Research Catalog

Title

Crankhouse [videorecording].

Publication

1988.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Self, Jim, 1954-
• Peters, Daniel.
• Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985.
• Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002.
• Fitzgerald, Ella.
• Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965.
• James, Etta, 1938-2012
• Flores, Lola.
• Moore, Frank.
• Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955.
• Sandström, Phil.
• Webern, Anton, 1883-1945.
• Stefanatos, Maria.
• Dance Theater Workshop.
• Video D Studios.

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (56 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Crankhouse (Choreographic work : Self)

Alternative Title

• Why can't you behave?
• Pansy in my garden.
• I don't know enough about you.
• Teach me tonight.
• Faith can move mountains.
• Siboney.
• Capri c'est fini.
• Hold my hand.
• Security.

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of the Spring Events 1988.
• Music for Hotwire is "Why can't you behave?" sung by Ella Fitzgerald.
• Music for Pansy is "A pansy in my garden" sung by Abe Burrows.
• Music for The understudy is "I don't know enough about you" sung by Peggy Lee and "Teach me tonight" and "Faith can move mountains" sung by Nat King Cole.
• Music for Cocks is "Capri c'est fini" and "Siboney," performed by Lola Flores.
• Music for The mirror is Excerpts from Fünf Sätze für Streichquartett, Op. 5 by Anton Webern and "Security," sung by Etta James.
• Music for Nocturne is "Hold my hand," sung by Nat King Cole.

Credits (note)

• Created by Frank Moore and Jim Self; costumes realized by Maria Stefanatos; lighting, Phil Sandström.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on June 1, 1988.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1 (31 min.): Hotwire (ca. 8 min.) / performed by Jim Self -- Pansy (ca. 8 min.) / performed by Daniel Peters -- The theory of poetry / text, Wallace Stevens ; performed by Self and Peters -- The understudy (ca. 15 min.) / performed by Self and Peters.
• Disc 2 (26 min.): Cocks (7 min.) / performed by Self and Peters -- The mirror (13 min.) / music, Anton Webern ; performed by Self and Peters -- Nocturne (6 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2577

OCLC

NYPY936030814-F

Title

Crankhouse [videorecording].

Imprint

1988.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Created by Frank Moore and Jim Self; costumes realized by Maria Stefanatos; lighting, Phil Sandström.

Performer

Performed by Jim Self and Daniel Peters.

Event

Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on June 1, 1988.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3659.

Local Subject

Bird dances.

Added Author

Self, Jim, 1954- Creator

Self, Jim, 1954- Performer

Peters, Daniel. Performer

Burrows, Abe, 1910-1985. Singer

Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002. Singer

Fitzgerald, Ella. Singer

Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965. Singer

James, Etta, 1938-2012, singer.

Flores, Lola. Performer

Moore, Frank. Creator

Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955. Author

Sandström, Phil. Lighting designer

Webern, Anton, 1883-1945. Sätze, violins, viola, cello, op. 5.

Stefanatos, Maria. Costume designer

Dance Theater Workshop.

Video D Studios.

Added Title

Crankhouse (Choreographic work : Self)

Why can't you behave?

Pansy in my garden.

I don't know enough about you.

Teach me tonight.

Faith can move mountains.

Siboney.

Capri c'est fini.

Hold my hand.

Security.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2577