Martha Graham : dance on film.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2007.
Description2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (16 pages : black and white illustrations ; 19 cm)
Supplemental ContentKlappentext
Subjects

Other author/creatorGraham, Martha choreographer.
Other author/creatorGlushanok, Peter, director.
Other author/creatorKroll, Nathan producer.
Other author/creatorNoguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988 designer.
Other author/creatorLeatherman, LeRoy.
Other author/creatorRothschild, Bethsabée de, Baroness production personnel.
Other author/creatorHammid, Alexander, director.
Other author/creatorTatge, Catherine, director.
Other author/creatorLasseur, Dominique, producer.
Other author/creatorBloom, Claire, 1931- narrator.
Other author/creatorSchiller, Johanna, producer.
Other author/creatorBastien, Joseph, cinematographer.
Other author/creatorCole, Miriam dancer.
Other author/creatorHodes, Stuart dancer.
Other author/creatorHinkson, Mary dancer.
Other author/creatorHodes, Linda Margolies, 1933-2025 dancer.
Other author/creatorWinter, Ethel dancer.
Other author/creatorYuriko, 1920-2022 dancer.
Other author/creatorCopland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Appalachian spring.
Other author/creatorSchuman, William, 1910-1992. Night journey (Instrumental work)
Other author/creatorSept/Vidéo (Firm)
Other author/creatorJanus Films.
Other author/creatorWQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Other author/creatorNational Educational Television and Radio Center.
Other author/creatorChatham College.
Other author/creatorTatge/Lasseur Productions.
Other author/creatorWNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Other author/creatorCaméras continentales.
Other author/creatorArte (Firm)
Other author/creatorBritish Broadcasting Corporation.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Portion of title Dance on film
SeriesThe Criterion collection ; 406
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 406. ^A506835
Contents Disc one: A dancer's world / Janus Films ; WQED, the Metropolitan Pittsburgh educational television station presents ; Martha Graham and her dance company ; dances conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; commentary by Martha Graham and LeRoy Leatherman ; produced by Nathan Kroll (1957) (31 min.) -- Appalachian spring / Janus Films ; conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; music as originally scored by Aaron Copland ; setting by Isamu Noguchi ; directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; produced by Nathan Kroll ; presented by WQED Pittsburgh in cooperation with National Educational Television and Chatham College (1958) (32 min.) -- Version comparison (14 min.) -- Aaron Copland: Arts America (6 min.) -- Night journey / Janus Films ; Bethsabee de Rothschild presents ; conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; music by William Schuman ; settings, Isamu Noguchi ; produced by Nathan Kroll ; directed by Alexander Hammid (1961) (29 min.). Special features: Ron Simon on Nathan Kroll [featurette] (12 min.); The editors [featurette] (14 min.); Kroll: in his own words [featurette] (7 min.).
Contents Disc two: Martha Graham: the dancer revealed / produced by Dominique Lasseur ; directed by Catherine Tatge ; narrated by Claire Bloom ; Tatge/Lasseur Productions ; a co-production of WNET/New York, Cameras Continentales, La Sept/Arte, BBC (1994) (55 min.) -- The dancers / producer, Johanna Schiller ; The Criterion Collection (2007) (31 min.) -- The Martha Graham technique (1975) (15 min.) -- The Company on tour, 1954 / filmed by Joseph Bastien (1954) (11 min.).
Abstract A dancer's world: Martha Graham discusses the dancer as a creative artist, as members of her dance company illustrate her theories in a dance choreographed by Miss Graham. Woven into the movements of the dance are all the basic techniques required by the modern dancer.
Abstract Appalachian spring: a ballet depicting the wedding day of a pioneer couple.
Abstract Night journey: Martha Graham's interpretation of the Oedipus legend, depicting the moment of Jocasta's death.
General noteBooklet includes essay "Martha Graham on Film" by Joan Acocella.
CreditsA dancer's world: edited by Eleanor Hamerow ; music composed and played by Cameron McCosh. Appalachian spring: edited by Eleanor Hamerow ; orchestra conducted by Eugene Lester. Night journey: director of photography, Stanley Meredith ; editor, Miriam Arsham ; orchestra conducted by Robert Irving. Martha Graham: the dancer revealed: edited by Tom Hancke ; director of photography, Joel Shapiro ; music director/composer, Jesse Carr. The dancers: editors, Anne Alvergue, Chris Ramey.
Performer A dancer's world: Martha Graham, Yuriko, Helen McGehee, Gene McDonald, Ellen Siegel, David Wood, Miriam Cole, Lillian Biersteker, Robert Cohan, Ethel Winter, Bertram Ross, Mary Hinkson.
Performer Appalachian spring: Martha Graham, Stuart Hodes, Bertram Ross, Matt Turney, Yuriko, Helen McGehee, Ethel Winter, Miriam Cole.
Performer Night journey: Martha Graham, Bertram Ross, Paul Taylor, Helen McGehee, Ethel Winter, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Akiko Kanda, Carol Payne, Bette Shaler.
Performer The dancers: Mimi Cole, Stuart Hodes, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Ether Winter, Yuriko Kikuchi.
Performer The Martha Graham technique: Peter Sparling, Shelley Washington, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Peggy Lyman, Diane Gray, Takako Asakawa, Phyllis Gutelius, Susan McGuire, Elisa Monte, Tim Wengard, David Hatch Walker, Lucinda Mitchell, Eric Newton, Diana Hart, Daniel Maloney.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageIn English with optional subtitles in English.
Genre/formShort films.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other title Appalachian spring (Choreographic work : Graham)
Other title Night journey (Choreographic work : Graham)
Other titleDancer's world.
Other titleAppalachian spring.
Other titleNight journey.
Other titleMartha Graham, the dancer revealed.
Other titleDancers.
Other titleMartha Graham technique.
Other titleCompany on tour, 1954.
ISBN1934121843
ISBN9781934121849
UPC 715515025829
Publisher numberCC1714D The Criterion Collection
Stock numberMidwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com