00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page i Envisioning Dance on Film and Video 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page ii This page intentionally left blank 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page iii Envisioning Dance on Film and Video Judy Mitoma, editor Elizabeth Zimmer, text editor Dale Ann Stieber, DVD editor Nelli Heinonen, associate editor Norah Zuˇ niga Shaw, assistant editor Routledge New York and London 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page iv Published in 2002 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 www.routledge-ny.com Published in Great Britain by Routledge Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN www.routledge.co.uk Copyright © 2002 The Regents of the University of California (for the Center for Intercultural Performance) Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group All rights reserved No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher The Pew Charitable Trusts is gratefully acknowledged for their support in the preparation of Envisioning Dance on Film and Video 10 Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress ISBN 978-0-415-94170-9 (hbk) ISBN 978-0-415-94171-6 (pbk) 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page v CONTENTS Corresponding DVD excerpts are in bold type Foreword Judy Mitoma xi Words from the Text Editor Elizabeth Zimmer xv Guide to the DVD Dale Ann Stieber xvii Timeline: A Century of Dance and Media Virginia Brooks xix Introduction Judy Mitoma xxxi PA R T I S E T T I N G T H E R E C O R D Dance as Television: A Continuing Challenge Jac Venza 2 Music Video as Short Form Dance Film Larry Billman 12 The Kinesthetics of Avant-Garde Dance Film: Deren and Harris Amy Greenfield A Study in Choreography for Camera (2'12") Nine Variations on a Dance Theme (3'49") 21 v 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page vi The Master and the Movies: Barbara Horgan on George Balanchine’s Work with Television and Film Robert Greskovic 27 Merce Cunningham’s Choreography for the Camera David Vaughan Channels/Inserts (2'48") Points in Space (2'57") 34 Program Lists of Dance In America, A Time to Dance, and Arts USA Jac Venza 39 Dance Program List of Alive TV, aka Alive from Off Center Alyce Dissette 48 PA R T I I LO O K I N G B AC K From Méliès to Streaming Video: A Century of Moving Dance Images Virginia Brooks Intolerance (1'48") Air for the G String (2'35") 54 Ted Shawn’s Moving Images Norton Owen Kinetic Molpai 1935 (2'4") 61 10 Doris Humphrey’s Air for the G String Ernestine Stodelle Air for the G String (2'35") 66 11 Optic Nerve: Busby Berkeley and the American Cinema Elizabeth Zimmer 68 12 Dancin’ in the Rain: Gene Kelly’s Musical Films Beth Genné 71 13 No Maps on My Taps: An Appreciation Lynn Dally No Maps on My Taps (2'40") 78 PA R T I I I S C R E E N T E S T I N G vi Contents 14 A Dancer behind the Lens Eiko Otake Husk (3'55") 82 15 Wearing Three Hats: Process Notes from a Polymath Meredith Monk 10 Book of Days (2'53") 11 16 Millimeter Earrings (2'11") 89 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page vii 16 Forsythe and Film: Habits of Seeing Roslyn Sulcas 12 Kammer/Kammer (4'15") 96 17 Dancing and Cameras Bill T Jones 13 Ghostcatching (2'34") 103 18 Frequently Pondered Questions Paul Kaiser 13 Ghostcatching (2'34") 108 PA R T I V R E C A S T I N G T H E DA N C E 19 AIDS and the Videotape Fetish: The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS David Gere 114 20 Archiving Dance on Video: The First Generation Dennis Diamond 14 The World of Alwin Nikolais (2') 118 21 Capturing Dances from the Past 123 Bonnie Oda Homsey 15 Hexentanz by Mary Wigman (1') 16 Hexentanz as reconstructed by Bonnie Oda Homsey (2') Contents 22 Two Worlds of Balanchine: The George Balanchine Foundation Video Archives Nancy Reynolds Balanchine Interpreters: 17 Todd Bolender coaching (1'37") 18 Maria Tallchief coaching (3'52") 126 23 The Etudes Project: Using Video to Create a Canon for Contemporary Dance Educators Carolyn Adams 19 Rainbow Etude (2') 136 24 The Rainbow Etude Donald McKayle 19 Rainbow Etude (2') 139 25 Alan Lomax and Choreometrics John Bishop 141 26 Dance Division of the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center: A Day in the Life Madeleine Nichols 144 vii 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page viii PA R T V S E E D I N G T H E F I E L D 27 Dancing Matters Rhoda Grauer 20 Dancing: Episode 4: Dance at Court (6'26") 150 28 A New Place for Dancing Bob Lockyer 21 Boy (4'30") 22 Touched (3'11") 23 Hands (2'28") 24 Le P’tit Bal (3'48") 25 Enter Achilles (3'22") 156 29 Europeans Filming New Narrative Dance Kelly Hargraves 25 Enter Achilles (3'22") 163 30 Northern Exposures: Canadian Dance Film and Video Philip Szporer 26 Pas de Deux (1'30") 27 Lodela (1'30") 28 Le Dortoir (3'07") 29 Falling Down Stairs (55") 30 the village trilogy (3'07") 31 Risible Chick (1'54") 168 31 NHK: A Model for Performing Arts in the Media Leonard C Pronko 176 32 Taking Tools into My Own Hands: An Argentine Choreographer Finds Her Way to Film Silvina Szperling 32 sistersister (1') 180 33 The Musical Formula: Song and Dance in Popular Indian Cinema 185 Lakshmi Srinivas 34 Fast Forward Deirdre Towers 189 PA R T V I TA K I N G D I R E C T I O N S viii Contents 35 Watching Dance with a Remote in Your Hand Matthew Diamond 33 Dancemaker (6'27") 194 36 Editing Dancemaker: Interview with Pam Wise, Editor, A.C.E Joshua W Binder 33 Dancemaker (6'27") 199 37 Accompanying Choreography: A Director’s Journey Merrill Brockway 202 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page ix 38 Portraits in Celluloid Victoria Marks 34 Mothers and Daughters (1'49") 35 Outside In (4'22") 207 39 Making Dance Films with Victoria Marks Margaret Williams 34 Mothers and Daughters (1'49") 35 Outside In (4'22") 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Moon—Tales of Creole Women, 236–240, 237 restaging The Black Dress, 241–244 Undertow, 85 All India Radio, 224 All That Jazz, 288 Allee der Kosmonauten, 191–192 , 288 Almendros, Nestor, 222 Alonso, Alicia, 2, 128, 130 Alonso, Rodrigo, 181 Alton, Robert, 13, 57 Aluminum of Canada, Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions, 288 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Always for Pleasure, 288 American Ballet Theatre, 4, 9, 152, 224 American Ballet Theatre: A Close-Up in Time, 288 American Dance Festival, 121, 284 television workshop, 122 American Dance Legacy Institute, 137, 139, 140, 282 American Film Institute (AFI), 282 