Browse by Subject: Performing Arts & Drama

Viveca Lindfors and filmmaker Bert Rashby present a Twentieth Century actress at work on a scene from Euripedes’ 2400-year-old Greek drama, “The...
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An introduction to the artistry of the Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater, featuring selections from the major works of choreographer Ailey, set...
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This powerful program is “a masterful depiction of the deep friendship between Big Joe (Paul Sorvino), a telephone lineman, and Angel, a young...
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The five basic elements in film making that lend themselves to artistic control by the filmmaker and to critical analysis by the viewer are...
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The characters of Duke Frederick, Rosalind, Celia, Jacques, and Touchstone are introduced and Jacques’ famous lines about the seven ages of man which...
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Charlie Chaplin is undoubtedly one of the most significant names in the development of the movies. This documentary shows the evolution of Chaplin’s...
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Based on the play "A Man for All Seasons" by Robert Bolt, "Conscience in Conflict" weaves together all the key scenes from a magnificent,...
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Film is an ideal medium with which to explore the many techniques of observation. Some modes of observation are important to life and survival, while...
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Paul Robeson portrays Brutus Jones, an arrogant, strong-willed braggart who rises from Pullman porter to autocrat. He seizes power on a Caribbean...
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A look at Fat Tuesday, a day and night of revelry during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. "Fat Tuesday" is a 1976 documentary that looks at the “other”...
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Emerging from the Middle East thousands of years ago, the art of bellydancing has spread throughout the world. Traditionally, the dancer becomes a...
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A joyous 1977 program celebrating a remarkable talent, Elizabeth Swados, author, composer and performer. Elizabeth is young and bursting with...
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