Isadora and the American Jewish Intelligentsia

2000

A lecture-performance at the 92nd St Y, directed by Dance Visions/Beth Jucovy, and part of the Harkness Dance Center's Sundays at 3 series.

Contents

Time Event/Dance Dancers Full Dance?
0:00 Introductory remarks by Joan Finkelstein
2:16 Lecture
19:01 Chopin - Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7
  • Dance notes: Music played twice, dancer enters on the first repeat
Beth Jucovy Yes
20:44 Lecture resumes
21:21 Chopin - Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68, No. 2 (Orientale)
Beth Jucovy Yes
24:00 Chopin - Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, No. 4 (Death and the Maiden)
Adrienne Ramm Yes
27:33 Chopin - Etude in G flat major, Op. 25, No. 9 "Butterfly"
Beth Jucovy Yes
29:05 Lecture resumes
31:35 Schubert - German Dance, D. 783, No. 10 (Classical Duet)
  • Dance notes: 3 pairs performing in unison
Yes
33:24 Schubert - Waltz in F major, D. 365, No. 34 (Petal Waltz / Tanagra Waltz / Reflection / Unfolding Pe...
Courtney Ramm Yes
34:42 Schubert - Waltz, D. 924, No. 10 (Ballspiel)
Yes
35:43 Schubert - German Dance, D. 783, No. 7 (Lullaby)
  • Dance notes: Performed by group in unison
Yes
36:52 Lecture resumes - Intro to Many Faces of Love
37:58 Brahms - Waltz in B minor, Op. 39, No. 11 (Gypsy)
Cathleen Deutscher Yes
39:26 Brahms - Waltz in A minor, Op. 39, No. 14 (Flames of the Heart / Flames / Gypsy)
Beth Jucovy Yes
40:33 Brahms - Waltz in A major, Op. 39, No. 15 (Rose Petals)
  • Dance notes: Group
Adrienne Ramm Yes
42:45 Lecture resumes
44:18 Gluck - Iphigenie en Aulide, Sicilienne-Bacchanale
  • Dance notes: Slow section to end
Cathleen Deutscher, Beth Jucovy, Adrienne Ramm No
46:38 Lecture resumes
48:43 Gluck - Orfeo ed Eurydice, Act II, Scene 1, Dance of the Furies
  • Dance notes: Part II
Cathleen Deutscher, Beth Jucovy, Adrienne Ramm No
53:26 Intro to Morning Star
53:57 Morning Star music plays
  • Musician(s): Leandra Ramm, soprano
58:01 Gluck - Orfeo ed Eurydice, "Questo asilo di placide" (Morning Star)
  • Dance notes: Duet
Beth Jucovy, Adrienne Ramm Yes
1:02:07 Lecture resumes
1:05:06 Traditional - Dubinushka
Cathleen Deutscher, Catherine Gallant, Beth Jucovy, Debra Orenstein, Adrienne Ramm, Gabrielle Gregory, Michael Murkofsky Yes
1:09:25 Traditional - Varshavianka
Cathleen Deutscher, Catherine Gallant, Beth Jucovy, Debra Orenstein, Adrienne Ramm, Gabrielle Gregory, Michael Murkofsky Yes
1:13:33 Traditional - One, Two, Three
Cathleen Deutscher, Catherine Gallant, Beth Jucovy, Debra Orenstein, Adrienne Ramm, Gabrielle Gregory, Michael Murkofsky Yes
1:15:45 Gretchaninoff - Six Kinderlieder, Op. 31, No. 2 The Call of Spring
Yes
1:17:03 Lecture resumes - Scriabin
1:17:46 Scriabin - Etude, Op. 2, No. 1 (Mother)
Beth Jucovy Yes
1:20:42 Scriabin - Etude, Op. 42, No. 5 (The Crossing)
Catherine Gallant Yes
1:24:15 Scriabin - Etude, Op. 8, No. 12 (Revolutionary)
Adrienne Ramm Yes
1:27:08 Chopin - Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1 "Military Polonaise"
Cathleen Deutscher, Catherine Gallant, Beth Jucovy, Debra Orenstein, Adrienne Ramm Yes
1:30:45 Lecture resumes
1:34:49 Bows
1:39:20 Video of Julia Levien

Related Dancers

Cathleen Deutscher

Catherine Gallant

Beth Jucovy

Debra Orenstein

Adrienne Ramm

Courtney Ramm


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