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| Choreographer | Date Choreographed |
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Doris
Humphrey
| 1938 |
| Dance Title: | Passacaglia and fugue in C minor |
| Premier: | Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Company, Bennington Dance Festival, Bennington College |
| Premier City: | Bennington |
| Premier State: | VT |
| Premier Country: | US |
| Premier Date: | August 5, 1938 |
| Description of Work: | From Juliette Waung, assistant notator (1957): “Big and open in conception, [Passacaglia and Fugue] is noble in the best and finest sense. If one word were chosen to express the feeling of this dance, it would be ‘grandeur’--without any aristocratic or haughty connotations.”
From the Introduction, p. i: “The Passacaglia is like a procession through some idealized and noble city. The dancers, the celebrants themselves, become the architecture of the city. The architecture dances.”
From Lucy Venable, notator: “It is a dance of affirmation... [it’s] a beautiful experience to dance with this music.” |
| Version Staged by: | Doris Humphrey |
| Running Time: | 15:20 |
| Running Time Comments: | |
| Style of Movement | Comments |
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Modern
| Humphrey/Weidman/Limón |
| Status of Score |
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Handwritten manuscript
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| Pagination: | xviii, 156 |
| Level of Notation: |
Intermediate/Advanced
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| Certified by | Certified Date |
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Allan Miles
| 1955 |
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Lucy Venable
| 1982-1983 |
| Transcribed By | Transcribed Date | Transcribed Format |
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Candace Feck
| 1982 | Autography - “Passacaglia” section |
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Mary Sweeney
| 1983 | Autography - “Fugue” section |
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Mira Kim
| 2012 | LW 4.7.1 |
| Number of Women: | 13 |
| Number of Minimum Women: | 13 |
| Number of Men: | 5 |
| Number of Minimum Men: | 5 |
| Number of Either Gender: | 0 |
| Number of Minimum of Either Gender: | 0 |
| Number of Soloist (Women): | 0 |
| Number of Soloist (Men): | 0 |
| Number of Soloist (Either Gender): | 0 |
| Number of Principle (Women): | 1 |
| Number of Principle (Men): | 1 |
| Number of Principle (Either Gender): | 0 |
| Total Cast: | 18 |
| Alternate Cast: | |
| Additional Cast: | |
| Level of Dancer: |
Advanced
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| Casting Notes: | One or both leads perform the turn variation. All perform one or more variations. Can be done with as few as 14 dancers. 16 is a good number also. Can be done with all women |
| Dancers in Original Version: | José Limón, Lucy Venable, Jemina Ben-Gal, Elaine Fisch, Poligena Rogers, Ellida Kaufman, Lola Huth, Joan Gainer, Margot Mink, Cristyne Lawson, Dorene Richardson, Janet Byer, Cynthia Stone, Melisa Nicolaides, Sheldon Ossosky, Chester Wolenski, Charles Nicoll, Bruce Carlisle |
| Dancers in Staged Version: | Juilliard School Dance Division |
| Costume Information: | Costume sketches on file at DNB |
| Lighting Information: | Basic lighting information is provided with score |
| Props Information: | |
| Set Information: | Set is made of 11 cubes. Basic set information provided with score |
| Miscellaneous Production Information: | |
| Music Composer | Comments |
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Peter J. Billam
| Arranged [for four hands on piano] |
| Music Title: | Passacaglia and fugue in C minor |
| Music Formats Available from the DNB | Music Format Comments |
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Unmarked Score
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Marked Score
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Audiocassette
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CD
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Reel-to-reel tape
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| Format Available | Comments |
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VHS or PAL Video
| The National Institute of Arts, Taiwan (AKA Taiwan National University of Arts), May 2000. Staged by Yunyu Wang |
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VHS or PAL Video
| Repertory Dance Theater, 1982. Staged by Tom Brown |
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VHS or PAL Video
| [Note -- In house use only] Dub from Betamax video. Company and year unknown |
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DVD
| The National Institute of Arts, Taiwan (AKA Taiwan National University of Arts), May 2000. Staged by Yunyu Wang |
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DVD
| Repertory Dance Theater, 1982
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Film (16mm)
| The Ohio State University |
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Film (16mm)
| Repertory Class, 1963 |
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Film (2")
| 14 minutes 30 seconds |
| LabanWriter Format |
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CD-ROM
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| Reference Books |
| Humphrey, Doris. Doris Humphrey: The Collected Works, vols. 1-2 [Notation scores]. New York: Dance Notation Bureau Press, 1978 (vol. 1); 1992 (vol. 2) |
| Dance Techniques and Studies, Book 1 [Labanotation textbook]. New York: Dance Notation Bureau Press, 1950 |
| Royalty Fee | Comments |
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$$$
| per performance |
| Licensing Fee | Comments |
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$$$$
| for one year |
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$$$$$
| for two years |
| Artist Contact |
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Charles Woodford
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| Archival Offsite Copy |
| Microfilms: NYPL Dance Division *ZBD-127 Reel 28// *ZZ-17431 // *ZBD-33; OSU Special Collection Box 1-25, Box 4-157, Box 7-325, 326, Box 8-328, 348, 349, 361 |
| Archival Score: OSU |
| Archival Revised Score: OSU |
| Score Copy: NYPL Dance Division *MGRN 73-75 // *MGRN 73-76 // *MGRN 73-77 |
| Archival Playbills | Comments |
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| Archival Papers | Comments |
| Costume Information, Swatches, and Sketches | |
| Correspondence | |
| Other | Manning, Susan, 1978. Gesture, Sign, Risk, Motion: A Consideration of Doris Humphrey's Passacaglia, 1978 |
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