Dance on with Billie Mahoney. Hikari Baba /

Hikari Baba, a young Japanese dancer and choreographer now resident in the United States, discusses aspects of her career both in Japan, where she danced with Mieko Fuji, and in the United States, where she studied at the Juilliard School with Billie Mahoney and others. She discusses the challenges...

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Corporate Author: Dance Films Association
Other Authors: Mahoney, Billie, Rogers, Helen Priest
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: New York : Insight media, 1990
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Summary:Hikari Baba, a young Japanese dancer and choreographer now resident in the United States, discusses aspects of her career both in Japan, where she danced with Mieko Fuji, and in the United States, where she studied at the Juilliard School with Billie Mahoney and others. She discusses the challenges of moving between two cultures, notes the experiences of her compatriot Tatsuo Mochizuki, and talks about her company, Baba Dancers. Mahoney screens an excerpt from a camera study she made of Baba for the International Congress on Movement Notation in 1984.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as a program from the public access cable television series Dance on: with Billie Mahoney.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (30 min.))