American Library Association (ALA), 279 American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 281 American Repertory Dance Company (ARDC), 123–125 Amkraut, Susan, 112 Anabelle, 54 ancestral memory, 256 Andrew M Mellon Foundation, 123 Andrews Sisters, 197 Antigone/Rites of Passion, 22, 23, 26 Appalachian Spring, 57, 206, 226 Arc Dance Company, 159 Arc Video, 82 archiving, 118–120 bibliography, 285–286 Choreometrics, 141–143, 250 and emergence of portable and low light video equipment, 119 equipment and materials, 129 Etudes Project, 136–138, 139 film crew, 129 notation of past dances, 123–125 preservation organizations, 279–282 Repertory Etudes Project, 136–138, 139 [Judy: also referred to as Etudes Project] selected dance libraries and archives (U.S and Canada), 282–285 studios, 128–129 video as medium of choice, 219 video editing, 130–132 See also New York Public Library Dance Division Ardolino, Emile, 10, 11, 32, 202, 203, 206, 227 archival work, 118–119 He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’, 59 Arena, 288 Arensberg, Conrad, 141 Argentina, 180–184 Argentina Televisora Color, 184 La Argentinita, 64 Arnbom, Arne, 34 Arpino, Gerald, Art of Touch, 288 artificial intelligence, 111 Arts Council of England, 158–159, 213 See also British Arts Council Arts USA program list, 47 Asakawa, Takako, 206 325 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Ashanti Festival, 154 Assemblage, 34 Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) 279 Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), 279 Astaire, Fred, 13, 16, 27, 57, 77n, 181 distinction of choreography from character development, 75 and Gene Kelly, 73, 75–76 influence on George Balanchine, 130 persona, 73 Atheneos, Cleo, 66 Atlas, Charles, 34–37, 38, 262 Attraverso (Through), 289 audience size, 208–209, 228, 240 Ayres, Barbara, 141 Bach, Rudolph, 125 Backstreet Boys, 19 Bad, 289 Badham, John, 25–26 Le Bal, 289 Balanchine, George, 28, 56, 196 and Barbara Horgan, 27 biographical sketch, 27–28 Le Chant du Rossignol, 129 Coppêlia, 30 and film and television, 28–33 and Fred Astaire, 130 Harlequinade, 109 and Martha Graham, 130 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 28, 28, 31, 57 The Nutcracker, 3, 29, 32 Robert Schumann’s ‘Davidbündlertänze’, 28 “The Balanchine Essays,” 126 Balanchine Interpreter Maria Tallchief coaching (DVD 18), 127, 129–130 Balanchine Interpreter Todd Bolender coaching (DVD 17), 127 The Balanchine Library, 32–33, 289 Balanchine Trust, 27, 33 Balasarawati, T (Bala), 253, 254, 255 Bali, Margarita, 182, 183 Agua, 183 Arena, 183 Dos en la cornisa, 183 Naufragio in vitro, 184 Paula en suspenso, 183 Ballet, 219 Ballet Adagio, 170, 289 Ballet Mécanique, 289 Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre Archive Collection, 282 ballet on film, 56, 57 Ballet Rambert, 64 326 Page 326 Ballet Theatre, 2, 57 See also American Ballet Theatre Ballets Russes, Banff Arts Center, 210 Baranova, Irina, 56 Barboza, Pablo, 184 Barood, 186 Barrow, Helen, 35 Bartenieff, Irmgard, 141–142 Barthes, Roland, 97 Barton, Earl, 14 Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 121, 150, 152 Basil, Toni, 16 Bausch, Pina, 163, 181 Bay Area Video Coalition, 282 Baylaucq, Philippe, 168, 169, 170–171 BBC See British Broadcasting Corporation Beach Birds, 38 Beach Birds for Camera, 59, 289 Beatty, Talley, 21, 23, 24 Becker, Jill, 104 Béjart, Maurice, 203 Béland, Marc, 171 The Bell Telephone Hour, 5, 30 Bella Figura, 289 Belly Boat Hustle, 290 Bender, Gretchen, 105, 106 Bennington College, Dance Archives, 285 Benoit-Levy, J., 56 Benz, Gerard, 97 Beresford, Anne, 210 Berg, Alban, 97, 98 Berkeley, Busby, 12–13, 15, 17, 56, 77n, 103 and African Americans, 69 Babes in Arms, 69–70 career beginnings, 68 and communities, 69–70 Dames, 69 early life, 68 and Esther Williams, 70 42nd Street, 68, 69 Gold Diggers of 1933, 68–69 “instinctive surrealism,” 69 and Jumbo, 70 and military drills, 68, 69, 70 and op art, 69 Strike Up the Band, 69 Take Me Out to the Ballgame, 70 We’re in the Money, 69 and women, 69 Berkowitz, Norman, 141 Bernadi, Franỗois, 86 Bernd, John, 116117 Live Boys, 116 Surviving Love and Death, 116 Index Bernhardt, Elise, 236, 239 Bernstein, Leonard, bharata natyam, 186, 187 Bhargava, Girish, 10, 202, 224–225, 224, 227 and Dance in America, 224–225, 227 Bibliothèque de la Danse, 285 Birdwhistell, Raymond, 141, 249–250 Birth of a Ballet, 152 Bishop, John, 227, 247, 248 Hosay Trinidad, 246–248 New England Dances (DVD 37), 246, 250 Bitter Melons, 250 The Black Dress, 241–244 Blackman, Meryl, 105 Blood Wedding, 290 Blue Angel, 290 Bocelli, Andrea, 19 Bode, Per, 105 Body Song, 26 Boelzner, Gordon, 28 “Bohemian Rhapsody,” 14–15 Bolender, Todd, 128, 130 Balanchine Interpreter Todd Bolender coaching (DVD 17), 127 Bolero and Pictures at an Exhibition, 290 Bollywood, 185–188 Bolm, Adolph, 72 Book of Days (DVD 10), 89, 91–93, 91, 93, 94, 95, 290 storyboards, 90, 95 Borroro, 263–270, 264, 265, 270 Bothelho, Guilherme, 165 Bournonville, August, 55 Bowie, David, 15 Boy (DVD 21), 156, 160, 161, 162, 290 Boy Bands, 19 Bradstrup, Kim, 159 Bravo!, 173 Bravo!FACT, 173, 174 Breath, 290 Bridge of Hesitation, 290 Briggs, Bunny, 78, 80 British Arts Council, 209 British Broadcasting Corporation, 37, 156, 158–159, 209, 213 Brockway, Merrill, 10, 11, 202, 227 and American Dance Festival television workshop, 122 and Dance in America, 202–205, 224–225, 226–227 and George Balanchine, 28, 32 and Martha Graham, 203, 206, 226 and Merce Cunningham, 35, 36 system (televising dance), 204–205 Bromberg, Ellen, 243 243 The Black Dress, 241–244, 241, 243 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Page 327 Brooklyn Academy of Music, 240 Brooks, Louise, 61–62 Brooks, Virginia, 130–131 Brown, Buster, 79 Brown, Trisha, 183 Browning, Kirk, 122 Bruce, 290 Brunner, Gerhard, 97 Bryant, Marie, 13 Bubbles, John, 79, 80 Bucci, Mark, Buenos Aires, University of, Cultural Center, 183, 184 Buenos Aires International Video-dance Festival, 181 Buraczeski, Danny, 121 Burmese Dance, 62 Burnett, Archie, 260, 260, 261 Burnt, 290 Burrows, Jonathan, 161 Bush, Jeff, 82, 84 Butler, John, 4–5, 6, 7, Ballet of the Five Senses, Byrne, James, 82, 84, 85 Cafici, Silvina, 184 Cage, John, 34, 37, 110, 225 Cage/Cunningham, 59 Calermo, Ernesto, 184 Call Me Madam, 291 Camara, 291 Cambodia, 248–249 Camera Three, 4–5, 35, 203, 291 Cameron, James, 100 Cameron, Jesse, 54 Can’t Stop Now, 291 Canada, 168–175 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 28, 30–31, 33, 210 Canadian Copyright Law (Web site), 281 Canadian