Orem Library

On December 29, 30 and 31, 2011, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company presented six valedictory performances at Park Avenue Armory before disbanding. The event marked the conclusion of the Company's Legacy Tour and the culmination of nearly 60 years of innovation. Disc 3 includes recent and archival excerpts from each of the repertory works featured on the Legacy Tour.

In 2008, world-famous dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch selected forty teenagers who had never heard her name to be part of her dance piece Contact Zone. For ten months through opening night, the young dancers discover Bausch's genius and their own bodies.

The line between fantasy and reality dissolves when during intense rehearsals for a dance production of Carmen the director of the dance company and his young star find themselves living the "Carmen" story of love and treachery.

Documentary on the German choreographer and dancer Mary Wigman featuring interviews and dance excerpts. Topics include her upbringing and childhood, her first tour of the United States, and the only authorized Wigman school in America, in New York.

Fourth witness (22 min.) -- Eliza and I (56 min.) -- Woman, the pioneer (25 min.). Fourth Witness: the true story of Mary Whitmer and her support or Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the early days of the church. Because of her faithfulness, she was shown the gold plates by an angel, becoming the "fourth witness" of the Book of Mormon. Eliza and I: Elizabeth Hansen performs her one-woman play: 'A high and glorious place' about Eliza R. Snow, pioneer...

Tribute to German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch as members of her dance troupe, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, perform her pieces in various settings.

This year the international Beat the World competition is in Detroit. Three dance crews are preparing to do battle to become the world champions. In the final showdown, their lifelong hopes, dreams, and even lives are at stake.

"A modern take on composer Manuel de Falla's gypsy ballet, dressed up in pink sunsets and hellishly red fires. Set in a dusty Andalusian village, El amor brujo (Love the Magician) is a seductive melodrama of a man whose beloved is haunted by the ghost of another."--Container.

This collection features 21 song-and-dance spectaculars staged and directed by Busby Berkeley, from movie musicals released in the 1930's. Included are excerpts from "42nd Street" (1933), "Gold diggers of 1933" (1933), "Fashions of 1934" (1934), "In Caliente" (1933), "Footlight parade" (1933), "Wonder Bar" (1934), "Dames" (1934), "Gold diggers of 1935" (1935), and "Gold diggers of 1937" (1937).

A story of what it takes to become a dancer, through the eyes of nine young girls from around the world. These girls have been given the chance of a lifetime, a four-week-long summer audition to get into a professional ballet school. Which girl will prove to be the dancer they are looking for? Who will have the passion, the drive, and the endurance to make it? And will she and her family be ready to make the sacrifices?