The new Dance Group Gala Historical Concert: Retrospective 1930s-1970s Screener

Distributed by Contemporary Arts Media. Buy online at http://www.artfilms.com.au.

A 1993 production by the American Dance Guild
2DVD Set
In this remarkable DVD viewers will enjoy viewing dances of the most influential Modern Dance pioneers from the 1930s-1970s including: Mary Anthony, Ronne Aul, Talley Beatty, Valerie Bettis, Irving Burton, Jane Dudley, Jean Erdman, Eve Gentry, Joseph Gifford, Hadassah, Sophie Maslow, Donald McKayle, Daniel Nagrin, Pearl Primus, Anna Sokolow, Joyce Trisler, Charles Weidman.

The DVD includes such legendary dances as: the solo Masterpiece of the decade, THE DESPERATE HEART (1943) by Valerie Bettis, and the darkly dramatic LYNCHTOWN (1936) by one of the founders of Modern Dance, Charles Weidman. There are important choreographers who highlight the American black experience, such as the dancer anthropologist, Pearl Primus, who created a dramatization of a poem about the black experience in THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS (1944). Donald Mc Kayle is featured in this DVD, as he portrayed the powerful black experience of chain gangs in RAINBOW ROUND MY SHOULDER (1959). Also featured are choreographers who are prominent in the dance history books, such as one of Modern Dances true mavericks, Anna Sokolow, whose dance, in this program, is LYRIC SUITE (1954). Daniel Nagrins extraordinary dance portrait of the swaggering STRANGE HERO (1948) is magnificently performed. Sophie Maslow, whose work is still being performed today in colleges and universities around the country, presents her joyful FOLKSAY (1942), which concludes the DVD. The diversity of artistic vistas and movement vocabularies in the GALA Concert provide an important panorama of Modern Dance in the 20th century.

Product can be found at http://www.artfilms.com.au/Detail.aspx?catalogueNo=3665

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[vanes9066]

@kinghongwin Lynchtown is Charles Weidman's work on the tape.If I'm not mistaken it's the clip on this trailer where someone is being carried "piggyback" at bout 1 min. 48 secs. into this trailer.It's from 1936.It is from the suite "Ativisms."SHop around for this tape,prices probably vary extremely.I paid 60 bucks.

[vanes9066]

I was not aware that people danced to poetry alone--I've concentrated too much on babes..Beautiful stuff.I'm a HUGE Erdman fan--BEAUtiful!..P.s. "Pjharveydays" P.J. Harveys the queen of punk mon no shit straight up..

[pjharveydays]

which one is Joyce Trisler? She is my second cousin.

[littlestloesch]

It's the clip with all the dancers costumed in black and drums as the music. Glad to see him acknowledged.

[kinghongwin]

can you tell me which one is charles weidman's work?