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Dance Videos

This is a selected list of dance videos in the Thomas Gorton Music and Dance Library.   For Western concert dance, videos are listed under the name of the choreographer, dancer, or company that is most descriptive of the nature of the performances and/or documentary information presented in the video. For folk or ethnic dance, videos are listed under dance genre, e.g. flamenco.

[AILEY, ALVIN]
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Dir. Thomas Grimm. 140 minutes. 1986. Includes performances of Divining (Judith Jamison, choreographer), Revelations (Ailey), The Stack-Up (Talley Beatty), and Cry (Ailey). video GV 1786 .A42 A48

[BALANCHINE, GEORGE]
Chaconne and Prodigal Son. 57 minutes. 1978 performances featuring Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Shaun O’Brien, and Karin von Aroldingen and other members of the New York City Ballet. (Music: Gluck; Prokofiev). video GV 1790 .C43 C48.

Davidsbundlertanze. Dir. Merrill Brockway. 1995. 43 minutes. A 1981 performance by the New York City Ballet, featuring Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Jacques D’Amboise, Ib Anderson. (Music: Robert Schumann). video GV 1790 .D38 1995.

Jewels [Emeralds and Diamonds only]; Stravinsky Violin Concerto. 1996. 56 minutes. Featuring dancers of the New York City Ballet in an undated performance. (Music: Faure, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky). video GV 1790 .J49 S4.

Tzigane; and Andante from Divertimento No 15; and The Four Temperaments. 1977 performance. 54 minutes. (Music: Ravel; Mozart; Hindemith). Features Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins, Merrill Ashley, Maria Calegari, Bart Cook, Adam Luders, Daniell Duell, and other members of the New York City Ballet. video GV 1790 .T95 T9 1995.

[BALLET RUSSE de MONTE CARLO]
Paris Dances Diaghilev. Dir. Colin Nears. 1992. 84 minutes. Includes Petrouchka (Fokine; Stravinsky), La Spectre de la Rose (Fokine; Von Weber), L’Apres-midi d’un Faune (Nijinsky, Debussy), and Noces (Nijinska, Stravinsky). video GV 1790 .A1 P37

See also Massine, Leonid.

[BARYSHNIKOV, MIKHAIL]
Baryshnikov at Wolf Trap. 199? . 50 minutes. video GV 1790 .A1 B365.

Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra and More With the American Ballet Theatre. 1990. 60 minutes. Choreographer: Twyla Tharp. The Little Ballet (music: Glazunov); Sinatra Suite; Push Comes to Shove (music: Joseph Lamb and Haydn). video GV 1790.5 .A1 B37

See also [BALANCHINE, GEORGE - Prodigal Son]

[BOURNONVILLE, ANTOINE AUGUSTE]
Bournonville Ballet Technique: Fifty Enchainements. Dir. Vivi Flindt. 38 minutes. 1992. video GV 1788 .B635.

[CUNNINGHAM, MERCE]
Cage/Cunningham. Dir. Elliot Caplan. 1991. 95 minutes. video GV 1785 .C85 C34.

Points in Space. Dir. Cunningham and Elliot Caplan. 1986. 55 minutes. video GV 1788 .P65 1986

[DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM]
Dance Theatre of Harlem. Dir. Thomas Grimm. 1989. 116 minutes. Includes Fall River Legend (Graham), Troy Game (R. North), The Beloved (Lester Horton), and John Henry (Arthur Mitchell). video GV 1790 .A1 D36 1989.

[DENISHAWN]
Denishawn. The Contribution of American Dance Pioneers Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. 40 minutes. 1988. video GV 1786 .D43 D46.

[DUNCAN, ISADORA]
Isadora Duncan Dance: Technique and Repertory. Dir. Andrea Mantell-Seidell and Julia Levien. 1995. 58 minutes. video GV 1783 .I83 1995.

[FAGAN, GARTH]
Garth Fagan’s Griot New York. 1995. video GV 1790 .G75 G3 1995.

[FLAMENCO]
Bases de Baile Flamenco de la Luz. Dir. Pilar Perez de Guzman. 45 minutes. 1987. video GV 1796 .F55 B37.

Danza Flamenca de Hoy = Flamenco Dance Today. Dir. Pilar Perez de Guzman. 60 minutes. 1991. video GV 1796 .F55 D36

Una Nocha de Luz. Dir. Pilar Perez de Guzman. 40 minutes. 1986. video GV 1796 .F55 N63

[FOKINE, MICHEL] See [Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo]

[FOLK or SOCIAL DANCE]
Ten Toe Percussion: Tap, Clog, and Step Dancing Live from Alte Oper in Frankfurt. Dir. Ira . Bernstein. 60 minutes. 1994. video GV 1793 .B474 1994.

[FONTEYN, MARGOT]
Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership. Dir. Peter Battty. 1985. 89 minutes. video GV 1790 .A1 F66.

Margot Fonteyn. Dir. Patricia Roy. 1989. 93 minutes. video GV 1785 .F63 M37.

