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When the Fire Dances Between Two Poles  Narration by Mary Wigman, with voice-over in English. Includes historical footage of early Laban School and Wigman’s own compositions, Witch Dance, Seraphic Song, Dance of Summer, and excerpts from her last performance in 1942, Farewell and Thanksgiving. 

Mary Wigman shares her thoughts on dance and what it has meant to her.  Several segments of her own dancing are shown, including her works "Shifting Landscape", "Storm Song" and the dance performed on the occasion of her last public appearance before retirement, "Farewell and Thanksgiving 1942".  Also includes vignettes of her demonstating various hand movements and several scenes of her teaching in her studio.                       https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/1737590