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Integration of dance and drama

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Integration of dance and drama

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Title
Integration of dance and drama
Additional title: Vain shadow (Choreographic work : Bettis)
Additional title: Four walls (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: When Satan hops out (Choreographic work : Perry)
Additional title: Orestes (Choreographic work : Humphrey)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Gray, Harriette Ann (Dancer)
Jayne, Ellen (Performer)
Brown, Barney (Performer)
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982 (Dancer)
Harris, Julie (Performer)
Dana, Leora (Performer)
Cunningham, Merce (Dancer)
King, Eleanor, 1906-1991 (Dancer)
Gregory, Robin (Dancer)
Lawler, Peggy (Performer)
Fuller, Gage (Performer)
Shepherd, Berney (Performer)
Leighton, Jim (Performer)
De Mille, Agnes (Choreographer)
Perry, Charlotte, 1889-1983 (Choreographer)
Mansfield, Portia (Photographer)
Gray, Harriette Ann (Choreographer)
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982 (Choreographer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1952
Table of Contents
CONTENTS.--Part 1: Acting and movement techniques for the actor and dancer, directed by Charlotte Perry, demonstrated by Harriette Ann Gray and Barney Brown.--Part 2: Shorts from Valerie Bettis in Vain shadow; Eleanor King in Electra; Merce Cunningham, Leora Dana and Julie Harris in Four walls; Robin Gregory and Peggy Lawler in Brigadoon; dances from When Satan hops out, by Charlotte Perry.--Part 3. Robin Gregory modern dance improvisations; Berney Shepherd and Jim Leighton in Cocteau's Infernal machine; Gage Fuller and group in original study on a dramatic theme; Harriette Ann Gray in her solo from And a time to dance.--Ellen Jayne as Queen Elizabeth; Letters to Lucerne; Valerie Bettis rehearses Vain shadow; Eleanor King in Electra; Merce Cunningham in Four walls with Julie Harris and Leora Dana.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3720
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1615 (former)
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 6-490
Topics
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (37 min.) : silent, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY727019778-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12145209
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 13cf26b0-4b4a-0133-76f3-60f81dd2b63c
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Item timeline of events

  • 1952: Created
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Integration of dance and drama" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1952. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15a9d010-4b4a-0133-d31b-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Integration of dance and drama" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15a9d010-4b4a-0133-d31b-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1952). Integration of dance and drama Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15a9d010-4b4a-0133-d31b-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Integration of dance and drama