmonica breakdown / Jane Dudley -- Sign dance for Sarah / Irving Burton -- Rainbow 'round my shoulder suite excerpt / Donald McKayle -- The transformation of Medusa / Jean Erdman -- Lyric suite duet excerpt / Anna Sokolow -- Strange hero / Daniel Nagrin -- Concerto in E. (Romeo and Juliet) excerpt / Joyce Trisler -- Folksay excerpt / Sophie Maslow. |
| Subject |
Modern dance -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Dance films.
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Filmed dance.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Holub, Johannes. Director. Cinematographer.
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Manings, Muriel. Producer.
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Holub, Jenny. Cinematographer.
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Anthony, Mary. Choreographer.
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Gentry, Eve. Choreographer.
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Aul, Ronne. Choreographer.
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Beatty, Talley. Choreographer.
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Bettis, Valerie, 1920-1982 Choreographer.
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Weidman, Charles. Choreographer.
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Primus, Pearl. Choreographer.
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Gifford, Joseph, 1920-2017.
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Hadassah, 1909?-1992. Choreographer.
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Dudley, Jane. Choreographer.
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Burton, Irving. Choreographer.
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McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018 Choreographer.
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Erdman, Jean. Choreographer.
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Sokolow, Anna. Choreographer.
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Trisler, Joyce, 1934-1979. Choreographer.
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Nagrin, Daniel. Choreographer.
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Maslow, Sophie. Choreographer.
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American Dance Guild.
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New Dance Group (New York, N.Y.)
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Dancetime Publications.
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| Added Title |
Historic retrospective of New Dance Group presentations, 1930's-1970's |
| Note |
Title on disc labels & menu screen: New Dance Group gala historical concert : retrospective, 1930s-1970s |
| Added Title |
Songs (Choreographic work : Anthony). To each his own.
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Tenant of the street (Choreographic work : Gentry)
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Blues (Choreographic work : Aul)
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Southern landscape (Choreographic work : Beatty). Mourner's bench.
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Desperate heart (Choreographic work : Bettis)
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Lynchtown (Choreographic work : Weidman)
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Negro speaks of rivers (Choreographic work : Primus). Selections.
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Pursued (Choreographic work : Gifford). Flight.
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Shuvi nafshi (Choreographic work : Hadassah). Return oh my soul unto thee.
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Time is money (Choreographic work : Dudley)
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Harmonica breakdown (Choreographic work : Dudley)
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Sign dance for Sarah (Choreographic work : Burton)
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Rainbow 'round my shoulder (Choreographic work : McKayle). Selections.
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Transformations of Medusa (Choreographic work : Erdman)
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Lyric suite (Choreographic work : Sokolow). Selections.
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Strange hero (Choreographic work : Nagrin)
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Concerto in E (Choreographic work : Trisler). Selections.
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Folksay (Choreographic work : Maslow). Selections.
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| Standard No. |
880104455803 |
