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This video presents excerpts from Greenhouse, an inter-generational dance/theater work featuring an inter-racial cast ranging in age from 10-80, choreographed and directed by Dennis that explores the evolution of man's destruction of his natural environment. Recorded in 1996 at Performance Space 122 in New York City. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with the artist.
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This video presents excerpt from Dennis' solo dance/video work Mr. Remote." ... the work has the dynamic energy of dance itself, a rare thing in videodance. And Mr. Dennis plays with real, imagined and video time with quietly dazzlingly wit and comfortable humanity. Mr. Remote looks beautiful and is a great deal of fun."--The New York Times 12/8/98. Dancing with a digital video camera and projecting a large image of himself on the wall behind him...
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This video presents excerpts from Late Night Sugar Flight by choreographer Ben Munisteri and his company of 6 dancers. Includes a humorous monologue by the choreographer that introduces a section of deliciously sensuous dancing accompanied by the improvised sounds of DJ Michael Hornburg and the improvised lighting designs by Kathy Kaufman. Recorded in 1998 at Performance Space 122 in New York City. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with the...
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This book begins in June 1928 with B.H. Haggin in Paris at a Stravinsky gala of the Diaghilev company. It was Mr. Haggin's first article on ballet in "The Nation" in 1940 that btought him an invitation from Lincoln Kirstein to observe a Balanchine class and lunch with him. Mr. Haggin has since then continued to look, to see, and to write what he sees; and in this book his powers of perception and precise prose combine in a fascinating account of what...
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"The New York Times called him "the Shakespeare of dancing." He appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Arguably the greatest choreographer who ever lived, George Balanchine was one of the cultural titans of the twentieth century. His radical approach to choreography reinvented the art of dance and his richly imaginative ballets made him a legend. Yet, Balanchine's life was as dramatic as his art, coinciding with some of the biggest historical events...
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This is a comprehensive reference work to 970 choreographers and dance directors who worked in nearly 3,500 films. For each, there is a vital biography, a description of their choreographic style, a listing of their stage, television, music video, nightclub and concert credits, and a listing of the movies they choreographed. A decade-by-decade history of dance on film and a filmography of choreographically important works in each decade are included....
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A boy discovers his passion for dance and becomes a modern hero in this inspiring picture book biography of Robert Battle, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. When Robert Battle was a boy wearing leg braces, he never dreamed he'd study at Juilliard. Though most dancers begin training at an early age, it wasn't until Robert was a teenager that his appreciation for movement - first from martial arts, then for ballet - became...
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