Trailblazers of modern dance

Series: Dance in America Series

Duration: 1:00:00

Genre: Dance | Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | WNET/13: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Reviews the history of modern dance in America from its beginnings in the early 1900s to the appearance of Martha Graham in the early 1930s through rare film footage and dance re-creations. Contains ballerina Lynn Seymour dancing Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton; Annabelle Gamson performing Duncan's Scriabin Etudes; and performances reconstructing Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey's Soaring and Ted Shawn's Polonaise. Includes film footage of Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Ruth St. Denis, Mary Louise (Loie) Fuller, Anna Pavlova, Vernon and Irene Castle, Helen Tamaris, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham., Reviews the history of modern dance in America from its beginnings in the early 1900s to the appearance of Martha Graham in the early 1930s through rare film footage and dance re-creations. Contains ballerina Lynn Seymour dancing Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton; Annabelle Gamson performing Duncan's Scriabin Etudes; and performances reconstructing Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey's Soaring and Ted Shawn's Polonaise. Includes film footage of Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Ruth St. Denis, Mary Louise (Loie) Fuller, Anna Pavlova, Vernon and Irene Castle, Helen Tamaris, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham.

Complete Record: , Reviews the history of modern dance in America from its beginnings in the early 1900s to the appearance of Martha Graham in the early 1930s through rare film footage and dance re-creations. Contains ballerina Lynn Seymour dancing Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton; Annabelle Gamson performing Duncan's Scriabin Etudes; and performances reconstructing Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey's Soaring and Ted Shawn's Polonaise. Includes film footage of Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Ruth St. Denis, Mary Louise (Loie) Fuller, Anna Pavlova, Vernon and Irene Castle, Helen Tamaris, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham., Reviews the history of modern dance in America from its beginnings in the early 1900s to the appearance of Martha Graham in the early 1930s through rare film footage and dance re-creations. Contains ballerina Lynn Seymour dancing Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton; Annabelle Gamson performing Duncan's Scriabin Etudes; and performances reconstructing Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey's Soaring and Ted Shawn's Polonaise. Includes film footage of Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Ruth St. Denis, Mary Louise (Loie) Fuller, Anna Pavlova, Vernon and Irene Castle, Helen Tamaris, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.