Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Tharp, Twyla.
2. Tharp, Twyla
3. Boal, Peter
4. Ringer, Jenifer
5. Allen, Samantha
6. Angle, Jared
7. Golbin, Pauline
8. Gold, Tom
9. Riggins, Carrie Lee
10. McDill, Nancy.
11. Quatrano, Joan.
12. Caddell, Stacy
13. Mizrahi, Isaac.
14. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
15. Millard, Jay.
16. Gutierrez, Manny.
17. New York City Ballet.
18. Harmill Communications.
19. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Twyla Tharp discusses her choreography for The Beethoven seventh, which was given its world premiere by the New York City Ballet on January 22, 2000. She explains how Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 represented a means of defining what romanticism meant to her, and describes the three central men in the cast (Peter Boal, Nikolaj Hübbe, Damian Woetzel) and the individual qualities they brought to the work. With demonstrations by the dancers, she analyzes the ballet's choreography and music, mostly through excerpts from the first movement. Selected movement ideas are shown first in video excerpts recorded with Tom Gold and Stacy Caddell during the ballet's developmental stage, and in their final realization. In a question-and-answer period she talks about her working relationship with New York City Ballet since Brahms/Handel (choreographed with Jerome Robbins in 1984) ; the bases upon which she selects her dancers and music ; her training in music and dance ; the rehearsal process for The Beethoven seventh, particularly her work with Nikolaj Hübbe and Wendy Whelan ; the intent of Isaac Mizrahi's costume designs ; her longstanding and continuing interest in popular culture and music.

Uniform title

1. Beethoven seventh (Choreographic work : Tharp)

Subject

1. Beethoven seventh (Choreographic work : Tharp)
2. Video
3. Dance
4. Choreography
5. Lecture-demonstrations
6. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
7. Music and dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4707

Note

1. Accompanied by house program.
2. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Twyla Tharp, dancers of New York City Ballet, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Performer (note)

1. Speaker: Twyla Tharp.
2. Introduction by Joan Quatrano.
3. Performed by dancers of New York City Ballet: Samantha Allen, Jared Angle, Peter Boal, Pauline Golbin, Tom Gold, Carrie Lee Riggins, Jenifer Ringer.
4. Dancers on pre-recorded videotape excerpts: Tom Gold, Stacy Caddell.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on January 24, 2000 ; videography, Harmill Communications ; camera, Jay Millard, Manuel Gutierrez ; editing, Jay Millard.

Funding (note)

1. This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
2. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Title

1. Twyla Tharp [videorecording] : a lecture demonstration with Twyla Tharp ; a New York City Ballet seminar on the Beethoven Seventh.

Imprint

1. c2000.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Videotaped at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on January 24, 2000 ; videography, Harmill Communications ; camera, Jay Millard, Manuel Gutierrez ; editing, Jay Millard.

Performer

1. Speaker: Twyla Tharp.
2. Introduction by Joan Quatrano.
3. Performed by dancers of New York City Ballet: Samantha Allen, Jared Angle, Peter Boal, Pauline Golbin, Tom Gold, Carrie Lee Riggins, Jenifer Ringer.
4. Dancers on pre-recorded videotape excerpts: Tom Gold, Stacy Caddell.

Funding

1. This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
2. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Local note

1. Open 2007 per Tharp release; permission not needed to view.

Local subject

1. Lecture-demonstrations.

Added author

1. Tharp, Twyla. Speaker
2. Tharp, Twyla, choreographer.
3. Boal, Peter, dancer.
4. Ringer, Jenifer, dancer.
5. Allen, Samantha, dancer.
6. Angle, Jared, dancer.
7. Golbin, Pauline, dancer.
8. Gold, Tom, dancer.
9. Riggins, Carrie Lee, dancer.
10. McDill, Nancy. Instrumentalist
11. Quatrano, Joan. Commentator
12. Caddell, Stacy, dancer.
13. Mizrahi, Isaac. Costume designer
14. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Composer
15. Millard, Jay.
16. Gutierrez, Manny.
17. New York City Ballet.
18. Harmill Communications.
19. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Added title

1. Beethoven seventh (Choreographic work : Tharp)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4707