Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 89 min.)) : sound, color |
Summary |
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of dance and the evolution of their own work. Filmed at rehearsals, performances, and during interviews, the film is a unique primary source. The artistic roots of these seven artists can be found in Martha Graham's concern with modern life as a subject for dance and in Merce Cunningham's emphasis on the nature of movement. In the 1960s, the interaction of art forms generated choreographic innovations. Especially influential was John Cage, whose radical ideas served as a point of departure for much of the new choreography. Each of the choreographers in Making dances draws inspiration from the Graham/Cunningham tradition, yet each makes a highly distinctive statement. Structure, movement in non-fictive time and space, and the nature of movement itself are recurring themes. Making Dances reflects the diversity of contemporary dance and documents the work and ideas of seven outstanding artists |
Notes |
Originally released in 1980 |
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Streaming video file |
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Includes rehearsal footage and dance excerpts from Trisha Brown's Accumulation with talking plus water motor, Line up, and Glacial decoy; Lucinda Childs' Dance; Douglas Dunn's Footrules; David Gordon's An audience with the Pope, and The matter; Kenneth King's Word raid, and Wor(l)d (T)raid; Meredith Monk's Education of the girlchild and her musical composition Dolmen music; and Sara Rudner's Modern dances |
Credits |
Editor, Peter Adair ; photography, Mead Hunt |
Performer |
Interviewer, Marcia B. Siegel |
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David Gordon, Lucinda Childs, Sara Rudner, Douglas Dunn, Tricia Brown, Kenneth King, Meredith Monk |
Notes |
Soundtrack in English; closed captioned |
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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Kanopy, viewed April 13, 2020) |
Subject |
Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017.
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Childs, Lucinda.
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Gordon, David, 1936-2022
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Dunn, Douglas, 1942-
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King, Kenneth, 1948-
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Monk, Meredith.
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Rudner, Sara.
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SUBJECT |
Rudner, Sara fast |
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Monk, Meredith fast |
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King, Kenneth, 1948- fast |
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Gordon, David, 1936-2022 fast |
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Dunn, Douglas, 1942- fast |
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Childs, Lucinda fast |
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Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017 fast |
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Audience with the Pope (Choreographic work : Gordon) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97830349
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Matter (Choreographic work : Gordon) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97831249
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Dance (Choreographic work : Childs) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97832909
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Modern dances (Choreographic work : Rudner) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97832706
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Foot rules (Choreographic work : Dunn) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97832819
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Accumulation with Talking plus Watermotor (Choreographic work : Brown) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97834419
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Line up (Choreographic work : Brown) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97832057
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Glacial decoy (Choreographic work : Brown) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97832701
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Word raid (Choreographic work : King) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97834810
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Wor(l)d (T)raid (Choreographic work : King) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97834809
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Education of the girlchild (Choreographic work : Monk) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97829962
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Word raid (Choreographic work : King) fast |
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Wor(l)d (T)raid (Choreographic work : King) fast |
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Modern dances (Choreographic work : Rudner) fast |
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Matter (Choreographic work : Gordon) fast |
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Line up (Choreographic work : Brown) fast |
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Glacial decoy (Choreographic work : Brown) fast |
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Foot rules (Choreographic work : Dunn) fast |
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Education of the girlchild (Choreographic work : Monk) fast |
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Dance (Choreographic work : Childs) fast |
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Audience with the Pope (Choreographic work : Gordon) fast |
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Accumulation with Talking plus Watermotor (Choreographic work : Brown) fast |
Subject |
Choreographers -- United States.
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Dancers -- United States.
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Modern dance.
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Choreography.
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Modern dance
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Dancers
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Choreography
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Choreographers
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United States
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
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Nonfiction films
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Filmed dance
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Feature films
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Filmed dance.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Danse filmée.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées visuelles.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Adair, Peter, editor of moving image work.
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Blackwood, Michael (Filmmaker), film producer, film director.
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Siegel, Marcia B., interviewer (expression)
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Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017, interviewee (expression), choreographer, dancer.
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Childs, Lucinda, interviewee (expression), choreographer, dancer.
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Gordon, David, 1936-2022, interviewee (expression), choreographer, dancer
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Dunn, Douglas, 1942- interviewee (expression), choreographer, dancer.
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King, Kenneth, 1948- interviewee (expression), choreographer, dancer.
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Monk, Meredith, interviewee (expression), choreographer, dancer.
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Rudner, Sara, interviewee (expression), choreographer, dancer.
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Michael Blackwood Productions, production company, publisher.
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Blackwood Productions, production company.
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk, production company.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, production company.
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SVT1 Drama (Firm), production company.
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