MEDAU RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT
Full length video
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Title: MEDAU RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT
Reference number: 3841
Date: 1954c
Sponsor: The Scottish Council of Physical Recreation
Production company: Joint Production Committee of SEFA and SFC
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 10.59 mins
Description:
Introduces system of rhythmical training for girls introduced by Herr H. Medau, of Coburg, as demonstrated by a team of German students at Jordanhill Training College, Glasgow.
File containing correspondence and scripts is held at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.
See also http://www.medau.org.uk/ for more information.
Credits:
m. and movement Hinrich and Senta Medau
p. Douglas Gray, with cooperation of Molly Braithwaite (Medau Society of Great Britain and Ireland) and Doris Robertson (Scottish Council of Physical Education)
comm. s. May Brown
cameramen P.H. Hunter, F.M. Mars
Shotlist: credits (0.42) shots of young girls arriving at Jordanhill College, Glasgow and starting their movement class (wearing white gymslips) with Herr Medau accompanying on the piano (1.42) shots of girls clapping rythmically in sequence (2.32) shots of girls running, skipping and jumping in time to the music (3.03) girl demonstrating "feathering" movement, accompanied by a drum (3.39) girl demonstrates "wave-like" movement (4.05) gvs of girls working with clubs and balls (7.14) girls working with hoops (10.19) general movemets to end, much the same as introductory sequence (10.40) ecs (10.59)