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DANCE HISTORY & MOVIES
These videotapes and videodiscs of dance, dance education, dancers & choreographers, and dance history are available in the University of Oregon Knight Library's video holdings.
For information on the loan policies of the UO's Video Collection, see their web site, at http://library.uoregon.edu/acs_svc/videos/videos.html.
The University also subscribes to Dance in Video, which provides online access to full videos for UO students, staff and faculty. In the near future, the UO Dance Videography will also include notation about connections to this collection.
Dance History
Movies Involving Dancing
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Il Ballarino : 16th century step vocabulary and dances.
Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, 1991, c1990.
1 videocassette (33 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
CAST: Julia Sutton, narrator ; Patricia Rader and Charles Perrier, dancers.
SUMMARY:Authentic Renaissance court dances and the gestures and step vocabulary associated with them are demonstrated and described by noted dance historian and musicologist Julia Sutton from dance manuals of the 16th century Italian masters Fabritio Caroso and Cesare Negri.
[VIDEOTAPE 01464]Dido & Aeneas.
Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, 1995.
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTES:Conceived and choreographed by Mark Morris ; music, Henry Purcell ; performed by Tafelmusik Orchestra and Chamber Choir.
CAST:Mark Morris Dance Group, Mark Morris (Dido & the sorceress), Guillermo Resto (Aeneas), Ruth Davidson (Belinda), Rachel Murray, Tina Fehlandt, William Wagner, Kraig Patterson.
SUMMARY:A danced performance of the Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas. Dido, the noble queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with the Trojan Prince Aeneas. While the court celebrates the imminent union of the two monarchs, the evil sorceress with her coven of witches plots their downfall. Romance leads to heartbreak and tragedy.
[VIDEOTAPE 04414]Early dance.
Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, c1995.
2 videocassettes (52 min.) : sd., some col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
CAST:Narrators, Charles Flemming, Gail Chodera ; producer, Isa Partsch-Bergsohn ; director, Hal Bergsohn.
CONTENTS: pt. 1. From the Greeks to the Renaissance (22 min.) -- pt. 2. The baroque era (30 min.)
SUMMARY: Through historical photographs and sources, and modern performances, the history of dance from is traced from the comedies of the early Greeks to the Baroque Era.
[VIDEOTAPE 02690 pt.1 & pt.2]Le Gratie d'amore
[New York] : HDF, Historical Dance Foundation, c1992.
1 videocassette (33 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS
NOTES: Title on container: Le Gratie d'amore (The graces of love): European court dance of the late renaissance.
CAST: Court Dance Company of New York, Taller de Danzas Antiguas.
SUMMARY:Demonstrations of European court dances of the late 1500's, based on original descriptions by Thoinot Arbeau, Cesare Negri and Fabritio Caroso.
CONTENTS: Pavan-galliard -- Suite of Branles -- Il canario -- La caccia d'amore -- Adda felice -- So ben mi chi ha bon tempo -- Passo e mezzo -- La gaillarde de la garde.
[VIDEOTAPE 01757]Harlow, Julia Tikker.
A musician's introduction to baroque dance .
130 leaves : ill., music ; 29 cm. + 1 videocassette.
Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Oregon, 1993.
Notes:Accompanying videocassette includes costumed performance of 18th century choreographies to dance movements from harpsichord suites by Francois and Louis Couperin, Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres and J.S. Bach.
[VIDEOTAPE2193 & MUSIC ML3400 .H37 1993 ]The Pleasures Of The Dance.
Napa, CA : Jarvis Conservatory, c1995.
1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. NTSC ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
CAST: Performed by members of New York Baroque Dance Company and others. Cast: Deda Cristina Colonna (Madame Montaigue) and Catherine Turocy (Marie Salle and other roles), Keith Michael, Carlos Fittante, Rebecca Salzer, John Butterfield, Rai Anne Ivey, Jason Britton, Nicole Lee, Misa Tsuruta, Letizia Dradi, Rachel List, Karen Woods.
Music played by Concert Royal: James Richman (harpsichord), Sandra Miller (flute), Cynthia Roberts (violin), Alyssa Pava (cello)
SUMMARY: World premiere of a dance/theater work set in 18th-century Paris, depicting Madame Montaigue as she writes to her sister about a gathering in a salon, a lesson with a dancing master, Italian actors at a fair, and a benefit for dancers at the Opera, starring Marie Salle -- occasions for social, popular, and theatrical dances. The work was produced as the culmination of a Baroque Ballet Festival held at Jarvis Conservatory in 1995.
