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The film charts the histories of the Massine and de Basil Ballets Russes companies from the 1930s onwards, seen through the eyes of the dancers who were still alive when the film was made (several have since...
A short documentary showing the reconstruction and performance of excerpts from some of Rudolf Laban’s early dance works, by staff and students at the Laban Centre in London.
Focuses on dance from the early days of cinema 1894-1912, and on the pioneering work of Ted Shawn and Ruth St Denis (1912-1950), who created modern dance, inspired by ethnic theatre traditions and the...
Isa Partsch-Bergsohn and Hal Bergsohn present the concise history of Greek to Elizabethan dance using engravings, prints, and paintings with accompanying music and narration. Period-costumed dancers...
Isa Partsch-Bergsohn and Hal Bergsohn show the development of dance from the entertainments of the French court of Louis XIII to the theatrical art form during the reign of Louis XIV. The DVD provides a rich...
Compares the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the roots of ‘conjunto’ music of...
Documentary depicting the evolution of Black American street dance from 1760s to the 1960s, illustrating how Hip Hop and freestyle dancing have a longer history than most people imagine.
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