NTD Catalog

The Shakers [Dance of the chosen]

Choreographer

Doris Humphrey
General Information

Dance ID

251

Year choreographed

1930

Premier

Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and The Concert Group, Hunter College

Premier city

New York

Premier state

NY

Premier country

US

Premier date

November 12, 1930

Description of work

Humphrey’s work is a stark depiction of their [Shakers’] struggle to attain purity. One of the last surviving Shakers who saw this work found himself “enthralled.”

Version staged by

Doris Humphrey

Running time

9:00

Running time comments

NULL

Style of Movement

Modern

ICKL Number

2515

Status of score

Typewriter/LW

Pagination

xiii, 107

Level of Notation

Intermediate/Advanced

Score revised by

Score updated by

Notation checked by

NULL

Movement checked by

NULL

Certified by

Lucy Venable (1955)

Transcribed by

NULL

Notator

Ann Hutchinson Guest, assisted by Els Grelinger

Year Notated

1948

Number of women

7

Number of minimum women

7

Number of men

6

Number of minimum men

6

Number of either gender

Number of minimum either gender

Number of soloist women

1

Number of soloist men

Number of soloist either gender

Number of principle women

Number of principle men

Number of principle either gender

total cast

13

Alternate cast

NULL

Additional cast

NULL

level of dancer

Advanced

Dancers in staged version

NULL

Dancers in original version

NULL

casting notes

NULL

Costume Information

Costume photos, patterns and sketches on file at DNB

Lighting Information

NULL

Props Information

NULL

Set Information

NULL

Misc Production Information

NULL

Composers

Anonymous, Daniel John: Harmonized

Music Title

[Traditional]

Music Formats

Unmarked Score, Audiocassette, Reel-to-reel tape, CD, Marked Score, CD, MP3

Live Music Required

Music in Public Domain

Music right comments

NULL

Music availability offsite

NULL

Other music information

Betty Jones sang in Juillliard performance

Permission for Education

Yes

Permission for education comments

NULL

Permission for Research

Yes

Permission for Research comments

NULL

Permission for Performance

Contact DNB

Permission for Performance Comments

Dance in public domain

Copyright Information

Copyright 1958 by Doris Humphrey

Royalty fees

NULL

Royalty fees B

$$: per performance

Licensing fees

NULL

Licensing fees B

$$: for one year, $$$: for two years

Archival score comment

Locate at OSU Library

DNB archival score available

Yes

archival score box level

Master Box 50

archival score condition

Good

archival revised score

Yes

archival revised score comments

NULL

Master copy available

Yes

Master copy comments

NULL

Archival offsite copy

Microfilms: NYPL Dance Division *ZBD-127 Reel 58 // *ZZ-17495 //*ZBD-100 no. 1 // *ZBD-5; OSU Special Collection Box 1-38, 38.2, 38.3, Archival Score: OSU, Rough Notes: NYPL Dance Division Ann Hutchinson Papers Folder 11, Score Copy: NYPL Dance Division *MRRN-Res + (Humphrey, Doris. Shakers, 1957)

Archival paybills

Programs

Archival photos

CD-ROM, B&W Prints, Photocopies

Archival papers

Costume Information, Swatches, and Sketches: Costume patterns and swatch, Shaker’s History and Information, Correspondence

Press material

Articles and Reviews

Moving picture format

VHS or PAL Video: Dubbed from 3/4″ tape. Connecticut College, August 1955. Directed by Doris Humphrey. Black and white. Silent, VHS or PAL Video: [Note — In house use only] KAET Special — “Dance Tribute to Doris Humphrey”, Arizona State University, August 2, 1979, VHS or PAL Video: [Note — In house use only] Southern Methodist University, November 1996, VHS or PAL Video: The Shakers: Coaching, analysis, and performance by the Doris Humphrey Legacy, 1997, VHS or PAL Video: [Note — In house use only] Moving Company and Physical Graffitti, Scottsdale Community College, May 4, 2000, VHS or PAL Video: [Note — In house use only] Towson University, May 2, 2003, VHS or PAL Video: Columbia College Chicago, May 8-9, 2008, VHS or PAL Video: University of Alabama, 1991. Rehearsal, VHS or PAL Video: University of Georgia, 1991. Staged by Lucy Venable, VHS or PAL Video: The Ohio State University and Dickinson College dancers, 1986, Film (16mm): Repertory Class, directed by Doris Humphrey, 1955. Filmed at American Dance Festival, Film (16mm): Mount Holyoke College Dance Club. Filmed at Chapin Auditorium, February 1965 by Helen P. Rogers, DVD: The Shakers: Coaching, analysis, and performance by the Doris Humphrey Legacy, 1997, DVD: The Ohio State University, Mershon Theater, 1986; Connecticut College, August 1955. Directed by Doris Humphrey. Black and white. Silent, DVD: [Note — In house use only] Columbia College Chicago, The Dance Center, Chicago, IL, May 8-9, 2008, DVD: Verb Ballets, Breen Center for the Performing Arts, Cleveland, OH, February 17, 2012. Staged by Odette Blum, DVD: University of Washington, October 10, 2013. Staged by Karena Birk, MP4/MOV: Connecticut College, August 1955. Directed by Doris Humphrey. Black and white. Silent; The Ohio State University, Mershon Theater, 1986

LabanWriter formats

CD-ROM

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