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1 online resource (84 min.) |
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Filmakers library online |
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For more than 40 years, choreographer and dancer Rudy Perez has invigorated the American dance scene. In the 1960s he was hailed as a postmodern pioneer at the groundbreaking Judson Dance Theater in New York. He garnered critical acclaim for his solos and for the choreography he created for his own dance ensembles, which often included unusual humorous elements. This film follows the fascinating rehearsal of one of Perez's signature dances, Countdown with the talented dancer Victor Quijada in Los Angeles. Throughout the rehearsal process, Rudy's life and career are revealed through evocative home movies, archival videos of his body of work, and rare footage of New York in the 50s and 60s. After enduring an impoverished childhood, Perez left his Puerto Rican family at 17 and began his dance training with the legendary New Dance Group, studying with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Mary Anthony, among others. Included are interviews with dance critics, dancers, and collaborators who discuss Perez's impact on the East and West Coast dance scenes |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 26, 2013) |
Credits |
Original music by Marcos Loya. Music for Countdown by Joseph Canteloube (Songs of the Auvergne.) ; director of photography: Virgil Harper |
Performer |
Danced by Victor Quijada |
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Interviewees include Rudy Perez, Steven Bennet, Sasha Anawalt, Lewis Segal, Lula Washington, Victor Quijada, Barbara Roan, Ian Cousineau, Tamsin Carlson, Stefan Fabry, Victoria Looseleaf |
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This edition in English |
Subject |
Perez, Rudy
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SUBJECT |
Perez, Rudy fast |
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Rudy Perez Dance Theater.
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Rudy Perez Dance Theater fast |
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Countdown (Choreographic work : Perez) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97830587
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Countdown (Choreographic work : Perez) fast |
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Choreographers.
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Hispanic Americans in art.
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Modern dance -- California -- Los Angeles
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Modern dance -- New York (State) -- New York
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choreographers.
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Choreographers
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Hispanic Americans in art
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Modern dance
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California -- Los Angeles
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New York (State) -- New York
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Genre/Form |
interviews.
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documentary film.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Anawalt, Sasha, 1956- interviewee (expression)
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Carlson, Tamsin, interviewee (expression)
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Cousineau, Ian, interviewee (expression)
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Looseleaf, Victoria, interviewee (expression)
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Loya, Marcos, composer (expression)
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Perez, Rudy, choreographer (expression), interviewee (expression)
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Perez, Severo, director, editor of moving image work, producer, screenwriter.
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Perez-Bitan, Rachel, director.
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Quijada, Victor, dancer, interviewee (expression)
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Roan, Barbara, interviewee (expression)
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Segal, Lewis, interviewee (expression)
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Washington, Lula, interviewee (expression)
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Container of (work): Canteloube, Joseph, 1879-1957.
Chants d'Auvergne.
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Filmakers Library, inc., production company.
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Rudy Perez Dance Theater, performer.
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