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Title
The early years: Gala performance (excerpts)
Additional title: Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Additional title: Garland plastique (Choreographic work : St. Denis)
Additional title: Japanese spear dance (Choreographic work : Shawn)
Additional title: Mother (Choreographic work : Gamson after Duncan)
Additional title: Etude (Choreographic work : Gamson after Duncan)
Additional title: Blue Danube (Choreographic work : Duncan, Isadora)
Additional title: Two ecstatic themes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Names
Baker, Robin Rice (Dancer)
Gamson, Annabelle (Dancer)
Maxwell, Carla (Dancer)
Ross, Patty Kerr (Speaker)
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Choreographer)
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 (Choreographer)
Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 (Choreographer)
Pinska, Klarna (Choreographer)
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Choreographer)
Emshwiller, Ed (Videographer)
Labeille, Daniel (Producer)
Marion Rice's Denishawn Dancers (Performer)
Joyce Trisler Danscompany (Performer)
Early years, (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.) (Host)
State University of New York College at Purchase (Sponsor)
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Early Years Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1981-04-11
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3528
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-950 cassette 17 (former)
Topics
Denishawn dances, Revivals of
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: For a printed program of the festival, see *MGZB The early years (1981 : Purchase, N.Y.) [Programs].
Content: Video documentation of the festival The early years: American modern dance from 1900 through the 1930s, hosted by SUNY College at Purchase, New York, on April 9-12, 1981, under the sponsorship of State University of New York, University-Wide Programs in the Arts. Festival director: Patricia Kerr Ross. Video producer: Daniel Labeille.
Content: Videotaped in performance on April 11, 1981 by Ed Emshwiller. Introduction by Patricia Kerr Ross. Soaring. Chor.: Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey. Music: Robert Schumann. Perf. by Marion Rice's Denishawn Dancers: Robin Rice Baker, Anne Marie Bell, Wendy Laakso, Lorna Laakso [only four names given in oral announcement]. -- Garland plastique. Chor.: St. Denis. Music: Franz Schubert. Perf. by Marion Rice's Denishawn Dancers. -- Three coolie boys. Chor.: Ted Shawn. Perf. by Marion Rice's Denishawn Dancers. -- Dance in space. Chor.: Klarna Pinska after Humphrey. Music: Cécile Chaminade. Perf. by a member of the Joyce Trisler Danscompany. -- Spear dance japonesque. Chor.: Shawn. Music: Louis Horst. Perf. by a member of the Joyce Trisler Danscompany. -- Soaring. Perf. by members of the Joyce Trisler Danscompany. Brief gap in recording. -- Mother [and] Étude. Chor.: Isadora Duncan. Music: Alexander Scriabin. Perf. by Annabelle Gamson. -- The blue Danube. Chor.: Duncan. Music: Johann Strauss, Jr. Perf. by Gamson. -- Two ecstatic themes. Chor.: Humphrey. Music: Nikolai Medtner and [Gian Francesco?] Malipiero. Perf. by Carla Maxwell. Opening cut off. For other versions of this performance, see: *MGZIDF 3527 (formerly *MGZIC 9-950 cassette 16) and *MGZIDF 3529 (formerly *MGZIC 9-950 cassette 18).
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (45 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12170814
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 129d09b0-3148-0132-7554-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 2025: Found by you!
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The early years: Gala performance (excerpts)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/139c2bd0-3148-0132-3fc9-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The early years: Gala performance (excerpts)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/139c2bd0-3148-0132-3fc9-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). The early years: Gala performance (excerpts) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/139c2bd0-3148-0132-3fc9-3c075448cc4b

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The early years: Gala performance (excerpts)