Stephen Petronio discusses BLOODLINES, an initiative to honor an incomparable lineage of American postmodern dance masters including Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown. Also talks about RainForest, Merce Cunningham, and honoring David Vaughan (archivist, Merce Cunningham Dance Company).
Uniform title
Locomotor/non locomotor (Choreographic work : Petronio)
Alternative title
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Contents
Introduction (7 min.) / by Stephen Petronio.
Locomotor/non locomotor (world premiere) (52 min.) / concept and choreography, Stephen Petronio ; original score, Clams Casino ; lighting, Ken Tabachnick ; costumes, Narciso Rodriguez ; dancers, Davalois Fearon, Gino Grenek, Barrington Hinds, Jaqlin Medlock, Nicholas Sciscione, Emily Stone, Joshua Tuason ; guest artist, Melissa Toogood.
Introduction to RainForest (5 min.) / by Stephen Petronio.
RainForest (1968) (25 min.) / choreographer, Merce Cunningham ; staged by Andrea Weber with Meg Harper and Rashaun Mitchell ; music, David Tudor (RainForest) ; musicians, John Driscoll, Phil Edelstein ; decor, Andy Warhol ; lighting, Aaron Copp ; performed by Davalois Fearon, Nicholas Sciscione, Emily Stone, Joshua Tuason, Gino Grenek ; special guest, Melissa Toogood.
Call number
*MGZIDF 4114
Note
Widescreen.
Title from opening video credits.
The recording of this work was made possible by the cooperation of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The David Tudor Trust, The Joyce Theater, Merce Cunningham Trust, Petronio Dance Company, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Assistant to the artistic director, Gino Grenek ; resident lighting designer, Ken Tabachnick ; archival & documentation services: videotaped by Character Generators ; directed and edited by Mark Robison ; camerapersons, Mark Robison, Miriam Lefkowitz.
Funding (note)
This archival recording was made possible by a generous challenge grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and by Matching gifts from Helen J. Gebig, Anne H. Bass, The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Gillian Attfield, Caroline Hyman, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Nancy Lassalle and Louisa Sarofim with additional support from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division and the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Title
Stephen Petronio Company, 2015 April 8 / artistic director and choreographer, Stephen Petronio.
Production
2015.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
video file streaming H.264
Access
Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Assistant to the artistic director, Gino Grenek ; resident lighting designer, Ken Tabachnick ; archival & documentation services: videotaped by Character Generators ; directed and edited by Mark Robison ; camerapersons, Mark Robison, Miriam Lefkowitz.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., 2015 April 8.
Funding
This archival recording was made possible by a generous challenge grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and by Matching gifts from Helen J. Gebig, Anne H. Bass, The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., Gillian Attfield, Caroline Hyman, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Nancy Lassalle and Louisa Sarofim with additional support from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division and the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.