Sounds of Summer; 11; Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; Rainbow Round My Shoulder
- Series
- Sounds of Summer
- Episode Number
- 11
- Episode
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
- Segment
- Rainbow Round My Shoulder
- Producing Organization
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-78tb35n7
- NOLA Code
- SDSS
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- Description
- Episode Description
- The episode visits the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts. The first portion of the episode documents a typical day at the Festival, showing classes and rehearsals. It covers the history of the Pillow, incorporating historic and rare film footage, such as: the Denishawn Men dancers; Ruth St. Denis dancing the "Hoop Dance"; and excerpt of Alexandra Danilova doing the Sugar Plum Variations in 1948; Doris Humphrey's Scarf Dance; an excerpt from "Prometheus" featuring the Pillow's founder-director Ted Shawn, as well as an interview with Ted Shawn.
- Series Description
- This Sunday evening series presents summer festival programs of classical and folk music, opera, jazz, and the dance from across the United States and from Europe, host by Steve Allen. The 18 episodes that comprise the series were originally recorded in color on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Description
- Track for ballet "Rainbow Round My Shoulder", arranged and conducted by Howard A. Roberts
- Broadcast Date
- 1969-08-10
- Asset type
- Segment
- Topics
- Music
- Media type
- Sound
- Credits
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Associate Producer: Loxton, David R.
Director: Barzyk, Fred
Executive Producer: Gilbert, Craig
Host: Allen, Steve
Interviewee: Shawn, Ted
Performer: St. Denis, Ruth
Performer: Najan, Nala
Performer: Lander, Toni
Performer: Marks, Bruce
Performer: Shawn, Ted
Performer: Danilova, Alexandra
Performer: Humphrey, Doris
Performing Group: Lotte Goslar and Company
Performing Group: Denishawn Men Dancers
Performing Group: Donald McKayle Company
Performing Group: Maria Alba and Company
Performing Group: Norman Walker Company
Producer: Venza, Jac
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_79367 (WNET Archive)
Format: 1/4 inch audio tape
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Sounds of Summer; 11; Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; Rainbow Round My Shoulder,” 1969-08-10, Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 28, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-78tb35n7.
- MLA: “Sounds of Summer; 11; Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; Rainbow Round My Shoulder.” 1969-08-10. Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 28, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-78tb35n7>.
- APA: Sounds of Summer; 11; Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; Rainbow Round My Shoulder. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-78tb35n7