Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. McPherson, Katrina
2. Simson, Kirstie
3. Schumacher, Michael
4. Kusuda, Kenzo
5. Jian, Dai
6. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, production company.
7. Goat Media Ltd. (Firm), production company.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. A documentary featuring the renowned improvising dance artist Kirstie Simson. Over five years, award-winning dance film-maker Katrina McPherson filmed Kirstie Simson performing and teaching across Europe, culminating in a one-off performance with Michael Schumacher, Kenzo Kasuda and Dai Jian at the Universal Hall in July 2010. Force of Nature combines specially filmed performance, documentary footage and in-depth interviews with Kirstie Simson, in which she talks about her life-long practice, and her passionate belief in the power of dance to bring people together and transform lives.

Alternative title

1. Performance documentary with Kirstie Simson

Subject

1. Simson, Kirstie
2. Improvisation in dance
3. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance films.
2. Documentary films.
3. Feature films.
4. Nonfiction films.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-8599

Credits (note)

1. Director and camera, Katrina McPherson ; Editor, Simon Fildes ; music, Steven Heather.

System details (note)

1. DVD-R; NTSC; 16:9 presentation.

Title

1. Force of nature / Kirstie Simson ; directed by Katrina McPherson ; Board of trustees, University of Illinois and Goat Media Ltd.

Publisher

1. [Chicago] : Goat Media, 2011.

Country of producing entity

1. United States naf

Playing time

1. 011500

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Physical medium

1. 4 3/4 in.

Digital file characteristics

1. video file
2. DVD video
3. all regions

System details

1. DVD-R; NTSC; 16:9 presentation.

Performer

1. Improvising dance artist, Kirstie Simson ; featuring with Dai Jian, Kenzo Kusuda, Michael Schumacher.

Credits

1. Director and camera, Katrina McPherson ; Editor, Simon Fildes ; music, Steven Heather.

Added author

1. McPherson, Katrina, film director, director of photography.
2. Simson, Kirstie, interviewee (expression), dancer.
3. Schumacher, Michael, dancer.
4. Kusuda, Kenzo, dancer.
5. Jian, Dai, dancer.
6. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, production company.
7. Goat Media Ltd. (Firm), production company.

Note

1. Subtitle on disc label: Performance documentary with Kirstie Simson

Other standard identifier

1. 886470431779

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-8599