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Early dance. Part 1, From the Greeks to the Renaissance [videorecording] / directed by Harold Bergsohn ; written and produced by Isa Partsch-Bergsohn.

Contributor(s): Bergsohn, Harold | Chodera, Gail | Flemming, Charles | Dance Horizons Video (Firm) | Contemporary Arts Media (Firm).
Publisher: South Fremantle, Western Australia : Contemporary Arts Media, 1995Description: 1 videodisc (22 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: From the Greeks to the Renaissance.Subject(s): Dance -- History | Ballet -- History | Dance -- Greece -- HistoryDDC classification: 793.309 Narrators: Gail Chodera and Charles Flemming.Summary: A concise history of dance from the tragedies and comedies of the early Greek theater to the English masques in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, using engravings, prints, and paintings. Includes the origins of the four foot postions and demonstrates the pavan, galliard, saltarella, canarie, and volta.
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793.309 EAR 1995 (Browse shelf) DVD 1 Available GENLS,GENLS,02,GR 1000526787

Distributed in Australia by: Contemporary Arts Media. Dance excerpts: Italian court dances: pavan and sciolto, saltarello and canarie / from Fabritio Caroso, published 1600 ; reconstructed and mounted by Angene Feves ; danced by Angene Feves and Charles Perrier ; music played by the Court Revels of the Consortium Antiquum -- Volta and galliard / danced by Angene Feves and Charles Perrier -- Waterways [excerpt] / choreography, Nina Janik ; danced by Molly Faulkner and Carl Unkrich.

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Originally published by: Dance Horizons Video.

Narrators: Gail Chodera and Charles Flemming.

A concise history of dance from the tragedies and comedies of the early Greek theater to the English masques in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, using engravings, prints, and paintings. Includes the origins of the four foot postions and demonstrates the pavan, galliard, saltarella, canarie, and volta.

DVD, PAL.