[VIDEOTAPE 04420]Tanz : ein Film um Die Muse Terpsichore.
[New York] : Cinema Guild, [between 1977 and 1996]
1 videocassette (80 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in VHS
NOTES: Presents a brief history of dance. Describes the various forms of dance and their development from ancient times to the present
Title and credits in German; narration in English
[VIDEOTAPE 03242]Voltaire's Temple of glory : a baroque ballet.
[Napa, CA] : Jarvis Conservatory, c1996.
1 videocassette (27:31 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS.
CAST:Catherine Turocy, co-founder of the New York Baroque Dance Company. Musical direction by James Richman, with performance by musicians of his Concert Royal.
CAST: Daniel Howard (Voltaire), Deda Cristina Colonna (Marie Salle), Susan Rode Morris (Vocalist)
SUMMARY:"Our play is based on Rameau's music of the 18th century. It features a delightful, original Baroque choreography. The play was created to introduce Voltaire, his philosophy and his relationship to the dance of the period."
[VIDEOTAPE 04418]La Bella del Alhambra = The Belle of the "Alhambra"
[New York, NY : Center for Cuban Studies, 1990?]
1 videocassette (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
NOTES: In Spanish with English subtitles. Loosely based on the novel Cancion de Rachel / Miguel Barnet.
CAST : Beatriz Valdes, Cesar Evora, Omar Valdes, Carlos Cruz, Veronica Lynn.
SUMMARY: Rachel works as a chorus girl in a carnival atmosphere where dancers are expected to be prostitutes. She aspires to perform in the Alhambra, a theater for fine talent. The film recreates the atmosphere of Havana theater life in the 1920s and 1930s.
[VIDEOTAPE 01305]Bodas de sangre = Blood wedding.
Los Angeles, Calif. : Media Home Entertainment, 1986.
1 videocassette (71 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
NOTES: In Spanish with English subtitles.
CAST: Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Marisol, Carmen Villena, Juan Antonio, Pilar Cardenas.
SUMMARY: Flamenco interpretation of the classic drama by Federico Garcia Lorca. The National Ballet of Spain is first shown arriving at the dance studio, making up and rehearsing, dramatizing the technique by which they transform themselves into a unified dance company. The story of murderous passion and revenge is told entirely through dance without dialogue. A young bride runs off from her wedding with a married lover. Her jilted husband tracks them down and fights a knife duel to the death.
[VIDEOTAPE 00369]Dirty dancing.
Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, c1988.
1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
CAST: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes.
SUMMARY: Summer romance between a naive 17-year-old and the experienced hotel dance instructor.
[VIDEOTAPE 03419]Ginger & Fred.
New York : MGM/UA Home Video, 1987.
1 videocassette (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
CAST: Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni.
SUMMARY: Forty years ago, ex-dancers Ginger and Fred made their living imitating the incomparably graceful Rogers and Astaire in Italian dance halls. Now thirty years later, they are reunited for a nostalgic TV variety show.
[VIDEOTAPE 00768]The Glasnost film festival: a project of Citizen Exchange Council (New York) in association with the American-Soviet Film Initiative (Moscow).
Oakland, CA : The Project, [1989?]
12 videocassettes (ca. 12 hrs.) : sd., col. and b&w, 1/2 in. VHS format.
SUMMARY: A videotape collection representing the first Soviet documentaries released during the 'Glasnost era'
CONTENTS INCLUDE: [tape 4] The BAM Zone looks behind the Baikal-Amur Railroad in Siberia; past the marches and songs to the stagnation of the Brezhnev years.[tape 7] Black Square chronicles Russia's artistic avant-garde from the 1950s-1970s, and shows an exhibit of works that are only now being shown. (57 min) Dialogues shows collective singing, dancing, rock and jazz erupting in an abandoned Leningrad palace.
[VIDEOTAPE 02129]Nana.
[Chico, Calif. : Tamarelle's International Films, 198-?]
1 videocassette (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
NOTES: French dialogue with English subtitles.
CAST: Charles Boyer, Martine Carol, Walter Chiari, Paul Frankeur, Dora Doll.
