USA: Dance; 5; Anna Sokolow's Rooms
- Transcript
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- Series
- USA: Dance
- Episode Number
- 5
- Episode
- Anna Sokolow's Rooms
- Producing Organization
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/516-4b2x34nh70
- NOLA Code
- UDNC
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This episode presents Anna Sokolow?s ?Rooms,? a ballet for a generation without faith, a ballet about loneliness of the spirit and hunger of the soul ? one of the best-known dances in the American repertoire. ?Rooms,? created by Miss Sokolow in 1954, has been one of the most influential works in American dance, for, rather than providing pure entertainment, it accepts modern themes of life, hope, death, and despair as searchingly as any other American art form. With ?Rooms? for the first time, perhaps dance jazz was used ironically. No other modern choreographer has had more of a sense of the possibilities of jazz for her art than Anna Sokolow, and in ?Rooms? she uses a jazz by Kenyon Hopkins to heighten the tragic isolation of a man in the jazz age ? the theme of the work. ?Escape,? ?Going,? ?Desire,? ?Pain? ? the name of the individual dances in ?Rooms? indicate its concern with the psychological problems of contemporary life. They are performed by an outstanding group of dancers headed by Ze?eva Cohen, Jack Moore, and Jeff Duncan. USA: Dance - Anna Sokolow?s Rooms is a National Educational Television production. Episode Running Time: 28:56 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- USA: Dance features 6 half-hour episodes that explore contemporary dance and choreography with performances and interviews. These episodes were originally recorded on videotape.
- Broadcast Date
- 1966-04-24
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Performance
- Documentary
- Topics
- Performing Arts
- Dance
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:29:19
- Credits
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Choreographer: Sokolow, Anna
Director: Geisel, Dave
Narrator: Redfield, William
Performer: Clarke, Martha
Performer: Wolenski, Chester
Performer: Duncan, Jeff
Performer: Moore, Jack
Performer: Posin, Kathryn
Performer: Cicierska, Margaret
Performer: Cohen, Ze'eva
Performer: Cook, Ray
Producer: Venza, Jac
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
Writer: Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape: Quad
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-5 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-6 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-7 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-8 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 1162729-9 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “USA: Dance; 5; Anna Sokolow's Rooms,” 1966-04-24, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-4b2x34nh70.
- MLA: “USA: Dance; 5; Anna Sokolow's Rooms.” 1966-04-24. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-4b2x34nh70>.
- APA: USA: Dance; 5; Anna Sokolow's Rooms. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-4b2x34nh70