Description |
1 online resource (58 min.) |
Series |
Dance in video |
Contents |
Hexetanz [i.e. Hexetanz II] (1926) / choreography, Mary Wigman ; music, Ernie Provencher -- Schwingende Lanschaft (Swinging landscapes, 1929) / choreography, Mary Wigman ; music, Hans Hastings -- Affectos humanos (2 excerpts) / choreography, Dore Hoyer ; music, Dimitri Wiatowitsch -- Homage to Mahler (solo excerpt 1976) / choreography, Hanya Holm ; music, Gustav Mahler -- Tribe (1975) / choreography & score, Alwin Nikolais -- Figura (1978) / choreography, Murray Louis ; music, La comparsa by Ernesto Lecuona |
Summary |
In this performance documentary dancer/choreographer Betsy Fisher performs solos from pieces by the originators of the German Expression Dance (Ausdruckstanz) and American exponents of the movement, which began in Germany prior to World War I. Fisher also provides narration describing the creation and the historical context of each work |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Oct. 18, 2013) |
Performer |
Narrator/dancer, Betsy Fisher |
Notes |
This edition in English |
Subject |
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973.
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SUBJECT |
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973. fast (OCoLC)fst00129727 |
Subject |
Choreographers -- Germany -- Biography
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Choreographers -- United States -- Biography
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Modern dance -- America -- 20th century -- German influences
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Modern dance -- Germany -- 20th century
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Choreographers.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Modern dance.
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America.
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Germany.
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Documentary films.
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Filmed performances.
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Documentary films.
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Filmed performances.
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Documentaires.
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Spectacles filmés.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Fisher, Betsy, dancer, director, narrator, performer.
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Téten, Carol, producer.
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Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973, choreographer (expression)
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Hoyer, Dore, 1911-1967, choreographer (expression)
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Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992, choreographer (expression)
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Nikolais, Alwin, choreographer (expression)
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Louis, Murray, choreographer (expression)
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Provencher, Ernie, composer (expression)
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Hasting, Hanns, composer (expression)
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Wiatowitsch, Dimitri, composer (expression)
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Choreography for (work): Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
Kindertotenlieder.
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Choreography for (work): Nikolais, Alwin.
Tribe
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Choreography for (work): Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963.
Danzas afro-cubanas. Comparsa.
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