Library Association (CLA), 280 Canal Dansa, 183 CandoCo, 207–208, 211 Canmore (Alberta) Senior Drop-In Center, 210 Cansino, Angel, 72 Cantometrics, 141 Caplan, Elliot, 37–38, 59, 183 Carmen, 291 Carmina Burana, Carrera, Anna Pons, 209 Carrera, Marta, 209 [Right last name? I’m assuming.] Carret, Pato, 180 Carry Me Home, 233 Carson, Anne, 102 Cartoon Channel, 192 Catchlight Films, 249 Index CBS, 2–5, 224 Ceci n’est pas un danse, 219 Centers for Disease Control, 116 Chachi 420, 187 La Chambre, 291 Chandini, 187 Channels/Inserts (DVD 3), 35, 36, 291 Character Studio, 109, 110–111 Charisse, Cyd, 16 Chase, Alida, 97 Chauvivré, Yvette, 56 Check Your Body at the Door, 259–262, 260 Chelkowski, Peter, 247 Chenzira, Ayoka, 238, 239, 240 “Chholi ke Peechey,” 187 Chicago Dance Archive, 283 Chiriaeff, Ludmilla, 170 Chorea, 291 choreocinema, 57, 58 choreography as art of improvisation, 163 collaboration with videographers, 120–121 as collage, 230 and computer science, 110–112 for depth, 82 and film editing principles, 99–100 and music videos, 18–19 point of view, 208, 221 Choreography by Jerome Robbins, 152 Choreometrics, 141–143, 250 Chouinard, Marie, 168 Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor, 180 Cinderella, 3, 57 Cine Qua Non, 171, 173 cinedance, 58 cinematography, 218–223 Cipayos, 182 Circle the Earth: Dancing with Life on the Line, 233 Circles—Cycles Kathak Dance (DVD 38), 251–252, 251, 252, 253–255, 291 Clarke, Shirley, 25 club dancing, 259–262 Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 151 Cohl, Emile, 55 Cole, Jack, 13 Cole, Michael, 192 Coleman, Bill, 173 Collingwood, Charles, Colorizer, Abe, 103–104 Comedy Channel, 192 Commission on Preservation and Access: Reports, 282 Compton, Gardner, 10 Condos, Steve, 80 Contrecoup, 165–166, 167, 292 Conway, John, 111 Cooper Union, 107 Coppêlia, 30, 56 copyright, 276–277 CORD (Conference on Research in Dance), 151 Corella, Angel, 130 Cornered, 292 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 202 Coscia, Jorge, 182 Courrier du Pacifique, 292 Court of Yogyakarta, 154–155 Cover Girl, 13, 73, 292 Cox, Don, 15 Crane, Dena, 104 Cranko, John, 97 Croce, Arlene, 12, 151 Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, 282 Cry, Cuadro Flamenco, 62 Cuerpo Present/El Mar, 292 cultural purism, 260 Cunningham, David, 105 Cunningham, Merce, 4–5, 35, 64, 110, 203 Beach Birds, 38 Blue Studio: Five Segments, 36 Changing Steps, 37–38 Channels/Inserts, 35, 36–37 Coast Zone, 35, 37, 35 Deli Commedia, 37 “Event for Television,” 36 film and video work, 34–38 Fractions, 36 Hand-drawn Spaces, 109, 110 Installations, 38 Locale, 36 Mélange, 38 Points in Space, 35, 37, 37 Squaregame, 36 TV Rerun, 34 A Video Event, 35 Walkaround Time, 35 Westbeth, 35–36 See also Merce Cunningham Dance Currier, Ruth, 67 Curtain of Eyes, 292 Dadance, 292 Dafora, Asadata, 64 Dale, Grover, Dally, Lynn, 79 d’Amboise, Jacques, 6, 8, 59, 128 dance and early filmmaking, 12, 54–55 and music video, 13–16 and musicals, 12–13 and television, 2–11 327 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Dance: Anna Sokolow’s Rooms, 292 Dance and Human History, 142, 292 Dance Black America, 292 Dance Chromatic, 292 Dance Collection Danse, 285 Dance Films Association, Inc., (DFA), 121, 280 Dance for the Camera, 158–159, 211 Dance Heritage Coalition, 132, 282 Dance in America, 10–11, 59, 122, 151, 194, 224–225, 227, 293 and Balanchine, 28, 32 beginnings, 202–203 Brockway system (televising dance), 204–205 “Everybody Dance Now” (on music video), 18 and Martha Graham, 203, 206, 226, 227 Preservation Project, 11 program list (documentaries), 45 program lists (shot in studio without audience), 39–44 Dance in America: Everybody Dance Now, 293 Dance Librarians’ Discussion Group, 282 Dance Magazine, Dance Notation Bureau, 123, 282, 284 Dance on Camera Festival, 164, 189 Dance on Camera Showcase, 121 Dance Theater Workshop (DTW) archival project, 118, 119–120 Dance Theatre of Harlem, 284 Dance, New York Style, 118, 122 Dance/USA, 282 Dance/Video/News, 121 Dancemaker (DVD 33), 59, 195, 197–198, 199, 219, 246, 293 editing, 199–200 effect on company, 201 Dancer’s World, 57 A Dancer’s World, 8, 57, 255, 293 DANCING, (DVD 20), 11 Dancing, 152–154, 293 Dancing, Episode 4: Dance at Court (DVD 20), 150, 154–155 Dancing Dotson, 72 Dancing in the Streets, 236 Dancing Inside, 293 Daniel Langlois Foundation, 174 Danilova, Alexandra, 2, Dans I Nya Dimensioner (Dance In New Dimensions), 293 Danza TV, 184 Davis, Richard, 31 de Jong, Bettie, 21, 24–25, 57 de Lavallade, Carmen, de Mille, Agnes, 2, 3, 5, 7–8, 57 328 Page 328 Agnes, the Indomitable de Mille, 11 Fall River Legend, Rodeo, De Mille, Cecil B., 61 Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men, 293 The Death of Adonis, 62, 63 Deep Hearts (DVD 40), 263, 294 Deere John, 229–230, 294 Degas, Edgar, 54 Dehn, Mura, 259 Denishawn School of Dance and Company, 55, 61–62, 64 Dennis, Charles, 227 Dennis, Ruth See St Denis, Ruth Deren, Maya, 21, 23, 25–26, 171 Detroit Public Library, Music and Performing Arts Department, 283 Diaghilev, Serge, and Balanchine, 27, 29 Diamond, Dennis, 119 Diamond, Matthew, 11 Diamond, Matthew, 59, 198, 199, 199 Dancemaker (DVD 33), 59, 195, 198, 219, 246 Speaking in Tongues, 59, 194, 197 The Wrecker’s Ball, 197 Diamond, Wendy, 241, 242, 243 directors choosing what is seen, 157–158, 221 as choreographers, 158–159 as painters and choreographers, 71–72, 158–159 training, 122 understanding choreographers, 194–195 Dirty Dancing, 59 Disney, Walt, 15 Dissette, Alyce, 236 documentaries, 197–198 Dance in America program list, 45 editing, 199 ethnographic, 246–250 and fund raising, 259, 262 as misnomer, 246 and obsession, 261 preparation, 246–247 translation, 57, 58–59 Dolly, 294 Don Quixote, 152 Donen, Stanley, 16, 57, 72–73, 76n–77n Funny Face, 73 Don’t Change Your Husband, 61 Dookwah, Albert and Faroza, 247–248 Le Dortoir (DVD 28), 168, 169, 172, 294 Dowling, Susan, Dreyer, Carl, 93–94 Duchamp, Marcel, 110 Dudendance Theatre, 183 Index Duet, 294 Duncan, Anna, 64 Dune Dance, 59, 294 Dunham, Katherine, 21 Duplicate, 187 Dust, 294 Dutch Broadcasts NPS, 158 DV8, 156, 164 Early Dance Films 1894–1912, 294 Eby, Mark, 256–258 Nursed in Pele (DVD 39), 256 Ed Sullivan Show, 3, 5, 30 Edison, Thomas, 54–55 See also Thomas A Edison Company editing, 159 for archival purposes, 130–132 and choreography, 99–100, 244 digital, 200, 225, 226 documentaries, 199 emulating in live performance, 89 Gene Kelly, 74–75 jump cutting, 222 matching movement on cut point, 22 to movement, 226 music videos and montage editing, 