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Dances by James Waring

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
Dances by James Waring
Names
Browne, Rachel (Dancer)
Armour, Toby (Dancer)
Vaughan, David, 1938- (Speaker)
MacLane, Gretchen (Dancer)
Walton, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Johnson, Raymond, 1928- (Dancer)
Waring, James (Choreographer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
New England Dinosaur (Company) (Dancer)
5 by 2 Dance Company (Dancer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Presenter)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978-04
Table of Contents
Disc 1 (approx. 55 min.): The story of a snowflake / music: John Herbert McDowell ; danced by Toby Armour -- Rune to a green star / music: Claude Debussy ; danced by Rachel Browne -- Terpsichore explained (lecture by James Waring) / read by David Vaughan ; dance examples by Toby Armour, Jean Churchill, Alan Good, Gretchen Maclane, and Robert Seder -- A new life / music: Christian Wolff ; danced by Elizabeth Walton -- Moonlight sonata / music: Beethoven ; danced by Toby Armour -- Disc 2 (approx. 45 min.): An eccentric beauty revisited / music: Erik Satie ; dancer: Gretchen Maclane ; handyman: David Vaughan ; epilogue: Al Carmines and David Vaughan -- Novelty sweets / music: Scott Joplin ; danced by New England Dinosaur -- Feathers / music: Mozart ; danced by Raymond Johnson -- Disc 3 (approx. 60 min.): Arena / music: Stravinsky ; danced by New England Dinosaur -- Gallopade / music: Joseph Lanner ; danced by 5 by 2 Dance Company -- A new kind of love / sound: Ezera Sims ; danced by New England Dinosaur.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7849
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 7-777
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Story of a snowflake (Choreographic work : Waring)
Rune for the green star (Choreographic work : Waring)
New life (Choreographic work : Waring)
Eccentric beauty revisited (Choreographic work : Waring)
Moonlight sonata (Choreographic work : Waring)
Novelty sweets (Choreographic work : Waring)
Feathers (Choreographic work : Waring)
Arena (Choreographic work : Waring)
Gallopade (Waring) (Choreographic work)
New kind of love (Choreographic work : Waring)
Terpsichore explained (Choreographic work : Waring)
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Presented by the Judson Dance Theater and James Waring Foundation in association with the Dance Theater Workshop. With the exception of Rune to a green star, which was recorded in rehearsal, all works videotaped in performance by Dennis Diamond at the James Waring Festival at Judson Memorial Church, New York, on April 18-28, 1978.
Content: The content notes were taken from the original open reels. The streaming video files are not in the same order as the original.
Physical Description
Videotape reel
Extent: 5 videotape reels (160 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12158529
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 61639470-e35c-0130-0f93-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1978: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dances by James Waring" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63afcd70-e35c-0130-457b-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dances by James Waring" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63afcd70-e35c-0130-457b-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Dances by James Waring Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63afcd70-e35c-0130-457b-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Dances by James Waring