The language of dance

Series: Time to Dance Series

Duration: 0:29:00

Genre: Dance | Educational

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: In this program, Miss Myers and Jose Limon explain the language of the dance – the language of movement. They introduce the basic elements of the dancer’s material – human emotion – and show how it can be transformed into a dance movement for one person, a group of dancers, and an entire company. This program features the television premiere of Jose Limon’s ballet “There is a Time,” for which Norman Dello Joio composed his Meditations on Ecclesiastes., Explains how movement is the language of the dance. Introduces the basic element of emotion and shows how it can be transformed into a dance movement for one person, a group of dancers, and an entire company. Features the television premiere of Jose Limon's ballet There Is a Time for which Norman Dello Joio composed his Meditations on Ecclesiastes.

Complete Record: , Explains how movement is the language of the dance. Introduces the basic element of emotion and shows how it can be transformed into a dance movement for one person, a group of dancers, and an entire company. Features the television premiere of Jose Limon's ballet There Is a Time for which Norman Dello Joio composed his Meditations on Ecclesiastes.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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