15, 17, 18 and rules, 214 as second choreographic phase, 244 as shaping of story, 249 and shooting to edit, 222–223 as storytelling, 199 time code, 225 effort-shape, 142 Eglevsky, Andre, 2, 6, 7, 30 Eilber, Janet, 22, 25–26 Einstein, Albert, 37 Eisenstein, Sergei, 90, 93–94 Electronic Industries Association (EIA), 281 Element, 26 Elfeldt, Peter, 55 Ellington, Duke, Ellis Island, 294 Emshwiller, Ed, 25 Enigma Variations, 294 Ennosuke, Ichikawa, 178–179 Enter Achilles (DVD 25), 156, 163, 164, 166, 167, 294 Entr’acte, 294 Epstein, Paul, 33 Erickson, Edwin, 141 Eshkar, Shelley, 106, 107, 109, 112 Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, 114–115, 117 Etudes Project, 136-138, 139 available Etudes, 138 Europe, 163–167 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Page 329 Evans, Edwin, 56 An Evening with American Ballet Theatre, 152 El exilio de Gardel, 182 Exit, 295 Experimental Television Center (SUNY Binghamton), 103–104 Exxon Corporation, 10, 202 Ezralow, Daniel, 19 facial expression, 160, 191 Falling Down Stairs (DVD 29), 168, 295 Fantasia, 15, 295 Farley, Christopher John, 19 Farrell, Suzanne, 8, 128 Federal Arts Project, Fedrowitz, Joseph, 182–183 fetishes, 114–116 Field, Eliot, 121 Figgis, Mike, 101–102 film camera as audience, 246 camera as choreographer, 246 camera movement, 221–222 camera or screen as box, 232, 234–235 categories of dance films, 57 choice of camera, 219–220 choreocinema, 57, 58 cinedance, 58 color temperature and white balance, 220 dance as interlude, 56 dancefilm subgenres, 218 different demands of different genres, 196–198 director as painter and choreographer, 71–72, 158–159 director’s choice of what is seen, 157–158 documentaries, 197–198 documentary (translation), 57, 58–59 early dance performances on, 12, 54–55 early development, 54–55 early predecessors in capturing motion, 54 expansion of opportunities in 1980s and 1990s, 59–60 exposure, 220 focus, 220 “guerilla shooting,” 261 horizon line, 222 independent filmmakers, 249 language of dance, 189 and locale, 230 multi-camera shoots of live performances, 196–197 Index multi-camera shoots of studio reinterpretations, 197 nonverbal, 92, 94 and perfection, 195 preservation organizations, 279–282 and proscenium, 12, 35, 56, 59, 102 real time vs film time, 56–57 record notation films, 57–58 serving the choreography, 196 shooting to edit, 222–223 similarities to and differences from choreography, 253 size of audience, 228 sound film and dance, 55–56, 62 syntax of, 249 technical membership groups, 281 technical standards organizations, 281 use of TV monitors, 100–101 vs video, 219 video transferred to, 87 videodance, 58 See also television, video film space, 56, 90, 191, 221 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 282 The Firebird, 65 Flashdance, 18–19, 26, 59, 295 Florian, 56 Flying Down to Rio, 295 Font, Núria, 183 For Me and My Gal, 13 Forbidden City, 295 Ford Foundation, 5–6, 7, 9, 10 Forsythe, William Alie/na(c)tion, 100 As a Garden in This Setting, 98 biographical sketch, 96–97 Eidos Telos, 100–101 Endless House, 101–102 film for Vienna State Opera Ballet, 97–98 Gänge, 97 The Interrogation of Robert Scott, 98 Kammer/Kammer (DVD 12), 96, 98, 99, 101, 102 The Loss of Small Detail, 98–99 multidisciplinary approach, 97 Pivot House, 100 Slingerland, 98 Urlicht, 97 use of storyboards, 97 using multiple points of view, 101 Fortier, Paul-André, 168 Fosse, Bob, 3, 16 Foucault, Michel, 219 frame, 161 Frankfurt Ballet, 96, 97, 101 Franklin, Frederic, 6, 131 Fugae, Judith, 130 Fulton, Bob, 263, 267 Gades, Antonio, 59 Gardner, Robert Deep Hearts (DVD 40), 263 journal, 263–270 Gast, Leon, 259 Geltzer, Yekaterina, 55 General: Copyright and Fair Use (website), 281 Gennaro, Peter, Genus, Karl, George Balanchine Foundation, 65 George Balanchine Foundation Video Archives, 126–130 Archive of Lost Choreography, 126–127, 132–133 editing, 130–132 Interpreters Archive, 127, 133–135 listings, 132–135 The George Balanchine Interpreters Archive (DVD 17), 295 George Balanchine Library Distribution Program, 132 George Washington University, 283 Ghostcatching (DVD 13), 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 295 Gianni, Carlos, 180 Gillis, Margie, 168 Gilroy, Frank, Giraldi, Bob, 15 Girard, Franỗois, 168 Le Dortoir (DVD 28), 168, 169, 172 The Red Violin, 172 Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould, 172 Girard, Michael, 110–111, 112 Giselle, 57 Gish, Dorothy, 61 Gish, Lillian, 61 Glover, Savion, 196 Glushanok, Peter, 57 Glycenfer, Francie, 242 Godwin, Dwight, 64 Goldín, María José, 184 Goldner, Nancy, 126 Goldwyn, Samuel, 28–29 Goode, Joe, 241 Goodman Theater School, Gopal, Ram, 64 Gordon, David, 152 Gottheim, Larry, 103 Gottlieb, Lois, 252, 254 Gottlieb, Robert, 251–252, 253–254 Circles—Cycles Kathak Dance (DVD 38), 251–252, 251, 252, 253–255 Gould, Norma, 61 329 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Graham, Martha, 57, 62, 124–125, 130 Appalachian Spring, 125, 206, 226 Clytemnestra, 125, 206 A Dancer’s World, 8, 255 and Dance in America, 203, 206, 226, 227 Deaths and Entrances, 124 Diversion of Angels, 206 El Penitente, 125 Frontier, 206 Lamentation, 206 Letter to the World, 124 Medea, 206 Primitive Mysteries, 124 See also Martha Graham Dance Company Grand Prix du Video Danse, 164 Grauer, Rhoda, 11, 150–155 Grauer, Victor, 141 Gray, Ronald, 237 Great Performances, 10 Green, Chuck, 78, 79, 80 Greenfield, Amy, 22, 23 Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in America, 152 Grenke, David, 121 Grierson, John, 168, 175 Griffith, D W., 55, 93–94 Grimm, Thomas, 11 Haffner, Nik, 100 Hair, 59 Haizlip, Ellis, Halprin, Anna, 232–234 Circle the Earth: Dancing with Life on the Line, 233 Embracing Earth: Dances with Nature, 233 Returning Home (DVD 36), 233, 235 Hammer, M.C., 16 Hammid, Alexander, 21, 57 Hampton, Lionel, 79–80 Hands (DVD 23), 156, 161, 295 Hanya: Portrait of a Dance Pioneer, 296 A Hard Day’s Night, 15 Haring, Keith, 107 Harlem Dance Foundation, 137 Harney, Greg, 6, 46 Harrington, Frank, 72 Harris, Hilary, 21, 22, 23–26, 23, 57 Harvard Theatre Collection, 283 The Harvey Girls, 13 Hayden, Melissa, 6, 8, 128, 131 He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’, 296 Heartland, 173 Hébert, Bernar, 168 La La La Human Sex Duo No 1, 171–172 Velasquez’s Little Museum, 172 330 Page 330 Helpmann, Robert, 56 Henson, Darrin, 19 Hepa!, 296 Hering, Doris, 130 Herr, 296 Herrera, Paloma, 130 Hexentanz (DVD 15), 123 Hexentanz as reconstructed by Bonnie Oda Homsey (DVD 16), 123 Hines, Gregory, 79, 80 Hinkson, Mary, Hinton, David, 