Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Maleczech, Ruth
2. Brecker, Candace.
3. Breuer, Lee.
4. Abajian, Chris.
5. Prevor, Beth.
6. Cole, Janis.
7. Jones, Craig.
8. Archer, Julie.
9. Mabou Mines (Theater group), producer.
10. Hands On (Organization)
11. Video D Studios.
12. Dance Theater Workshop.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (102 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Performance art work, with sign interpretation for the deaf and hearing-impaired by members of Hands On: Beth Prevor (project coordinator), Janis Cole (interpreter director), and Candace Brecker (interpreter). David White, director of Dance Theater Workshop, introduces the program and talks about the work of Hands On at the beginning of cassette 1, a recording of the performance. Disc 2 (no audio) contains the sign interpretation of the text by Candace Brecker, as it was shown simultaneously with the performance on two monitors on either side of the stage. The question-and-answer period mentioned in White's introduction does not appear on these recordings.

Alternative title

1. Performance poem

Subject

1. Sign-interpreted performances
2. Deaf > Means of communication
3. Performance art
4. Sign language

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2812

Note

1. Sign-interpreted performance.
2. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of the Spring Events 1986: Economy Tires Theater.
3. Duration: disc 1 (ca. 54 min.); disc 2 (ca. 48 min.).

Credits (note)

1. Live mix and videography, Craig Jones; scenery/lighting, Julie Archer; make-up and mask, Linda Hartinian.

Event (note)

1. Disc 1 videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on May 11, 1986. Disc 2 videotaped by Bob Bachelo.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Hajj [videorecording] : a performance poem / by Lee Breuer ; produced by Mabou Mines ; music, Chris Abajian.

Imprint

1. 1986.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Live mix and videography, Craig Jones; scenery/lighting, Julie Archer; make-up and mask, Linda Hartinian.

Performer

1. Performed by Ruth Maleczech ; videotape cast: Phil Schenk (the adult), Lute Ramblin' (the child).

Event

1. Disc 1 videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on May 11, 1986. Disc 2 videotaped by Bob Bachelo.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3795.

Local subject

1. Sign-interpreted performances.

Added author

1. Maleczech, Ruth, performer.
2. Brecker, Candace.
3. Breuer, Lee. Creator
4. Abajian, Chris. Composer
5. Prevor, Beth.
6. Cole, Janis.
7. Jones, Craig. Videographer
8. Archer, Julie. Lighting designer
9. Archer, Julie. Set designer
10. Mabou Mines (Theater group), producer.
11. Hands On (Organization)
12. Video D Studios.
13. Dance Theater Workshop.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2812