The indomitable spirit of woman, 1995-02-24; 1995-02-25

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"The Indomitable Spirit of Woman" was a concert event that took place on 24 and 25 Feburary 1995 at the inaugural season at Luckman Fine Arts Complex at California State University Los Angeles. The performance was funded in part by Lloyd Rigler & Lawrence E. Deutch Foundation. Stan Trilling/PaineWebber, Shujiro & Yayoi Takakuwa Family Trust, Altha Jane Panfiglio, and Quigley & Miron CPAs. The video includes the following performances: 1) "Sicilienne," (1907) by Isadora Duncan, with music from the opera, Armide, by Christoph W. Gluck, restructured by Adrienne Romm, and performed by Risa Steinberg, 2) "Cante Flamenco: to the memory of La Passionara," (1944) with introductory audio, choreography, and coaching by Jane Dudley, traditional Medias Granadinos sung by Chato de Valencia, costuming by Edith Gilford and reconstructed by Roslyn Moore, restaged by Nancy Colahan, and performed by Bonnie Oda Homsey, 3) "To the West," (1943) with introductory audio and choreography by Eleanor King, "Piano Sonata" by Roy Harris, costuming by George Bergeron, and restaging performed by Risa Steinberg, 4) "Deep Song," (1937) with introductory audio, choreography, and costuming by Martha Graham, performed to "Sinister Resonance" by Henry Cowell, and restaged by Janet Eilber, 5) "Two Ecstatic Themes: Circular descent and Pointed ascent," (1931) with introductory audio, choreography, and costuming by Doris Humphrey, music by Metner and Melipiero, directed by Ernestine Stodelle in arrangement with Dance Notation Bureau, and performed by Risa Steinberg, 6) "Debut at the Opera," (premiered by the Los Angeles Dance Theater, 1995 February), with introductory audio from Agnes de Mille, recreated based on notes by Agnes de Mille, with music from Delibes', "Coppelia," scored by Allen Krantz, costume reconstruction by George Bergeron, and researched and performed by Janet Eilber, 7) "Tenant of the Street," (1936) with introductory audio, choreography, and costuming by Eve Gentry, tape collage directed by Eve Gentry, reconstructed by Eve Gentry with Michele Larsson and Mary Anne Santos Newhall, 1993, restaging performed by Mary Anne Santos Newhall.

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Core Title The indomitable spirit of woman, 1995-02-24; 1995-02-25

Title The indomitable spirit of woman, 1995-02-24; 1995-02-25 (title)

Creator Eilber,Janet (creator), Oda Homsey,Bonnie (creator)

Contributor Bergeron, George (costuming), Bergeron, George (costume reconstructor), Colahan, Nancy (restager), Cowell, Henry (composer), Dance Notation Bureau (contributor), de Mille, Agnes (choreographer), de Valencia, Chato (singer), Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891 (composer), Dudley, Jane (choreographer), Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927 (choreographer), Eilber, Janet (performer), Eilber, Janet (dance researcher), Gentry, Eve (choreographer), Gentry, Eve (costuming), Gentry, Eve (dance reconstructor), Gilford, Edith (costuming), Gluck, Christoph W. (composer), Graham, Martha, 1894-1991 (choreographer), Harris, Roy (composer), Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 (choreographer), Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 (costuming), King, Eleanor (choreographer), Krantz, Allen (composer), Larsson, Michele (dance reconstructor), Melipiero (composer), Metner (composer), Moore, Roslyn (costume reconstructor), Oda Homsey, Bonnie (director), Oda Homsey, Bonnie (performer), Romm, Adrienne (dance reconstructor), Santos Newhall, Mary Anne (performer), Santos Newhall, Mary Anne (dance reconstructor), Steinberg, Risa (performer), Stodelle, Ernestine (dance director)

Publisher University of Southern California (original), University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1995-02-24/1995-02-25

Place Name 5151 State University Drive (roadways), California (states), California State University, Los Angeles (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles (cities), Luckman Fine Arts Complex (performance sites), USA (countries)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Format 1 video (00:48:26) (format), performances (creative events) (aat), video/mp4 (imt)

Resolution 2.4 in × 1.6 in at 300dpi
6.0 cm × 4.1 cm at 300dpi

Type video

Language English

Source Dance Heritage Video Archive (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Unique identifier UC13013459

Legacy Identifier dhva_homsey_0002

Repository Name University of Southern California Digital Library

Repository Location USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA

Repository Email cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Type Video

Video bitrate 9.77 Mb/s

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 48m26s

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Title Dance Heritage Video Archive

Description With generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (https://mellon.org/), the USC Libraries (https://libraries.usc.edu) and the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance (https://kaufman.usc.edu) created the Dance History Video Archive (DHVA) collection. The collection preserves culturally significant recordings that document global and U.S. dance traditions, creative work by outstanding choreographers and performers, and performances that helped to advance the art form.

The DHVA collection continues the work begun by the Dance Heritage Coalition’s Dance Preservation and Digitization Project to address the challenges faced by dance artists, choreographers, performers, and companies in preserving a record of their work and helping to share it as broadly as possible with global and U.S. audiences and scholars.

Over a 15-year period, the Dance Heritage Coalition assembled more than 1,200 important dance performances digitized at hubs in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Thanks to generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, those recordings were migrated to their new permanent home in the USC Digital Library during the summer of 2018.

The USC Libraries will make the DHVA collection available as broadly as reasonably possible within contractual and legal limits for educational research, study, and teaching.

The collection includes video recordings with certain rights restrictions that require limited access. To inquire about gaining access to these materials, contact (dhva@usc.edu) dance preservation and digital projects librarian Javier Garibay.

In the coming years, the USC Libraries and the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance will continue to build and enhance the features of this culturally significant digital collection documenting the artistry and diversity of human movement traditions.