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Magritte, Magritte

Title
  1. Magritte, Magritte [videorecording] / choreography by Anna Sokolow ; staged and directed by Jim May ; produced and directed by Gene Ritchings ; [performed by] Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble.
Published by
  1. 2006.

Details

Additional authors
  1. May, Jim, 1944-
  2. Sokolow, Anna
  3. Ritchings, Gene.
  4. Andrieux, Philippe, lighting designer.
  5. Siska, Sissi.
  6. Bunker, Eleanor.
  7. Naslund, Lauren.
  8. Bellerose, Davey
  9. Birnbaum, Melissa
  10. Bunker, Eleanor
  11. Cortes, Benjamin (Dancer)
  12. Forbes, Alan (Dancer)
  13. Géracht, Samantha
  14. Naslund, Lauren
  15. Todesco, Francesca
  16. Zaragoza, Luis Gabriel
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Uniform title
  1. Magritte, Magritte (Choreographic work : Sokolow)
Subject
  1. Sokolow, Anna
  2. Magritte, Magritte (Choreographic work : Sokolow)
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. Magritte, Magritte performance (ca. 49 min.). The lovers (ca. 8 min.) / music by Alexander Scriabin (Sonata no. 5 opus 53) ; performers, Francesca Todesco, Benjamin Cortes -- Ago (ca. 3 min.) / poem by John White ; performer, Davey Bellerose -- The restless sleeper (ca. 10 min.) / music by Franz Liszt (Valse oubilee no. 1 and no. 2) ; performer, Luis Gabriel Zaragoza -- Ideas of an acrobat (ca. 6 min.) / music by Hazel Masiello ; performers, Davey Bellerose, Benjamin Cortes [with] Eleanor Bunker, Melissa Birnbaum, Samantha Geracht -- The month of the harvest (ca. 2 min.) / poem by Edgar Allen Poe ; performers, Davey Bellerose, Alan Forbes, Joshua Sculteis -- Discovery (ca. 4 min.) / music, Charles Hayward (saxophone improvisation) ; performer, Lauren Naslund -- The threatened assassin (ca. 11 min.) / written by John White ; performers, Eleanor Bunker, Benjamin Cortes, Davey Bellerose, Alan Forbes -- The grand war (ca. 2 min.) / poem by John White.
  2. Interview with Jim May (ca. 9 min.) / interviewee, Jim May (director, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble)
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-4416
Note
  1. Performance (ca. 49 min.) includes eight sections: The lovers, Ago, The restless sleeper, Ideas of an acrobat, The month of the harvest, Discovery, The threatened assassin, The grand war.
  2. Interview with Jim May discussing the choreographic work, Magritte, Magritte, what this work represents, how Anna Sokolow discovered its concept, how she incorporated dance and theater, and the process of recreating her work since she often changed the choreography depending on the dancer.
Credits (note)
  1. Lighting design by Philippe Andrieux ; costumes by Sissi Siska, Eleanor Bunker ; sound recorded by Bill Daly ; photographed by Raymond McGrath, Gene Ritchings ; edited by Lauren Naslund.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Dance Theater Workshop, New York, between July 6-8, 2006.
System details (note)
  1. DVD.
Source (note)
  1. Jim May.
Title
  1. Magritte, Magritte [videorecording] / choreography by Anna Sokolow ; staged and directed by Jim May ; produced and directed by Gene Ritchings ; [performed by] Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble.
Imprint
  1. 2006.
System details
  1. DVD.
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Dance Theater Workshop, New York, between July 6-8, 2006.
Performer
  1. Danced by The Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble: Davey Bellerose, Melissa Birnbaum, Eleanor Bunker, Benjamin Cortes, Alan Forbes, Samantha Geracht, Lauren Naslund, Joshua Schulteis, Francesca Todesco, Luis Gabriel Zaragoza.
Credits
  1. Lighting design by Philippe Andrieux ; costumes by Sissi Siska, Eleanor Bunker ; sound recorded by Bill Daly ; photographed by Raymond McGrath, Gene Ritchings ; edited by Lauren Naslund.
Source
  1. Gift; Jim May. NN-PD
Added author
  1. May, Jim, 1944- Restager
  2. May, Jim, 1944- Director
  3. Sokolow, Anna, choreographer.
  4. Ritchings, Gene. Director
  5. Ritchings, Gene. Producer
  6. Andrieux, Philippe, lighting designer.
  7. Siska, Sissi. Costume designer
  8. Bunker, Eleanor. Costume designer
  9. Naslund, Lauren. Editor
  10. Bellerose, Davey, dancer.
  11. Birnbaum, Melissa, dancer.
  12. Bunker, Eleanor, dancer.
  13. Cortes, Benjamin (Dancer)
  14. Forbes, Alan (Dancer)
  15. Géracht, Samantha, dancer.
  16. Naslund, Lauren, dancer.
  17. Todesco, Francesca, dancer.
  18. Zaragoza, Luis Gabriel, dancer.
  19. May, Jim, 1944- Donor
Added title
  1. Magritte, Magritte (Choreographic work : Sokolow)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-4416
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