2 streaming video files (166 min.) : sound with silent sections, color.
Summary
Mikhail Baryshnikov and White Oak Dance project in rehearsal and performance. Volume I consists of rehearsal footage, starting with the musicans, then Baryshnikov, and finally the entire company. This recording includes shots of the empty auditorium, technicians, and the venue's cleaning staff. Severe audio problems impede the ability to discern musical works or dialogue. While there are sections of light static, the main issue is that the sound runs faster than the action and is out of synch with the visual track. Volume I audio track stops completely at 46:07. Volume II audio is fine; contrary to the videocassette label, Spanish dialogue and venue announcements indicate a venue other than Sadler's Wells. Visuals pick up with cleaning staff and continue on through the final curtain call. Visual quality is fine overall, although footage of Baryshnikov during "Chaconne" looks fuzzy and skin tones seem discolored. There are occasional 'jump cuts' in the tape, as if the camera turned off for a second.
Uniform title
South Bank show (Television program)
Quiet as it's kept (Choreographic work : Salomons)
Three Russian preludes (Choreographic work : Morris)
Volume I : musical rehearsal - Baryshnikov solo rehearsal - White Oak Dance Project rehearsal. Volume II: Quiet as It's Kept (Ruthlyn Salomons, choreographer; David Finn, lighting designer; Heitor Villa-Lobos, composer) -- Three Russian Preludes (Mark Morris, choreographer; Isaac Mizrahi, costume designer; Dmitriĭ Shostakovich, composer) -- Septet (Merce Cunningham, choreographer; David Finn, lighting designer; Remy Charlip, costume designer; Erik Satie, composer) -- Chaconne (José Limón, choreographer; David Finn, lighting designer; Johann Sebastian Bach, composer) -- What a Beauty (Kraig Patterson, choreographer; David Finn, lighting designer; Bedřich Smetana, composer)
Call number
*MGZIDF 147
Note
Title created by cataloger.
Date from 1996 European tour reviews.
Date and location information on videocassette labels incorrect.
Videocassette label lists this as a Sadler's Wells performance; content of the tape indicates otherwise.
Announcements and audience conversation in Spanish.
Severe audio problems on Volume I; silent from 46:07.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Merce Cunningham, José Limón, Mark Morris, Kraig Patterson, Ruthlyn Salomons, choreographers; David A. Finn, lighting designer; Remy Charlip, Isaac Mizrahi, costume designers; Johann Sebastian Bach, Erik Satie, Dmitriĭ Shostakovich, Bedřich Smetana, Heitor Villa-Lobos, composers.
Source (note)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, 1960-2010.
Title
White Oak Dance Project : South Bank Show recordings, 1996.
Country of producing entity
United Kingdom.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
video
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Merce Cunningham, José Limón, Mark Morris, Kraig Patterson, Ruthlyn Salomons, choreographers; David A. Finn, lighting designer; Remy Charlip, Isaac Mizrahi, costume designers; Johann Sebastian Bach, Erik Satie, Dmitriĭ Shostakovich, Bedřich Smetana, Heitor Villa-Lobos, composers.
Performer
Raquel Aedo, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rob Besserer, Jamie Bishton, Patricia Lent, Emmanuèle Phuon, Ruthlyn Salomons, Vernon Scott, White Oak Dance Project, dancers.
Event
Recorded 1996
Original version
Original format: 2 videocassettes (Betacam SP) ; 1/2 in.
Linking entry
Forms part of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, 1960-2010.