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)