Title

Choreographic syncretism [videorecording]

Publication

1978.

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Details

Additional Authors

• ADG/CORD Dance Conference (1978 : University of Hawaii)
• Bethune, Robert.
• Erdman, Jean,
• Homsey, Bonnie Oda,
• Ichinohe, Saeko,
• King, Eleanor, 1906-1991,
• Lin, Huaimin,
• Pronko, Leonard Cabell,
• Takei, Kei,
• Wolz, Carl,
• Yi, Sŏn-ok,

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (98 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

• Gauguin in Tahiti (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Light (Choreographic work : Takei)

Subjects

• Modern dance > Cross-cultural influences
• Dance > Asia
• Television > Choreographic syncretism
• Video
• Modern dance > Asia

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance on August 4, 1978 during the ADG/CORD Conference at the University of Hawaii in Manoa by Robert Bethune.

System Details (note)

• DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassettes.

Contents

• Disc 1 (45 min.). Saeko Ichinohe (Japan) in two modern dances and a classical Japanese dance with fan -- Sun Ock Lee [Sŏn-ok Yi] (Korea) performs a sitting dance -- Kei Takei (Japan) and two male members of her Moving Earth Company perform an excerpt (sequence with stones) from Light -- Lin Hwai-min (Taiwan) performs a modern Chinese dance -- The four choreographers comment on their work.
• Disc 2 (53 min.). Jean Erdman in a brief lecture-demonstration that includes The peacock, a Balinese-inspired dance -- Members of Hawaiian Company perform excerpts from Erdman's dance play Gauguin in Tahiti -- Leonard Pronko presents a lecture-demonstration on his Kabuki Western -- Eleanor King performs A fantasy on Tai Chi -- Carl Wolz's Japanese-inspired The widow is danced by Bonnie Oda Homsey.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5606

Title

Choreographic syncretism [videorecording]

Imprint

1978.

System Details

DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassettes.

Event

Videotaped in performance on August 4, 1978 during the ADG/CORD Conference at the University of Hawaii in Manoa by Robert Bethune.

Summary

Part 1 presents four dancers trained in Asian forms evolving toward modern dance. Part 2 features Western dance presentations influenced by Asian and Pacific forms.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-124.

Local Subject

Television. Choreographic syncretism.

Added Author

Ichinohe, Saeko, choreographer, dancer.

Yi, Sŏn-ok, choreographer, dancer.

Takei, Kei, choreographer, dancer.

Lin, Huaimin, choreographer, dancer.

Erdman, Jean, choreographer, dancer.

Pronko, Leonard Cabell, dancer.

King, Eleanor, 1906-1991, choreographer, dancer.

Homsey, Bonnie Oda, dancer.

Wolz, Carl, choreographer.

Bethune, Robert.

ADG/CORD Dance Conference (1978 : University of Hawaii)

Added Title

Light (Choreographic work : Takei)

Gauguin in Tahiti (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5606