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Agee
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Call Number: VCR 2004-235
Description: Reviews the life and work of writer James Agee, using interviews, photographs, and readings
Keywords: James Agee

Antony Tudor
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Call Number: DVD 2007-110
Description: Antony Tudor revolutionized ballet by replacing princes and princesses with ordinary people; includes interviews with Tudor and friends and excerpts from several of his works
Keywords: Antony Tudor; Choreographers; Dance: United States

Arnold Schoenberg
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Call Number: VCR 99- 18
Description: Includes Schoenberg's lecture at UCLA in 1949
Keywords: Music; Schoenberg

Balanchine: The Father of American Ballet
Series Title: Great Performances; Dance in America
Call Number: DVD 2007-104
Description: Traces the life and work of George Balanchine through archival audio and video footage, interviews, film, and photographs; features selections from many of his ballets
Keywords: George Balanchine; New York City Ballet; Choreogra

Baryshnikov
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Call Number: VCR 93- 12
Description: Profile of Baryshnikov & perf. of "Configurations"
Keywords: Dance

Brook by Brook/ Hamlet by Brook
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Call Number: DVD 2006-230
Description: Includes the full production of Peter Brook's "The Tragedy of Hamlet," as well as a film about Brook by his son, Simon.
Keywords: Peter Brook; Shakespeare

Charles Weidman: On His Own
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Call Number: VCR 92- 32
Description: Life and career of dancer/choreographer Weidman
Keywords: Modern Dance

Claes Oldenburg
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Call Number: VCR 2004- 66
Description: Visit the artist's studio, the Guggenheim Museum, and discuss the man and his art
Keywords: Claes Oldenburg; Sculptors

Edith Head: Designing Woman
Series Title: A & E Biography
Call Number: VCR 2004- 85
Description: A look at the life and work of famed costume designer Edith Head
Keywords: Edith Head

Fallen Champ: the Untold Story of Mike Tyson
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Call Number: VCR 2000- 66
Description: Story of Tyson, from youth, to boxing hero, to convicted rapist
Keywords: Boxing; Mike Tyson

Fighting on Both Sides of the Law: Mandela and His Early Crusade
Series Title: Mandela: The Living Legend
Call Number: DVD 2006-130
Description: Traces Mandela's life up to the point when he was convicted of treason and began serving a life sentence in a South African jail
Keywords: Nelson Mandela

Frederic Chopin, a Life to Remember
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Call Number: DVD 2006- 44
Description: A documentary on the life and music of Frederic Chopin
Keywords: Frederic Chopin

George Eliot
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Call Number: VCR 93- 35
Description: Biography of 19th-c. novelist George Eliot
Keywords: George Eliot

Grey Gardens
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Call Number: VCR 2000- 42
Description: Beale and daughter, aunt and cousin of Jackie Onassis
Keywords: Edith Bouvier Beale

Hanya: Portrait of a Pioneer
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Call Number: DVD 2007- 42
Description: Using archival footage from the 30s and 40s plus interviews with her students, this film traces the career of Hanya Holm, dancer-choreographer
Keywords: Choreography; Hanya Holm

Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre
Series Title: CRI American Masters
Call Number: VCR 2006- 3
Description: The life of the American theater director, producer, and critic who organized the Group Theatre and introduced method acting to the US
Keywords: Harold Clurman; Group Theatre

I am a Dancer
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Call Number: VCR 2000- 20
Description: Nureyev's artistic temperament and achievements
Keywords: Rudolf Nureyev

Ida B. Wells - Passion for Justice
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Call Number: VCR 91- 24
Description: The life of the early African-American activist
Keywords: Ida B. Wells

In the Footsteps of Jesus
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Call Number: VCR 2003- 67
Description: A look into the life and teachings of Jesus Christ; Oversize
Keywords: Jesus Christ; Christianity

Irving Berlin: an American song
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Call Number: DVD 2005-147
Description: Describes the life of the famous composer of popular musicals and songs, including "God Bless America"
Keywords: Irving Berlin

Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul
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Call Number: DVD 2007-163
Description: Traces the life and artistic development of Isadora Duncan, often called the mother of modern dance; includes excerpts from twelve of Duncan's dances with archival film and photos
Keywords: Isadora Duncan; Modern Dance

Laurie Anderson: On Performance
Series Title: Art/ New York
Call Number: VCR 2005- 6
Description: Profiles performance artist Laurie Anderson; with performance excerpts, interviews with Anderson and author RoseLee Goldberg
Keywords: Laurie Anderson; Performance Art