161 Hochbaum, Gabriel, 184 Holder, Geoffrey, 4, A Hollow Place, 296 Holm, Hanya, Holmes, Anna Marie, 170 Holmes, Berenice, 72 Holmes, David, 170 Holzman, Jack, 14 [Jac?] Homsey, Bonnie Oda, 123, 124, 125 Honsa, Ron, 65 Horgan, Barbara, 27–28, 27, 28 on Balanchine and film and television, 28–33 horizon line, 222 Hornaday, Jeffrey, 15, 16 Horst, Louis, 62 Houstoun, Wendy, 161 How I Work, 296 Hultman, Iréne, 183 Humphrey, Doris, 8, 55, 62, 66–67, 221–222 To the Dance, 67 Hurtle, 296 Hurwitz, Robert, 32–33 Husk (DVD 9), 82, 84–85, 296 Hussain, Zakier, 252 I Am a Dancer, 59 I Was an Adventuress, 56 Im Pulse, 296 “Images of Dance,” 123 Impact, 296 IMZ Dance Screen, 164 In a Rehearsal Room, 59 In Apnee, 296 Independent Film Foundation, 23 India Circles—Cycles Kathak Dance (DVD 38), 251–252, 251, 252, 253–255 erotic dance, 187 film dance, 186–187 film music and musicals, 185–188 Indiana, University of, installations, 191 Eiko and Koma Otake, 83, 85–87 Merce Cunningham, 38 Index Video Walls, 121 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 281 International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), 280 International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA), 280 Internet access to New York Public Library Dance Division, 146 choreography for, 192, 240 Intolerance (DVD 5), 54, 55, 61, 297 Invisible Wings, 297 Iowa Blizzard, 297 Ipiotis, Celia, 82, 84 Jackson, Janet, 16, 19 “Alright,” 16 Jackson, Michael, 15–16, 185, 187 “Bad,” 18 “Beat It,” 15 “Smooth Criminal,” 16 “Thriller,” 15–16, 17, 19 Jacobs, Ken, 103, 104 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, 62–65, 121, 283 Jamal and Rosero, 19 Jamison, Judith, Jammin’ the Blues, 13 Japan lifestyle changes, 84 See also NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Jazz Dance, 297 Jazz Tap Ensemble, 79 Jeni Legon: Living in a Great Big Way, 297 Jenkins, Margaret, 241 Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee Theatre Research Institute, 284 Jimenez-Vargas Spanish Dancers, Joel, Billy, 16 Joffrey, Robert, 8, 64 Joffrey Ballet, 203 Joffrey Ballet School, 97 Johns, Jasper, 34 Jones, Bill T., 183 American Dance Asylum, 104 “The Breathing Show,” 107 early life and training, 103 and Experimental Television Center (SUNY Binghamton), 103–104 Freedom of Information, 105 Ghostcatching (DVD 13), 103, 106, 107, 108, 109 Still/Here, 105–106 video in performance, 105 Women in Art, 104 Jooss, Kurt, 181 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Page 331 José Limón Dance Company, 67, 121 José Limón Dance Foundation, 284 The Juilliard School, 284 June Taylor Dancers, 103 Kaiser, Paul on abstracting motion from the body, 108–109 Colourblind etc, 112 and Ghostcatching (DVD 13), 107, 108, 109 Hand-drawn Spaces, 109, 110 Pedestrian, 112 Kala Chhaya Dance Institute, 251 Kammer/Kammer (DVD 12), 96, 98, 99, 101, 102, 297 Kanakaole, Pualani, 256 Kane, Julie, 242, 243 Kaplan, Larry, 130 Karinska, 31 kathak, 186, 251, 253–254 Katz, Alex, 242 Kaye, Nora, 6, 57 Keaton, Buster, 23, 93–94 Keersmaker, Anne Teresa de, 191 Keith Haring Foundation, 107 Kellerman, Don, Kelly, Gene, 13, 16, 57, 70 An American in Paris, 76 and aspect ratio, 74 and children, 76 Cover Girl, 73 Dancing Is a Man’s Game, and development of character, 75–76 early life and training, 72 and editing, 74–75 and For Me and My Gal, 72 and framing, 74 and Fred Astaire, 73, 75–76, 77n and kinetic force, 75 influences, 72 It’s Always Fair Weather, 73, 76 and moving camera, 73–74 On the Town, 73 in Pal Joey, 72 and Pilot No 5, 72 Singin’ in the Rain, 71–72, 71, 73, 75, 76 and Stanley Donen, , 72–73, 76n–77n Kendall, Elizabeth, 55 Kent, Allegra, 128 Kent, Julie, 131 Khalnayak, 187 Kidd, Michael, 16, 57 Kinberg, Judy, 10, 11, 11, 32, 197, 202, 203 kinescope, 4, 57 Kinetic Molpai (DVD 7), 61, 63, 297 Kinetoscope, 54–55 Index Kirstein, Lincoln, 27, 32 Kobin, William, Kodaly, Zoltan, Kompkin, Gordnikov, 118–119, 122 Kopp, Leslie Hansen, 272 Korom, Frank, 247 Kotchetovsky, Alexander, 72 Kotlowitz, Robert, KQED-San Francisco, 241 Krasnow, Bob, 32–33 Krawitz, Herman, 152 Krishna Lila, 188 Kriza, John, Kroll, Nathan, 8, 255 KTCA-Minneapolis-St Paul, 48, 241 Kus po Kusu, 297 Kwong Chi Tseng, 107 Labanotation, 123, 140, 142 Latcho Drom, 297 Laing, Hugh, Lamp Unto My Feet, 3, Landis, John, 15–16, 17 Landon, Tina, 19 Lathrop, Dorothy, 66 Laurin, Ginette, 168 Lawrence, Pauline, 66 Leacock, Ricky, 199 Lecavalier, Louis, 171 LeClercq, Tanaquil, 65 Lee, Rosemary, 159, 161, 162 Leigh sisters, 54–55 Lena Robbins Foundation, 64–65 Lennon, Joseph, 35 Lepkoff, Danny, 183 Lester, Richard, 15 Leventhal, J F., 62 Lewin Sisters, Lewis, Alan, 272 Li-Chiao Ping, 183 Library of Congress Dance: An Illustrated Guide, 283 Home Page, 283 Lichine, David, 15 Limelight, 298 Limón, José, 6, 8, 64 Missa Brevis, The Moor’s Pavane, 5, See also José Limón Dance Company Lincoln Center, 7–8, 10 Clark Studio Theater, 261 Little Lieutenant, 298 Littlest Rebel, 298 Live from Lincoln Center, 10, 30 live performance active audience, 157 emulating film editing, 89 ephemeral nature of, 244 film in, 90–91, 102 sense of fear, 160 video in, 105 Lock, Édouard, 168, 171, 172 Lodela (DVD 27), 168, 169, 170–171, 170, 172, 174, 298 Lomax, Alan, 141–143, 250 London School of Contemporary Dance, 207 Long, Chi, 171 The Longest Trail, 142, 298 Loots, Iohna, 129 Lopérfido, Dario, 184 López, Andrea, 184 Lopez, Jennifer, 19 Loquasto, Santo, 197 Loring, Eugene, 57 Loring, Sondra, 237 Love Parade, 57 Lowe, Joah, 114 Loxton, David, 8, 150 Loy, Myrna, 61 Lubitsch, Ernst, 57 Lumière brothers, 54 Luque, Paula de, 182 Luz, Jorge, 180 Lynn, Carol, 64–65 Ma, Yo-Yo, 173 Maas, Dick, 15 Macarena, 185 McBrien, Rob, 93 McCoughrean, Lisa, 241, 242, 243 McElroy, Sean, 22 MacGibbon, Ross, 159 McKayle, Donald, 8, 138, 139 Rainbow Etude (DVD 19), 138, 139–140, 301 Rainbow Etude Description (DVD 19), 137 Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder, 137, 139, 140 McLaren, Norman, 57, 168–170, 169, 175 Ballet Adagio, 170 Blinkety Blank, 170 Pas de deux (DVD 26), 168, 169, 170 Made in USA, 152 Madonna, 16, 19 “Material Girl,” 16 “Vogue,” 17 Magallanes, Nicholas, 65 Magnin, Pascal, 164 Contrecoup, 165–166, 167 Reines d’un jour, 166–167 Magritte, René, 219 Maharaj, Birju, 251, 253, 254 Makarova: In a Class of Her Own, 298 Make Mine Music, 15 331 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Making Dances: Seven Postmodern Choreographers, 298 Making Television Dance: A Videotape by Twyla Tharp, 8, 150–151 Malini, Hema, 187 Mamoulian, Rouben, 57 Manning, Sylvia, 65 Maracci, Carmelita, 