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“Reconstructing the Beloved - A Rehearsal with Bella Lewitzky”

MiniDV, Beta SP, 16 minutes, 2001

Synopsis 

Choreographed by Lester Horton in collaboration with Bella Lewitzky in 1948, The Beloved was based on a newspaper article about a man in the Midwest who had beaten his wife to death with a Bible because of some suspected infidelity. Fifty years later Lewitzky passes on the legacy of this dance to Diana MacNeil and John Pennington as they prepare for a performance.

Credits

Produced, Directed and Edited by Bridget Murnane

With

Bella Lewitzky

Diana Macneil

John Pennington

Newell Reynolds

Ruth Eliel

Ken Talley