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Martha Graham [digital videodisc] : dance on film / producer, Johanna Schiller.

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[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Graham, Martha.

Modern dance -- United States.

Criterion collection 406.

2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (16 p. : ill.).

A dancer's world / Janus Films ; WQED, the Metropolitan Pittsburgh educational television station presents Martha Graham and her dance company ; dances conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; commentary by Martha Graham and LeRoy Leatherman ; music composed and played by Cameron McCosh ; produced by Nathan Kroll (31 min. ; 1957).

Appalachian spring / Janus Films ; conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; music by Aaron Copland ; setting by Isamu Noguchi ; directed and photographed by Peter Glushanok ; edited by Eleanor Hamerow ; orchestra conducted by Eugene Lester ; produced by Nathan Kroll ; presented by WQED Pittsburgh in cooperation with National Educational Television and Chatham College (32 min. ; 1958).

Night journey / Janus Films ; [presented by} Bathsabee de Rothschild ; conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham ; music by William Schuman ; settings, Isamu Noguchi ; produced by Nathan Kroll ; directed by Alexander Hammid ; orchestra conducted by Robert Irving (29 min. ; 1961).

A dancer's world: Martha Graham discusses the dancer as a creative artist, as members of her dance company illustrate her theories in a dance choreographed by Miss Graham. Woven into the movements of the dance are all the basic techniques required by the modern dancer.

Appalachian spring: a ballet depicting the wedding day of a pioneer couple.

Night journey: Martha Graham's interpretation of the Oedipus legend, depicting the moment of Jocasta's death.

Rating: Not rated.

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