15, 64 Marathe, Prabha, 251 Margie Gillis—Wild Hearts in Strange Times, 298 Marie-Jeanne, 128, 130 Markova, Alicia, 64, 129 Marks, Victoria, 207–210, 212 Cover Up, 210, 214 Dancing to Music, 211 Men, 212, 214 Mothers and Daughters (DVD 34), 207, 209–210, 211, 213–214 Outside In (DVD 35), 207–209, 208, 210, 211–213, 214, 215–217 Tights, Camera, Action!, 213 Marshall, John, 250 Marshall, Nini, 180–181 Martha Graham Dance Company, 4, 5, 115 repertory reconstructions, 124–125 Martha Graham Dance Company, 298 Martin, Douglas, 102 Martin, John, 57 Mary Wigman: Four Solos, 299 Massine, Léonide, 56 Maule, Michael, 65 Maya Deren: Experimental Films, 299 Maysles brothers, 199 Meeker, Jess, 63 Mejia, Paul, 28 Méliès, George, 23, 55 The Magic Lantern, 55 Melillo, Joseph V., 236, 240 The Men Who Danced: The Story of Ted Shawn’s Male Dancers 1933–1940, 299 Merce by Merce by Paik, 299 Merce Cunningham Dance, 283 Mercier, Margaret, 170 The Merry Widow, 57 Metheny, Kevin, 16 Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, 285 Mey, Thierry de, 191 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 299 MIllar, Marlene, 227 Miller, Tim, 116–117 Live Boys, 116 Milt and Honi, 299 The Mime of Marcel Marceau, 299 Minnelli, Vincente, 57, 72 Mischer, Don, 11, 150 332 Page 332 Mitchell, Arthur, 8, 128 Mitoma, Judy, 227, 255 World Festival of Sacred Music, 249 Monk, Meredith, 89, 163 89 Book of Days (DVD 10), 89, 90, 91–93, 91, 93, 94 Ellis Island, 91, 92 16 Millimeter Earrings (DVD 11), 89, 90–91 Moon, Michael, 114 Moore, Richard, 34 Morissette, Alanis, 19 Moritz, Reiner, 31–32 Morris, Mark, 173 La Mort du Cygne, 56, 297 Mother and Child, 299 Mothers and Daughters (DVD 34), 207, 209–210, 211, 213–214, 299 Moving Images: Copyright, Fair Use, and Other Matters (website), 281 Moving Pictures, 65 MPEG.ORG (website), 281 MTV, 14, 16 multivariate factor analysis, 141 Munshin, Jules, 70 Murnau, F W., 93–94 Museum of Natural History (New York), Museum of Television and Radio, 284 Museum of the City of New York, 284 music videos, 59, 196 and Busby Berkeley, 15 and choreography, 18–19 dance-ins, 18 innovations, 16–17 and line dancing, 19 and montage editing, 15, 17, 18 and MTV, 14–15, 16 1980s, 14, 15–16 predecessors, 13–14 and Walt Disney, 15 Musical America, 62 Muybridge, Eadweard, 54 My Grandfather Dances, 299 Myerhoff, Barbara, 232 Myers, Martha, 6, 46 ’N’ Sync, 19 Nabokov, Nicholas, 29 Nagrin Videotape Library of Dance, 299 narrative See story Nathan, Belle and Murray, 11 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), 280 National Ballet of Canada, 64 Archive and Erik Bruhn Library, 285 National Education Network (NET), Index National Educational Television (NET), 6, 7–9, 46 National Endowment for the Arts, 9, 48 archival funding, 120, 137 Dance/Film/Video Program, 63, 84 and Dance in America, 10, 202 and dance preservation, 123 Dance Program, 151 and impact of death on performing arts; 118 National Endowment for the Humanities, 11 National Film Board of Canada, 168, 175, 280–281 National Film Preservation Board (NFPB), 282 Television and Videotape Study, 282 National Initiative to Preserve America’s Dance (NIPAD), 86 National Museum of Dance, 284 National Standards Systems Network (NSSN), 281 Navas, José, 171 Nesmith, Michael, 14 Netherlands Dance Theater, New England Dances (DVD 34 37), 246, 250, 300 New England Fiddles, 250 New Guinea See Papua New Guinea New York City Ballet, 3, 8, 27–28 archival project, 118–119 New York International Theater Festival, 236 New York Public Library Dance Division, 86, 123, 132, 144–145, 203, 283 Carol Lynn films, 65 collection, 145–146 description, 147 documentation needs, 147 establishment of, 145 film and videotape, 146–147 Internet access, 146 and presentation rights, 277 New York State Council on the Arts, 121 archival funding, 120 New York State Summer Institutes, 137 Newman, Barbara, 129 Newman, Randy, 197 Newson, Lloyd, 156, 159 Enter Achilles (DVD 25), 156, 163, 164–165, 164, 166, 167 NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), 176–177, 179 dance programs, 177 kabuki, 176, 177, 178 simple production, 177, 178 Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, 176, 177, 178–179 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Page 333 Nicholas, Harold, 79 Nicholas Brothers, 16 Nichols, Madeleine, 86, 123, 144 Nicks, Stevie, 16 Nierenberg, George T., 78–80 Niger Republic, 263–270 Night Journey, 57 Nijinsky, Waslaw, 181 Nik and Murrary, 300 Nikolais, Alwin, 6, 121 Niles, Marianne, Nine Variations on A Dance Theme (DVD 2), 21, 23–26, 57, 300 98 Degrees, 19 No Maps on My Taps (DVD 8), 78–80, 300 Normand, Mabel, 61 Nossen, Steffi, 64 notation reconstructions, 123–125 Noverre Society, 97 Nucleodanza, 182 Nunes, Jill, 115 Nursed in Pele (DVD 39), 256, 300 Nussin, 300 O’Day, Kevin, 19 O’Doherty, Brian, 48 Ohio State University, Department of Dance, 284 Oi, Angelica, 164 Oklahoma!, 57 Omnibus, 5–6, 300 Onsdag, 300 Orff, Carl, Oswald, Genevieve, 10 Otake, Eiko and Koma, 183, 190 Bone Dream, 82 Breath, 83, 85–87 Elegy, 82 Husk (DVD 9), 82, 84–85 Lament, 85 on record notation video, 82 Tentacle, 82 Undertow, 82, 85 Ouellette, Michel, 171 Outside In (DVD 35), 207–209, 208, 210, 211–213, 214, 300 storyboards, 215–217 Le P’tit Bal (DVD 24), 156, 157, 158, 297 Pacific Northwest Ballet, 131, 285 Paik, Nam June, 34 Palm Play, 142, 300 Pan, Hermes, 13 Pantzer, Jerry, 83, 86–87 Papua New Guinea, 256–258, 257, 258 Parafango, 301 Paris Opera Ballet, 115 Index Pas de deux (DVD 26), 57, 168, 169, 170, 301 Paterson, Vincent, 18 Paul Taylor Dance Company, 198, 201, 284 Paulay, Forrestine, 141–142 Paxton, Steve, 183 Pearl/Plain, 301 Pencier, Nick de, 173–174 Risible Chick (DVD 31), 168, 169, 174 Pennebaker, D A., 199 Pennsylvania Ballet, 203 Perez, Rosie, 18 Perez, Rudy, 119–120 Perlman, Cara, 97 Perreault, Jean-Pierre, 168 Peters, Michael, 15–16, 17, 18 Phillips, Jared, 109 Pillar of Fire, 9, 224 The Place, 207 Poet Kalidas’ As Shakuntala, 301 point of view, 101, 208, 221 Points in Space (DVD 4), 35, 37, 37, 301 “Popular Balanchine,” 126 A Portrait of Giselle, 301 Positive Motion, 301 Powell, M., 56 Powell, Michael, 25 preservation bibliography, 285–286 Commission on Preservation and Access: Reports, 282 Dance in America Preservation Project, 11 National Endowment for the Arts, 123 National Film Preservation Board (NFPB), 282 National Film Preservation Board Television and Videotape Study, 282 National Initiative to Preserve America’s Dance (NIPAD), 86 organizations, 279–282 videotape, 274 Preserve, Inc., 282 Presley, Elvis, 57 Pressburger, E., 