A PAUL TAYLOR TO TAKE HOME.Dancemaker, Matthew Diamond's 1998 Oscar-nominated documentary on choreographer Paul Taylor
DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. . The film, which sheds light on Taylor and his choreographic process, considers his isolated childhood in rural Virginia, his years as Martha Graham's prize soloist, and his present-day concerns with maintaining a company and producing work. Diamond, a former dancer and choreographer, follows Taylor and his dancers through rehearsals for Piazzola Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. , on a tour across India, and finally, to Caldera's debut on a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of stage. Upon its release, Dancemaker garnered several film festival awards for its candid portrayal of pain and glory in the dance world. The DVD features inspirations behind Taylor's work, a biography of Taylor, and select biographies of dancers featured in the film, as well as a complete listing of the Taylor repertory. New Video, a label devoted exclusively to bringing critically acclaimed documentaries like D.A. Pennebaker's Don't Look Back to home video, released the film through its Docurama branch late in February. |
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