| Description |
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (14 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Summary |
Documentary on the German choreographer and dancer Mary Wigman featuring interviews and dance excerpts. Topics include her upbringing and childhood, her first tour of the United States, and the only authorized Wigman school in America, in New York |
| Notes |
Accompanying booklet includes a short introduction and biography of Mary Wigman by Hedwig Müller in English, French, and German |
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Dance excerpts: Pastorale (choreographer and performer, Mary Wigman, 1929), Wandlung (homage to Mary Wigman choreographed by Suzanne Linke), [Mary Wigman dance class], [Allison Beth Hankins dance clip], Hexentanz (choreographed and performed by Mary Wigman, 1926), Dido & Aeneas (choreographer, Sasha Waltz, Staatsoper Berlin), Abschied und Dank (choreographer and performer, Mary Wigman, 1942) |
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Bonus (40 min.): Trailers; Mary Wigman's diary; Motion studies from the 1930s; Interview with Helmut Gottschild; Interview with Sasha Waltz |
| Credits |
Camera and editing, Norbert Busé |
| Performer |
Interviewees: Sasha Waltz (choreographer), Charles Perrier (New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, [Dance Division]), Susanne Linke (choreographer/Wigman school), Hedwig Müller (Wigman biographer), Claudia Gitelman (Tanzwissenschaftlerin, New York), Allison Beth Hankins (dancer, New Mexico) |
| Notes |
DVD-9, NTSC, region 0; PCM stereo |
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In English, German, and French, with optional subtitles in English |
| Subject |
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973.
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Dancers -- Germany -- Biography.
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Modern dance.
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| Genre/Form |
Dance films.
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Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Biographical films.
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Biography.
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Dance films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Author |
Busé, Norbert, film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor
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Debler, Christof, film director, screenwriter
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Schwalbe, Christian, film producer
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Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973, choreographer, dancer
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Waltz, Sasha, interviewee
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Perrier, Charles, interviewee
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Linke, Susanne, 1944- interviewee
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Müller, Hedwig, 1953- interviewee
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Gitelman, Claudia, interviewee
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Hankins, Allison Beth, interviewee, dancer, choreographer
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Gottschild, Hellmut, interviewee
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Filmhouse (Firm), production company
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NB Media, production company
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Studio.TV.Film (Firm), production company
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Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, production company
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Association relative à la télévision européenne, production company
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Arthaus Musik (Firm), film distributor
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