| Description | Rehearsals of reconstructions done by Bettina Vernon and Evelyn Ippen for the Bodenwieser Live Study Demonstration held at Sadler's Wells Theatre on 29 May 1991. Six Bodenwieser exercises are demonstrated: 1) barre exercise using figures of eight; 2) jumping-leaping routine; 3a) Narrow and Wide, the lyrical version; 3b) Narrow and Wide, the sharp/strong version; 4a) Four Corner Step, the happy version; 4b) Four Corner Step, the melancholic version; 5) Circular Step; 6) Swinging Bell. The dancers are British dancer Cherrill Sands and four Austrian students from the Laban Centre: Margit Fuchs, Gundla Krainz, Ingrid Reisetbauer, Sibylle Starkbaum. The video proceeds in the following order: run-through of all the exercises in order; dancers take a bow; run-through of exercise 3a; run-through of exercise 3b; run-through of exercise 5. The video then cuts to a performance of the Vienna State Opera Ballet dancing reconstructions of Rosalia Chladek's works. |
| Related Material | The music for these exercises is on the following audiotapes: barre exercise, BV/A/897; jumping routine, BV/A/896; Narrow and Wide (lyrical and sharp), BV/A/898 and BV/A/900; Four Corner Step, BV/A/899; Circular Movements, BV/A/900; Swinging Bell, BV/A/901. The music scores are: barre exercise, BV/E/3/6; Narrow and Wide (strong), BV/E/2/16; Narrow and Wide (lyrical), BV/E/2/22; and the Four Corner Step (happy), BV/E/2/24. |