British Dance Legacies

Synopsis: This DVD celebrates the life and work of Madge Atkinson and her Natural Movement technique. It provides an insight into this early British modern dance form through oral recollections, academic interpretation, five dance reconstructions from the Natural Movement professional repertoire and education work by Jean Kelly, and original images from the Natural Movement Archive held at the NRCD. It also includes a printed booklet and downloadable PDF providing further information.

The DVD has been produced as part of the Pioneer Women: early British modern dancers project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), a collaborative project between the NRCD and University of Surrey’s Department of Dance, Film and Theatre. The film was made by Becky Edmunds and Simon Ellis
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2010
Subjects: Dance
Keywords: Atkinson, Madge; modern dance

Name: University of Surrey, National Resource Centre for Dance
Email: NRCD@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: 01483 689316
Fax: 01483 689500 Attn NRCD
Address: National Resource Centre for Dance
University of Surrey
Guildford
GU2 7XH

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