56 Primus, Pearl, 64, 124 Strange Fruit, 124 Prince, 16 Prix d’Italia, proscenium, 12, 30, 35 on camera, 59 eliminating, 101 and film, 12, 35, 56, 59, 102 vs film space, 56, 191, 221 moving, 197 stage as box, 232 stage time vs screen time, 157 and television, 30 and video, 35, 204 Protas, Ron, 206 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 4, 8–9, 201 See also Dance in America Pull Your Head to the Moon—Tales of Creole Women, 236–240, 237, 301 Quarry, 301 Queen, 14–15 QuickTime, 121 Rabinowitz, Jay, 22 Radha, 64 Rainbow Etude (DVD 19), 138, 139–140, 301 Rainbow Etude Description (DVD 19), 137 Rajah, Princess, 54 Ramayana, 188 Rana, Kishan, 252 Rasch, Albertina, 57 Ravett, Abraham, 107 REALITY, 236, 240 record notation, 57–58, 82, 109 The Red Shoes, 56, 302 Redden, Nigel, 48 Reeb, Anne, 241, 242, 243 Reeves Television, 224 Reines d’un jour, 166–167, 302 Reinhardt, F., 55 Reinhart, Stephanie and Charles, 182–183 Rekha, 187 Repertory Etudes Project, 136–138, 139 [Judy: also referred to as Etudes Project] available Etudes, 138 Requiem, 114, 115 Research Libraries Group (RLG), 282 Return of the Firebird, 302 Returning Home (DVD 36), 233, 235, 295 Revelations, Reynolds, Nancy, 127 Rhoades, Tracy, 114, 115 Rhombus Media, 173 Riabouchinska, Tatiana, 15 rights, 276–277 Risible Chick (DVD 31), 168, 169, 174, 302 Ritchie, Lionel “All Night Long,” 16 “Dancing on the Ceiling,” 16 Riverbed Media, 107 Road to the Stamping Ground, 302 Robbe-Grillet, Alain, 97 Robbins, Jerome, 2, 3, 57, 146, 150 Robbins, Jerry, 118 Robinson, Bill, 80 Robinson, Fatima, 19 333 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Robson, Wade, 19 Rockefeller Foundation, Rogers, Ginger, 27, 181 Romeo and Juliet, 57 Rooney, Mickey, 69 Rosenberg, Douglas, 182, 183 Ross, Herbert, Rousseve, David “The Creole Series,” 236 Had Me Somebody But I Lost Her Very Young, 236 Love Songs, 240 Pull Your Head to the Moon—Tales of Creole Women, 236–240, 237 Royal Ballet, 3, 159 Royal Danish Ballet, 55, 64 Royal Wedding, 302 Rúa, de la, President of Argentina, 184 Rubin, Hyla, 66 Rudd, Roswell, 141 St Denis, Ruth, 54, 55 in Radha, 64 and Ted Shawn, 55, 61 Saint Paul Public Library, Dance Book Collection, 283 Saludos Amigos, 15 Sam, Chan Moly, 248 Sam, Sam-Ang, 248 San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum (SF-PALM), 283 Saura, Carlos, 59 Savage, Archie, 13 Save As: Dance, 282 Scanlan, Susan, 16, 18 Schaller, Linda, 242 Schechner, Richard, 232 Schnur, Jerome, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 284 Schorer, Suki, 109 Schuman, William, Schwartz, Michael, 262 Scopitone, 13–14 Scorsese, Martin, 17, 18 Scott, Ridley, 100 Scott, Robert, 98 Seattle International Film Festival, 201 Seaward the Great Ships, 23 Il Segreto di Pulcinella, 296 Sen, Shaswati, 252 Sensual Solitude, 302 Senza—Without, 302 Serfe Lifar Collection of Ballet, Set, and Costume Designs, 283 Setterfield, Valda, 152 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 57, 73, 302 Shankar, Guha, 247 334 Page 334 Shawn, Ted, 8, 55, 63 and Carol Lynn, 64–65 Dances of the Ages, 61 as filmmaker, 62–63, 62 in films, 61–62 on importance of filming dance, 63 Labor Symphony, 63 and men dancers, 61, 62–63, 62, 64, 65 Olympiad, 63 and Ruth St Denis, 55, 61 Shearer, Moira, 56 Short, Ken, 242, 243 16 Millimeter Earrings (DVD 11), 89, 90–91, 303 Sidney, George, 57 Siebens, Evann, 219 Simmons, Michele, 124 Sims, “Sandman,” 78, 80 Sinatra, Frank, 70 Singin’ in the Rain, 57, 71–72, 71, 73, 75, 76, 302 sistersister (DVD 32), 181, 302 Six Solos: Li Chiao-Ping, 303 Slavenska, Mia, 56 The Sleeping Beauty, 57 Slick, Wendy Blair, 244 Slyde, Jimmy, 80 Smalls Paradise, 79 Snyder, Allegra Fuller, 57, 58, 255 “So Pure,” 19 social dance, 259 Society of American Archivists (SAA), 281 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), 281 Softimage, 174 Sokolow, Anna, 7, Rooms, Solanas, Fernando Pino, 182 Solo, 303 Solstice, 303 Soltes, Eva, 252 and Circles—Cycles Kathak Dance (DVD 38), 252, 253–255 Sommer, Sally, 259–262 Check Your Body at the Door, 259–262, 260 Son Image Danse, 303 A Song of the Body, 303 Soul, “Soundies,” 13 Spargimento, 303 Speaking in Tongues, 59, 194, 197 Spears, Britney, 19 Spies, Marcus, 97 The Spirit Moves, 259 Sridevi, 187 “Stand Back,” 16 Index Star Wars, 29–30 Steele, Jeannie, 109 Steinberg, Morleigh, 227 Step Style, 142, 303 Sticks on the Move, 303 Stigler Dance Collection, 283 Stodelle, Ernestine, 66 Stokoe, Patricia, 180 S.T.O.R.M., 19 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, 303 story, 159–161, 163, 191–192, 228 vs abstraction, 229, 230 and Aristotle’s elements of drama, 228 and editing, 199, 249 in European dance, 163–164 as fundamental need, 229 in Indian dance, 253 inviting participation, 230 rewriting, 231 tripartite form, 229 storyboards, 97, 212 95 Book of Days (DVD 10), 90, 95 Outside In (DVD 35), 215–217 Strandberg, Julie, 136, 137, 139 Strange Fish, 156 Streb, Elizabeth, 121 Strictly Ballroom, 303 Stubblefield, Eeo, 233 A Study in Choreography for Camera (DVD 1), 21–23, 25–26, 304 Stuttgart Ballet, 96, 97 Sullivan, Jean, 241, 242, 243 A Sun Dance, 304 Sundance Institute, 38 Sure, 304 Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse, 304 Swan Lake, 56, 57 Swanson, Gloria, 61 Sylvia, 65 SZ Danza, 184 Szperling, Silvina, 180–184 Bilingual Duetto, 183 Croquet en el living, 184 Las hijas de Rosita, 184 La incomodidad de los cuerpos, 184, 184 El paseo inclinado, 184 sistersister (DVD 32), 181, 302 Temblor, 181, 182 Taler, Laura Heartland, 173 the village trilogy (DVD 30), 168, 169, 172–173 Tallchief, Maria, 6, 7, 30, 65, 127, 128 Balanchine Interpreter Maria Tallchief coaching (DVD 18), 127, 129–130 Tamasaburo, Bando, 178 Tambutti, Susana, 181, 182 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM Page 335 Tamiris, Helen, 58 Tanasescu, Gino, 242–244 Tangos: The Exile of Gardel, 304 Tantalus, 304 tap dancing, 78–80 Taquini, Graciela, 181 Tari Rickshaw, 304 Tatge, Catherine, 11 Taylor, Paul, 4–5, 59, 136, 194, 194, 195, 198, 199 Company B, 197 Esplanade, 199 Field of Grass, 197 Funny Papers, 197 Speaking in Tongues, 59, 194, 197 The Wrecker’s Ball, 197 See also Paul Taylor Dance Company Taylor-Corbett, Lynne, 17, 18 [Lynn, p 18] Telecine Internet Group (TIG) (website), 281 telenovelas, 192 television Brockway system, 204–205 and dance, 2–11, 59 different demands of different genres, 196–198 differing schedules of dancers and TV crews, 205 director as choreographer, 158–159 and distractions for watchers, 196 documentaries, 197–198 exploration, 204 information (stage and