{"id":"https://api-collections.nypl.org/manifests/1a636950-6457-0132-70cc-3c075448cc4b","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Six American Dance Pioneers: A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade [Close shot]"]},"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Additional Titles"]},"value":{"en":["Alternative: Alan Powell #1 and #2","Uniform: Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)","Uniform: Estilo de tù (Choreographic work : Horton)","Uniform: Sweet Bitter Love (Choreographic work : De Lavallade)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Collection"]},"value":{"en":["Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive"]}},{"label":{"en":["Names"]},"value":{"en":["Ingram, Jermaine (Moderator)","Powell, Alan (American artist, contemporary) (Videographer)","De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- (Speaker)","Hess, Susan (Speaker)","Hess, Susan (Director)","Hess, Susan (Honoree)","Painted Bride Art Center (Honoree)","Painted Bride Art Center (Presenter)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Identifiers"]},"value":{"en":["RLIN/OCLC: 890478988","NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20294794","Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1a636950-6457-0132-70cc-3c075448cc4b"]}},{"label":{"en":["Dates / Origin"]},"value":{"en":["Date Created: 2000-10-29"]}},{"label":{"en":["Notes"]},"value":{"en":["Content: Title taken from Introduction during video; additional titles from original cassette label and Introduction during video.","Content: Poor visual quality during films; dark.","Creation/Production Credits: Presented by Susan Hess Modern Dance; videographer, Alan Powell.","Venue: Videotaped during talk at Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 2000 October 29.","Acquisition: Gift; Susan Hess; 2010."]}},{"label":{"en":["Physical Description"]},"value":{"en":["Extent: 2 videocassettes (MiniDV) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in."]}},{"label":{"en":["Library Locations"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division","Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1471"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subjects"]},"value":{"en":["De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-","Horton, Lester, 1906-1953","Ailey, Alvin","Butler, John, 1920-1993","Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream","Yale Repertory Theatre","Adelphi University","Lester Horton Dancers","Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)","Ed Sullivan show (Television program)","Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)","Estilo de tù (Choreographic work : Horton)","Carmen Jones (Motion picture)","Racism and the arts -- United States"]}},{"label":{"en":["Title"]},"value":{"en":["Six American Dance Pioneers: A Look Back, A Leap Forward: Carmen De Lavallade [Close shot]"]}},{"label":{"en":["Division"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division"]}},{"label":{"en":["Table Of Contents"]},"value":{"en":["Reel 1. Introduction and Tribute (14 min.) / by Jermaine Ingram (master of ceremonies) ; honorees, Painted Bride Art Center and Susan Hess -- Carmen De Lavallade [ends abruptly] (45 min.). |||| Reel 2. Carmen De Lavallade (conclusion) (34 min.) -- Conclusion with Sweet Bitter Love film (9 min.)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Genres"]},"value":{"en":["Filmed Dance","Interviews","Filmed Performances"]}},{"label":{"en":["Resource Type"]},"value":{"en":["Moving Image"]}},{"label":{"en":["Abstract"]},"value":{"en":["In Reel 1, Carmen De Lavallade discusses her childhood and when she started dancing at the Thomas Jefferson High School, in East Los Angeles, around 1948; story of Ronald Gaffney partnering her at a school assembly; studying and performing with Lester Horton; attending junior high and high school with Alvin Ailey; Alvin Ailey taking over Lester Horton's studio/theater after Horton's death; her experience dancing with Jack Cole in a movie; participating in the film Carmen Jones and performing in House of Flowers by Herbert Ross; shown Camera 3 film of Lester Horton Dancers in Sarong Paramaribo; performing with John Butler at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; dancing with her mentor and actress Mildred Dunnock in the John Bulter film, Touch of Loss; the film Porgy and Bess for the Gershwin Years TV program; joining and teaching at the Yale Repertory Theatre. Reel 2 continues with De Lavallade's talk about the Yale Repertory Theatre and its performance of Midsummer Night's Dream; Yale drama students she worked with included Henry Winkler, Meryl Streep, and Sigourney Weaver; working with Sarah Caldwell in a German opera at the Boston Opera; getting acting work in Seattle as mother in Blood Wedding and at the Guthrie Theater with Peter Sellar's Hang on to me; experience being part of a bus tour; choreographing at the Metropolitan Opera; being head of the Dance Dept. for three years at Adelphi University; acting in several movies including John Sayle's Lone Star and Adam Sandler's Big Daddy; brief Question & Answer session with talk of the Carmen Jones film, her feelings about Hip Hop dance; her experiences with racism on the Ed Sullivan Show and being arrested for attending a racially mixed party."]}},{"label":{"en":["Languages"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights"]},"value":{"en":["The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use."]}}],"summary":{"en":["Susan Hess Modern Dance Lecture Series Video Archive||18374c40-5d77-0137-9378-2796839c8188"]},"services":[],"items":[]}