The Men Who Danced by Moving Pictures

The Men Who Danced directed by Ron Honsa and produced by Moving Pictures (www.mpny.tv) presents the story of the first all-male dance company in the United States, known as Ted Shawn's Men Dancers. This film includes historic footage of the company performing in the 1930s, capturing the beauty and rigor of Shawn's choreography. Additionally, it tells the story
of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival the oldest dance festival in America. The program highlights include interviews with eight of the original men dancers including principal dancer Barton Mumaw, and Jess Meeker. This award-winning documentary can be purchased as a DVD on Amazon.com

For more info: www.themenwhodanced.com

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[Georginaesco]

Thanks for posting it, we are lucky to be able to see it here!

[rsagala]

Superb, important historical video, more please :)

[madforgorky]

More. More! More!!! Great Stuff!

[emabruzzo]

ohh my god! where did u get this video from? i have seen it in an archive of videos at Jacob's Pillow. Thanks for shearing this with us!