Lim?n: A Life Beyond Words
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Call Number: DVD 2007-165
Description: A look at the life and work of modern dancer and choreographer Jose? Limo?n, once described by the New York Times as the ?greatest male dancer of his own or any other time'
Keywords: Limo?n, Jose?; Choreographers; Modern Dance

Mahatma Gandhi: The Great Soul Lives
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Call Number: DVD 2006-132
Description: Traces the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi from his law school days in London, to his work for independence for India
Keywords: Mahatma Gandhi

Malcolm X - El Hajj Malike El Shabazz
Series Title: Black History Series
Call Number: VCR 2004-203
Description: The life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the Black Muslim movement, and his influence
Keywords: Malcolm X: African-American Muslims

Maria Callas: Life and Art
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Call Number: VCR 2001- 3
Description: Life, talent, and career of soprano Maria Callas
Keywords: Maria Callas; Opera

Marian Anderson
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Call Number: VCR 2001-290
Description: Biography of the virtuosa Marian Anderson
Keywords: Marian Anderson

Martha Graham - The Dancer Revealed
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Call Number: VCR 96- 62
Description: Two copies
Keywords: Dance; Martha Graham

Mary Wigman, 1886--1973
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Call Number: VCR 96- 71
Description: Life & work of one of the founders of modern dance
Keywords: Modern Dance

Memorial for Herbert Huncke
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Call Number: DVD 2006-156
Description: An appreciation by the friends of author and poet, Herbert Huncke; includes his last reading on January 10, 1966 for the Poetry Project
Keywords: Herbert Huncke: Memorial; Modern Poetry

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
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Call Number: DVD 2007-183
Description: In-depth profile of Cunningham's prolific career; features new and archival performance footage and exclusive interviews with dancers, collaborators, and Cunningham himself
Keywords: Cunningham, Merce; Modern Dance; Choreographers

Mircea Eliade: His Name, His Destiny
Series Title: Biographies Series
Call Number: DVD 2006-109
Description: Account of Romanian-born Mircea Eliade, noted pioneer in the systematic study of the history of the world's religions
Keywords: Mircea Eliade

Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius
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Call Number: DVD 2007-213
Description: Biography of Percy Julian's life and scientific breakthroughs, with period reenactments based on newly opened family archives and interviews with colleagues and relatives
Keywords: Jullian, Percy Lavon; Chemists; African-American s

Rediscovering George Washington
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Call Number: DVD 2006-129
Description: Explores the character of Washington, as a warrior, politician, and charismatic leader, and traces his accomplishments
Keywords: George Washington

Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds
Series Title: CRI American Masters
Call Number: DVD 2006- 7
Description: A film portrait of the legendary composer; includes interviews with Julie Andrews, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and others as well as archival performances
Keywords: Richard Rodgers

Spirit of Tibet
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Call Number: VCR 2001- 83
Description: Documentary on the life of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Keywords: Tibetan Buddhism

Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor
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Call Number: DVD 2006-231
Description: Traces Tadeusz Kantor's roots as an artist in Poland and explores his methods of stagecraft; features extensive segments from some of his most famous plays
Keywords: Tadeusz Kantor; Experimental Theater

Thirty-two Short Films about Glenn Gould
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Call Number: VCR 2000- 5
Description: Impressonistic vignettes of Gould's life
Keywords: Glenn Gould

Trisha Brown: Early Works 1966-1979
Series Title: Artpix Notebooks
Call Number: DVD 2007- 40
Description: 2-disc set presents a conversation with American modern dancer and choreographer Trisha Brown, as well as some of her major performances
Keywords: Choreography; Trisha Brown

Two Hundred Years of Mozart
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Call Number: VCR 2004- 60
Description: Describes Mozart's life as a composer in Vienna; includes excerpts from his works
Keywords: Ludwig Amadeus Mozart

Verso Negro: Black Verse Poetry of the Spanish Caribbean
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Call Number: VCR 2006- 11
Description: A profile of Efrai?n Ortiz, a Puerto Rican reciter of Verso Negro, an African-influenced style of poetry popular in Puerto Rico
Keywords: Efrai?n Ortiz; Puerto Rican Poetry

World of Alwin Niklais
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Call Number: VCR 2007- 26
Description: This 5-volume series introduces Alwin Nikolais and his work in dance, music and abstrct theatre
Keywords: Nikolais, Alwin; Modern Dance: United States

Yo no s? qu? me han hecho tus ojos [I Don't Know What Your Eyes...]
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Call Number: DVD 2005-105
Description: Filmmakers Lorena Munoz and Sergio Wolf set out to examine the fascinating life of world-famous singer Ada Falcon
Keywords: Spanish; Ada Falcon