Martha Graham at City Center : Seraphic dialogues ; Conversations ; Embattled garden ; Night journey ; Steps
Title
Martha Graham at City Center : Seraphic dialogues ; Conversations ; Embattled garden ; Night journey ; Steps, May 9, 2002 / performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company at New York City Center ; choreography by Martha Graham ; [produced by] Relay productions.
Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Description
2 online resources (2 video files) (114 min., 11 sec.) : sound, color
Summary
A video recording of a stage performance by the Martha Graham Dance Company on May 9, 2002.
Alternative title
Conversation of lovers from Acts of light
Steps in the street from Chronicle
Genre/Form
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Contents
File 1. Seraphic dialogue / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Norman Dello Joio ; costumes by Halston after Martha Graham ; set by Isamu Noguchi ; original lighting by Jean Rosenthal ; adapted by Beverly Emmons (Joan: Terese Capucilli ; Joan as Maid: Virginie Mécène ; Joan as Warrior: Alessandra Prosperi ; Joan as Martyr: Elizabeth Auclair ; Saint Michael: Kenneth Topping ; Saint Catherine: Catherine Lutton ; Saint Margaret: Heidi Stoeckley)(starts at 00:00, 28 min.) -- speech by Francis Mason (starts at 30:05, 4 min.) -- Conversation of lovers (duet from Acts of light) / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Carl Nielsen ; costumes by Halston and Martha Graham ; lighting by Beverly Emmons (performed by Katherine Crockett, Martin Lofsnes)(starts at 34:43, 9 min.) -- Embattled garden / choreography and costumes by Martha Graham ; music by Carlos Surinach ; set by Isamu Noguchi ; original lighting by Jean Rosenthal ; adapted by Beverly Emmons (Eve: Miki Orihara ; Adam: Tadej Brdnik ; Lilith: Elizabeth Auclair ; The Stranger: Christophe Jeannot)(starts at 44:19, 17 min.) -- File 2. Night journey / choreography and costumes by Martha Graham ; music by William Schuman ; set by Isamu Noguchi ; original lighting by Jean Rosenthal ; adapted by Beverly Emmons (Jocasta: Christine Dakin ; Oedipus: Kenneth Topping ; Tiresias, the Seer: Gary Galbraith ; Leader of the Chorus: Alessandra Prosperi ; Daughters of the Night: Elizabeth Auclair, Erica Dankmeyer, Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch, Virginie Mécène, Miki Orihara, Yuko Suzuki)(starts at 02:01, 29 min.) -- Steps in the street (from the suite Chronicle) / choreography and costumes by Martha Graham ; music by Wallingford Riegger ; new orchestration by Justin Dello Joio ; lighting for reconstruction by David Finley ; adapted by Beverly Emmons (performed by Miki Orihara with students of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance: Laureve Blackstone, Nya Bowman, Jennifer Conley, Jessica Delia, Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch, Jennifer Emerson, Kim Jones, Catherine Lutton, Brenda Nieto, Heidi Stoeckley, Yuko Suzuki, Blakeley White-McGuire ; Understudy: Emma Stein)(starts at 33:00, 7 min.) -- curtain call and speeches by Christine Dakin and Terese Capucilli (starts at 40:35, 4 min.).
Note
Title and date from videocassette label.
Cast and production information from the event program.
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Produced by Relay productions.
Event (note)
Recorded at the New York City Center in New York, NY on May 9, 2002.
Title
Martha Graham at City Center : Seraphic dialogues ; Conversations ; Embattled garden ; Night journey ; Steps, May 9, 2002 / performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company at New York City Center ; choreography by Martha Graham ; [produced by] Relay productions.
Production
2002.
Country of producing entity
United States
Playing time
010341 005030
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
video file
Credits
Produced by Relay productions.
Event
Recorded at the New York City Center in New York, NY on May 9, 2002.
Added author
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Seraphic dialogue.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Acts of light. Conversation of lovers.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Embattled garden.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Night journey.
Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Chronicle. Steps in the street.
Container of (work): Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Triumph of St. Joan symphony.
Container of (work): Nielsen, Carl, 1865-1931. Pan og Syrinx.
Container of (work): Schuman, William, 1910-1992. Night journey (Instrumental work)
Container of (work): Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961. New dance. Finale; arranged.
Container of (work): Surinach, Carlos. Embattled garden.
Mason, Francis, 1921-2009, speaker.
Capucilli, Terese, dancer, speaker.
Dakin, Christine, dancer, speaker.
Topping, Kenneth, dancer.
Mécène, Virginie, dancer.
Prosperi, Alessandra, dancer.
Auclair, Elizabeth, dancer.
Lutton, Catherine, dancer.
Stoeckley, Heidi, dancer.
Crockett, Katherine, dancer.
Lofsnes, Martin, dancer.
Orihara, Miki, dancer.
Brdnik, Tadej, dancer.
Jeannot, Christophe, dancer.
Galbraith, Gary, dancer.
Dankmeyer, Erica, dancer.
Ellmore-Tallitsch, Carrie, dancer.
Suzuki, Yuko (Dancer), dancer.
Nieto, Brenda (Dancer), dancer.
White-McGuire, Blakeley, dancer.
Blackstone, Laureve, dancer.
Bowman, Nya, dancer.
Conley, Jennifer, dancer.
Delia, Jessica, dancer.
Emerson, Jennifer, dancer.
Jones, Kim (Dancer), dancer.
Halston, 1932-1990, costume designer.
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, set designer.
Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-1969, lighting designer.
Emmons, Beverly, lighting designer.
Finley, David, lighting designer.
Dello Joio, Justin, 1954- arranger.
Martha Graham Dance Company, dancer.
New York City Center, event place.
Martha Graham Dance Company, donor.
Other title
Conversation of lovers from Acts of light
Steps in the street from Chronicle
Found in:
Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Other form:
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Martha Graham at City Center : Seraphic dialogues ; Conversations ; Embattled garden ; Night journey ; Steps. 2 videocassettes (114 min., 11 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)528304 (SPEC AMI ID)528305 (OCoLC)1370176538