Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Steiner, Charlie.
2. Weare, Kate.
3. Kraus, Leslie.
4. Clark, Adrian (Dancer)
5. Oden, Marlena.
6. Gillespie, Douglas.
7. Kate Weare Company.
8. Crooked Jades (Musical group)
9. New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Disc 1. Kate Weare discusses her background and starting her dance company, working with live music and The Crooked Jades, how this project is different from other projects, how she met and started working with The Crooked Jades, how this dance came about, the process of creating this work, what Charlie Steiner filmed in rehearsals, the most difficult part of working with the musicians, working with the costume and lighting designers, and how full-out the dancers perform during the tech and dress rehearsal. Disc 2. Continuation of the tech day and what is involved, dealing with the sound level of the music and each musician, the decision to have musician move to the front of the space at the conclusion of the dance. Disc 3. Begins on stage with the dancers as they are warming up, each dancer (Leslie Krause, Adrian Clark, Marlema Oden, Douglas Gillespie) discusses their dance background and dancing with Kate Weare, how the work "Bright land" evolved for each dancer, what it is like performing this work, and each dancers role in this dance. The camera moves to The Crooked Jades dressing room where the musicians discuss working with modern dancers, melding the groups together, how the process is continually evolving, and how differently the music is felt by the musicians and the dancers. This disc concludes on stage working out the final bows for this dance.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation

Uniform title

1. Bright land (Choreographic work : Weare)

Subject

1. Interviews
2. Oden, Marlena
3. Video
4. Weare, Kate
5. Kraus, Leslie
6. Crooked Jades (Musical group)
7. Clark, Adrian, dancer
8. Choreography > Interviews
9. Kate Weare Company
10. Dance
11. Filmed interviews
12. Music and dance
13. Gillespie, Douglas
14. Bright land (Choreographic work : Weare)

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Video.
3. Dance.
4. Nonfiction films.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (47 min.) -- Disc 2 (7 min.) -- Disc 3 (72 min.).

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6133

Note

1. Recording made possible by the cooperation of The Joyce Theater, Kate Weare Company, The Crooked Jades, and The Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped interviews at an editing studio and The Joyce Theater stage and dressing room, New York, N.Y., in July and Aug. 2010.

Funding (note)

1. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties.
2. The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
3. The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Kate Weare [videorecording] : uncut interviews / interviewer, Charlie Steiner.

Imprint

1. 2010.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation

System details

1. DVD.

Performer

1. Interviewer, Charlie Steiner ; interviewees, Kate Weare, Leslie Kraus, Adrian Clark, Marlena Oden, Douglas Gillespie and The Crooked Jades.

Event

1. Videotaped interviews at an editing studio and The Joyce Theater stage and dressing room, New York, N.Y., in July and Aug. 2010.

Funding

1. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties.
2. The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
3. The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Added author

1. Steiner, Charlie. Interviewer
2. Weare, Kate. Interviewee
3. Kraus, Leslie. Interviewee
4. Clark, Adrian (Dancer) Interviewee
5. Oden, Marlena. Interviewee
6. Gillespie, Douglas. Interviewee
7. Kate Weare Company.
8. Crooked Jades (Musical group)
9. New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Added title

1. Bright land (Choreographic work : Weare)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6133