{"id":"https://api-collections.nypl.org/manifests/a9867470-90be-0135-df7d-7d2d3ab54cb6","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Trailblazers of modern dance"]},"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Additional Titles"]},"value":{"en":["Uniform: Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (Choreographic work : Ashton)","Uniform: Japanese spear dance (Choreographic work : Shawn)","Uniform: Soaring (Choreographic work : Humphrey)","Uniform: Mother (Choreographic work : Gamson after Duncan)","Uniform: Polonaise (Choreographic work : Shawn)","Uniform: Lamentation (Choreographic work : Graham)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Collection"]},"value":{"en":["Emile Ardolino Video Archive"]}},{"label":{"en":["Names"]},"value":{"en":["Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 (Choreographer)","Duncan, Anna, 1894-1980 (Dancer)","Duncan, Irma (Dancer)","St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Dancer)","Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Dancer)","Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928 (Dancer)","Graham, Martha (Choreographer)","Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966 (Dancer)","Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 (Dancer)","Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1904-1988 (Choreographer)","Seymour, Lynn, 1939- (Dancer)","De Raita, Clif (Dancer)","Colahan, Nancy (Dancer)","Gamson, Annabelle (Choreographer)","Brockway, Merrill (Producer)","Kinberg, Judy (Producer)","Ardolino, Emile (Director)","Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- (Author)","WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Producer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Identifiers"]},"value":{"en":["RLIN/OCLC: NYPY916066360-F","NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12171122","Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a9867470-90be-0135-df7d-7d2d3ab54cb6"]}},{"label":{"en":["Dates / Origin"]},"value":{"en":["Date Created: 1977","Place: New York, N.Y. ","Publisher: WNET"]}},{"label":{"en":["Notes"]},"value":{"en":["Creation/Production Credits: WNET ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Merrill Brockway and Judy Kinberg.","Content: Non-broadcast version. Produced for WNET/New York's Great Performances: Dance in America series.","Content: For the broadcast version of this program, with a slightly different ending (a montage of b&w photographs of Isadora Duncan), see: *MGZIC 9-40.","Creation/Production Credits: Written by Elizabeth Kendall.","Performers: Voice of Isadora Duncan: Rosemary Harris.","Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission."]}},{"label":{"en":["Physical Description"]},"value":{"en":["Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (59 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in."]}},{"label":{"en":["Library Locations"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division","Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8597","Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2581 (former)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subjects"]},"value":{"en":["Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927","Dance -- History -- 20th century","Modern dance","Dancers -- United States -- 20th century"]}},{"label":{"en":["Title"]},"value":{"en":["Trailblazers of modern dance"]}},{"label":{"en":["Division"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division"]}},{"label":{"en":["Place"]},"value":{"en":["New York, N.Y. "]}},{"label":{"en":["Genres"]},"value":{"en":["Filmed Dance","Motion Pictures","Documentary Films","Filmed Performances"]}},{"label":{"en":["Resource Type"]},"value":{"en":["Moving Image"]}},{"label":{"en":["Abstract"]},"value":{"en":["Central to the theme is Isadora Duncan's quest of a new dance vocabulary to better express the emotions of humanity. The program includes various historic film excerpts of dance luminaries performing their works. Among these are: Princess Rajah, Loïe Fuller, Annabella, Isadora Duncan at a London garden party, Anna Duncan, Irma Duncan dancers, Anna Pavlova, Irene and Vernon Castle, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Helen Tamiris. Frederick Ashton speaks about his impressions of Isadora Duncan. Lynn Seymour performs Ashton's Five Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan. Clif de Raita performs Ted Shawn's Japanese spear dance. Doris Humphrey's Soaring is performed by Nancy Colahan with Elaine Anderson, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Anne Marie Hackett, and Laurie Kaplan. Annabelle Gamson performs Isadora Duncan's Etude and Mother. Ted Shawn's Polonaise is performed by Tim Wengerd, Clif de Raita, Donlin Foreman, Daniel Ezralow, David Anderson, and Michael Deane. Also included is an early film of Martha Graham performing her work Lamentation."]}},{"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":["Emile Ardolino Video Archive||fa2e6680-1f9d-0134-ed43-00505686a51c"]},"services":[],"items":[]}