[GISELLE]
Giselle. Dir. Hugo Niebling and David Blair. 1987. 91 minutes. A 1969 performance featuring Carla Fracci, Erik Bruhn, Bruce Marks, and Toni Lander. (Music: Adolphe Adam). video GV 1790 .G5 G57.

[GRAHAM, MARTHA]
Five Dances by Martha Graham. Dir. Peter Mumford. 1995. 85 minutes. Includes El Penitente (1940), Steps in the Street (1936), Diversion of Angels (1948), Herodiade, and Maple Leaf Rag (1948). video GV 1783 .F58 1995.

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed. Dir. Catharine Tatge. 1994. 60 minutes. video GV 1785 .G7 M265

Martha Graham in Performance. Originally filmed 1957-60. 93 minutes. Includes Night Journey (music: Wm. Schuman) and Appalachian Spring (music: Aaron Copland). video GV 1783 .M32 1980z

See also Dance Theatre of Harlem

[HAWKINS, ERICK]
Erick Hawkins’ America. 1992. 58 minutes. Includes Plains Daybreak (music: Hovhanness), Classic Kite Tails (music: D. Diamond), and Hurrah! (music: V. Thomson). video GV 1785 .H34 E7.

[HOLM, HANYA]
Hanya: Portrait of a Dance Pioneer. Dir. John Ittleson. 1985. 60 minutes. video GV 1785 .H6 H3.

[HUMPHREY, DORIS]
Doris Humphrey Technique: The Creative Potential. Dir. Ernestine Stodelle. 1992. 47 minutes. video GV 1782.5 .D67.

Two Masterpieces of Modern Choreography: Doris Humphrey. My Red Fires (1936) and New Dance (1935). (Music: Wallingford Riegger). 1972 performances. 65 minutes. video GV 1790 .W58 T96 1989.

[JONES, BILL T.]
Bill T. Jones: Dancing to the Promised Land. 1994. 60 minutes. Includes Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised Land. video GV 1783.2 .L37 B5

[LOUIS, MURRAY]
Murray Louis in Concert. 1989. video GV 1785 .L68 M8

[MASSINE, LEONID]
Gaite Parisienne. Dir. Victor Jessen. 1954. 38 minutes. (Music: Offenbach). The 1954 motion picture features the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo including Danilova, F. Franklin, and L. Danielien. video GV 1790 .A1 G35

[MORRIS, MARK]
Hard Nut. 1992. (Music: Tchaikovsky). 87 minutes. video GV 1790 .N8 H37

[NAJINSKA, BRONISLAVA] See [Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo]

[NAJINSKY, VASLAV] See [Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo]

[NUREYEV, RUDOLF]
Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership. Dir. Peter Batty. 1985. 89 minutes. video GV 1790 .A1 F66.

Nureyev. Dir. Patricia Foy. 1991. 90 minutes. video GV 1785 .N8 R83.

[PILOBOLUS DANCE THEATRE]
Pilobolus Dance Theatre. Dir. Merrill Brockway. 58 minutes.1977 performances. Includes Monkshood’s Farewell, Movement from Ocellus, Movement from Ciona, and Untitled. video GV 1786 .P54 P55 1998.

[RUMBA]
Curso de Rumba de la Luz. Dir. Pilar Perez de Guzman. 1989. 45 minutes. video GV 1796 .R8 C87.

[SAVILLANAS]
Curso de Sevillanas. Dir. Pilar Perez de Guzman. 1990. 30 minutes. video GV 1796 .S48 C87.

[SHAWN, TED]
The Men Who Danced: Ted Shawn, 1891-1972. Dir. Ron Hansa. 1986. 30 minutes. Includes 7 short dances. video GV 1783 .M38

See also DENISHAWN

[SOKOLOW, ANNA]
Anna Sokolow Choreographer. 1991. 20 minutes. Includes: Rooms, excerpt from Bullfight, and excerpt from Odes. (Music: Susana Nash). video GV 1785 .S59 A5

[ST. DENIS, RUTH]  See DENISHAWN

[SWING]
Swingin’ at the Savoy: Franke Manning’s Story. 1995. 25 minutes. video GV 1785 .M27 S9.

[TANGO]
Tango. Oscar Araiz. 57 minutes. video GV 1796 .T3 T35 1982.

[TAYLOR, PAUL]
Speaking in Tongues. 1991. (Music: Matthew Patton). 54 minutes. video GV 1790 .S68 P3

[THARP, TWYLA] See BARYSHNIKOV

[TUDOR, ANTHONY]
Anthony Tudor. Dir. Viola Aberle and Gerd Anderson. 1992. 60 minutes. video GV 1785 .T83 A7.

[WEIDMAN, CHARLES]
Charles Weidman On His Own. Dir. Virginia Brooks and Janet Mendelsohn. 1990. 60 minutes. video GV 1785 .W42 C48.

[WIGMAN, MARY]
When the Fire Dances Between Two Poles. Dir. Allegra Fuller Snyder. 1991. 41 minutes. video GV 1785 .W5 M37

[ZANE, ARNIE] See [JONES, BILL T.]

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