SUMMARY: Based on Zola's novel of the same title, Nana is the story of a Parisian dance hall queen and the powerful men that loved her.
[VIDEOTAPE 00772]Paris is burning.
[S.l.] : Academy Entertainment, c1992.
1 videocassette (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
CAST: Pepper Labeija, Kim Pendavis, Freddie Pendavis, Dorian Corey, Venus Xtravaganza, Willi Ninja, Octavia St. Laurant.
SUMMARY: Story of the young men of Harlem who originated "voguing" and turned these stylized dance competitions into glittering expressions of fierce personal pride. A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream.
[VIDEOTAPE 02170]Shadows of forgotten ancestors.
Los Angeles, CA : Connoisseur Video Collection, 1988.
1 videocassette (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
NOTES: In Ukranian with English subtitles. From the novel by Mikhaylo Kotsiubinsky.
SUMMARY: Based on the novel by Kotsiubinsky. In the Carpathian Mount$ a young man weds a woman he does not love after the death of his sweetheart. To try and gain his love, his wife resorts to witchcraft. Noted for director Sergei Parajanov's use of superb color work and innovative use of song, dance and ritual.
[VIDEOTAPE 01076]Swing time.
Los Angeles, Calif. : Criterion, c1986.
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sd., b&w, 1800 rpm ; 12 in.
PERSONNEL: Songs, Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields ; additional music, Robert Russell Bennett ; writers, Howard Lindsey, Allan Scott ; music director, Nathaniel Shilkret.
CAST: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers.
SUMMARY: Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiance back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The Way you look tonight" which won an Academy Award. Swing time, the fifth in the series of Astaire-Rogers musicals, is one of the best, due to the Jerome Kern score, the dramatic dance sequences and beautiful art direction.
VIDEO LASERDISC 00109]Tap.
Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1989.
1 videocassette (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format
SUMMARY:Gregory Hines stars as Max Washington, a promising but disillusioned tap dancer, torn between his craft and the life of a high stakes thief.
CAST:Gregory Hines, Suzzanne Douglas, Joe Morton, Sammy Davis, Jr.
[VIDEOTAPE 02841]Tini zabutykh predkiv = Ombres de nos ancetres oublies.
[San Francisco, CA] : Ark's Intervideo, [198-?]
1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
NOTES: In Ukrainian with French subtitles. Previously released under title Shadows of forgotten ancestors by Sovexportfilm in 1967.
CAST: I. Mykolaichuk (Ivan), L. Kadochnykova (Marichka), T. Bestaieva (Palahna), S. Bahashvili (IUra), M. Hrynko (Vatah), L. IEnhibarov (Myko), N. Alisova, O. Hai (Paliichuky), N. Hnipovska, O. Raidanov (Huteniuky), I. Dziura (Ivan the child), V. Hlianko (Marichka the child)
SUMMARY: Based on the novel by Kotsiubinsky, Shadows is a love story set in medieval Russia. The film{s emotional atmosphere gradually interweaves the burdens of a tragic past with a world of occult visions. Noted for director Sergei Parajanov's use of superb color work and innovative use of song, dance and ritual.
[VIDEOTAPE 00726]Ultimo encuentro.
[S.l.] : Coleccionistas ; 1987. ([Redwood City, CA : NTSC transfer by Eurovideo])
1 videocassette (80 min.) : sd., b/w ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
CAST: Antonio Gades, Maria Cuadra, La Polaca, Daniel Martin.
SUMMARY: Antonio, a famous dancer, and Luis, his former guitarrist, meet after five years apart. Memories are relived of past times, of poverty and hope, of nights of song and dance, and of Rocio, Luis' wife and Antonio's secret lover.
[VIDEOTAPE 02929]Yo soy el que tu buscas = I'm the one you're looking for.
New York, NY : Fox Lorber Home Video, c1991.
1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
CAST: Patricia Adriani, Chus Lampreave, and others.
SUMMARY: Through the exotic streets of Barcelona's underworld, the darker side of love and sexuality comes to life in a taut psychological thriller about a beautiful celebrity model seeking revenge from her rapist. Vengeful desire becomes an uncontrollable obsession when she teams up with a short-tempered taxi driver and a hot-blooded erotic dancer in her frantic search. Bizarre pitfalls and dangerous plot twists weave this film into a turbulent and suspenseful thriller.
[VIDEOTAPE 01522]
