1 streaming video file (NTSC) (84 min.) : sd., b&w and col.
Summary
Compilation of three motion pictures featuring cinedance or videodance works. Each includes b&w sequences in which French ballerina Sylvie Guillem, seen in a black tutu, is heard in voiceover narration, sharing her reflections on dancing and life.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Béatrice Dupont.
Uniform title
Evidentia (Motion picture)
Blue yellow (Motion picture)
Solo (Choreographic work : Forsythe)
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Contents
[First program] (ca. 26 min. total) / co-produced by RD Studio Productions, France 2, BBC, SVT1/Drama, NVC Arts, RTP and ZDF/3SAT ; includes: Smoke / producer, Christina Hörnblad (SVT1/Drama) ; television directors, Mats Ek, Gunilla Wallin ; choreography, Mats Ek ; music, Arvo Pärt ("Spiegel im Spiegel," "Für Alina," "Sarah was ninety years old") ; set and costumes, Peder Freiij ; lighting, Eric Loustau-Carrère ; danced by Sylvie Guillem and Niklas Ek.
[Second program] (ca. 29 min. total) / co-produced by RD Studio Productions, France 2, BBC, NVC Arts, RTP and ZDF/3SAT ; includes: Solo / director, Thomas Lovell Balogh ; choreography and performance, William Forsythe ; music, Thom Willems, performed by Maxim Franke ; costume, Issey Miyake, Raymond Dragon -- Movement / director, Ha Van ; music, J.S. Bach (Suite no. 4 for cello, performed by Yo-Yo Ma), Leonard Cohen ; additional music, Fred Nuzzo, Cyril Morin ; archival footage [selected?] with the collaboration of Patrick Bensard, Cinémathèque de la Danse de la Cinémathèque Française ; danced by David Kern and Benedicte Loyen.
[Third program] (ca. 30 min.) / co-produced by RD Studio Productions, France 2, BBC, NVC Arts, RTP and ZDF/3SAT ; includes: Blue yellow / producer, Ben Woolford ; director, Adam Roberts ; choreography, Jonathan Burrows ; music, Kevin Volans, performed by the Duke Quartet ; costume, Issey Miyake ; danced by Sylvie Guillem -- In the wind, there is someone / producer, Claude Brovelli ; director, Ha Van ; music, J.S. Bach, performed by Phuong-Mai Ngo ; danced by David Kern and Brian Reeder.
Call number
*MGZIDF 8892
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Executive producer, RD Studio Productions, Béatrice Dupont.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
Evidentia [electronic resource] = (evidence) / conceived by Sylvie Guillem.
Imprint
NVC Arts, c1995.
Credits
Executive producer, RD Studio Productions, Béatrice Dupont.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.