video), 204 multi-camera shoots of live performances, 196–197 multi-camera shoots of studio reinterpretations, 197 performer contract guidelines, post-production, 205 preparation, 204 preservation organizations, 280 and proscenium, 30 racial segregation, recording, 205 rehearsal, 204–205 serving the choreography, 196 size of audience, 208–209, 240 studio limitations, technical membership groups, 281 technical standards organizations, 281 three cameras, 204 training directors, 122 understanding the audience, 198 See also film, video Territorial Claims, 304 Terry, John, 247 Tetley, Glen, 4, 5, 157–158 Loves, Index Texas, University of, Office of the General Counsel, 277 Tharp, Twyla, 8, 19–20, 203 Baryshnikov by Tharp, 152 The Catherine Wheel, 152 Making Television Dance: A Videotape by Twyla Tharp, 150–151 Sue’s Leg, 151 That’s Entertainment, 304 Theater Arts Collection Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 284 Theater Development Fund, 201 Theiman, Paul, 55 Thomas, Emma Lewis, 125 Thomas A Edison Company, 61 Thornhill, Ron, 97 The Three Caballeros, 15 Three Faces of Jazz, Three, 304 Three Knocks on the Door, 304 Tides, 26 Tights, Camera, Action!, 213 time code, 225 Time Code, 101–102 A Time to Dance, program list, 46 Toland, Greg, 28–29 Touched (DVD 22), 156, 161, 305 Towers, Deirdre, 121, 190 Trailblazers of Modern Dance, 11, 203, 305 Treichler, Paula, 117 Tsar’s Box: Galina Ulanova, 305 Tsumagari, Bobbi, 262 Tudor, Antony, 6, 9, 224 Tuohy, Joe, 115 Turing, Alan, 110 Turner, Victor, 232 The Turning Point, 59 “Twilight Zone,” 15 Twyla Tharp: Making Television Dance, 305 United States Copyright Office, 277 Home Page, 281 The University of the Arts, 284 Untitled, 305 UP-PA, 184 “Uptown Girl,” 16 Urban Clan, 305 USA Dance, La Valse, 65 Valse Caprice, 62 VanDerBeek, Stan, 34 Variations V, 34 Vassor, Carmella, 227 Vaughan, David, 38 Venza, Jac, 11, 31, 32, 152, 202, 203, 224 career reminiscence, 2–11 and Dance in America, 10–11, 39 set design, and A Time to Dance, 7, 46 Victoria Marks Performance Company, 207 video abstract, 190 archiving, 59 camera angle, 84 camera movement, 221–222 as choice for archiving, 219 choice of camera, 219–220 choreographing for depth, 82 collaboration with choreographers, 120–121 color temperature and white balance, 220 dance video, 189–190 dance video festivals, 164, 181, 189 dream-based, 190 editing for archival purposes, 130–132 emergence of portable equipment and low light cameras, 119 exposure, 220 vs film, 219 focus, 220 horizon line, 222 impending importance of, 190–191 installation art, 121 intimacy of, 189 long takes, 82–83 movement of camera and of dancers, 83–84 no rules, 120 as notebook, 212 in performance, 105 point of view, 208, 221 preservation organizations, 279–282 and proscenium, 35, 204 record notation, 82, 109 shooting to edit, 222–223 standardizing the shoot, 121 technical membership groups, 281 technical standards organizations, 281 tennis ball as tripod, 84 transferred to 16mm, 87 triangularity of view, 204 use of monitors, 84–85 See also film, music videos, television Video Walls, 121 videodance, 58, 182 Videodanza, 184 videotape, 59 arrangement, 275 components, 272 description elements, 275 dropout, 273 335 271-336 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:48 PM evolving formats, 273–274 as fetish, 114–116 formats, 273–274 fragility of, 272 how it works, 272–273 lack of archival quality, 272 life span, 272 NTSC format, 273 PAL format, 273 preservation, 274 preservation bibliography, 286 preservation organizations, 279–282 SECAM format, 273 storage, 274 Videotape for a Woman and a Man, 26 Vienna State Opera Ballet, 97–98 the village trilogy (DVD 30), 168, 169, 172–173, 305 Villella, Edward, 8, 30 Vinashak, 186 virtual dance, 108–112 Vitascope, 54–55 Viva Las Vegas, 57 Vizedom, Monika, 141 Von Gool, Clara, 164 Enter Achilles (DVD 25), 156, 163, 164–165, 164, 166, 167 von Laban, Rudolph, 125 von Neumann, Joseph, 110, 111 Walker Art Center, 85 Wallace, Mike, Walz, Sasha, 191 Ward, Melinda, 48 Waring, James, 118 Warren, Charmaine, 237, 239 Warren, Vincent, 170 Watton, Jamie, 164 Weidman, Charles, 62, 66 336 Page 336 Weil, Suzanne, 11, 48 Welk, Lois, 104 Wengerd, Florence Mather, 115 Wengerd, Tim, 115 The Free among the Dead, 116 West Side Story, 57, 305 Westbeth, 59 WGBH-Boston, 6–7, Whelan, Wendy, 130 When We Were Kings, 259 Where Dreams Debut, 152 White, David, 118, 120 White Sound, 306 Whitney Museum, 85 Whose Life Is it Anyway, 25–26 Wigman, Mary, 125 Frauentänze, 125 Hexentanz (DVD 15), 123, 125 Wilde, Patricia, 128, 130 Williams, Esther, 70 Williams, Margaret, 207–210, 211–214, 212 Cover Up, 210, 214 Men, 212, 214 Mothers and Daughters (DVD 34), 207, 209–210, 211, 213–214 Outside In (DVD 35), 207–209, 208, 210, 211–213, 214 Outside In storyboards, 215–217 storyboards, 212 Tights, Camera, Action!, 213 Wilson, Andy Abrahams, 227, 233 Embracing Earth: Dances with Nature, 233 Positive Motion, 233 Returning Home (DVD 36), 233, 235 Wilson, Rodney, 158, 159 Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research, 285 Index Wise, Pam, 199 Dancemaker (DVD 33), 199–200 Wise, Robert, 57 Wiseman, Fred, 219 Witnessed, 306 WNET-New York, 8–9, 10, 11, 33, 36, 152 and Dance in America, 202 The Great American Dream Machine, 224 WNET/Television Lab, 150 World Festival of Sacred Music, 306 The World of Alwin Nikolais (DVD 14), 119, 306 The Wrecker’s Ball, 59 Wright, Douglas, 189 Writing Degree Zero, 97 Wyler, Katherine, 48 Yabara, Yoshio, 94 Yes, Boss, 187 Yokobosky, Matthew, 85 Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, 176, 177, 178–179 Young Research Library, 282 Your Show of Shows, Youskevitch, Igor, 57 Yuri Soloviev: I’m Tired of Living in My Native Land, 306 Yuriko, Zane, Arnie, 103 The Devil’s Gonna Get You, 104 First Portrait Drawing, 104–105 ZDF, 224 Zinneman, Fred, 57 Zorina, Vera, 29, 56 Zwerin, Charlotte, 199 ...00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page i Envisioning Dance on Film and Video 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:17 PM Page ii This page intentionally left blank 00i-xxxii, 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02... 1-52 Envisioning 9/9/02 2:18 PM Page xxxi INTRODUCTION Judy Mitoma The invention of film and video technology has had a profound impact on dance: on access to it, and on the creation, understanding,... strangers continue to support one another well beyond their time in the program Envisioning Dance on Film and Video, with its accompanying DVD, is our way of sharing these conversations, presentations,