Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bourget, Barbara.
2. Hirabayashi, Jay.
3. Burke, Alan.
4. Rosen, Robert.
5. Kokoro Dance.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (20 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.

Summary

1. Documentary on KoKoRo Dance Company, the only Butō dance company in Canada. Archival footage taken during World War II in Japan accompanies a summary of the origin and development of Butō. Company directors Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, who are seen rehearsing in the studio and preparing for performance, talk about the Butō aestheic and their company's aims. They are seen performing their work Aeon, to music by Robert Rosen.

Subject

1. Television > KoKoRo Dance
2. Choreographers > Canada
3. Dance > Japan
4. Butō

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 3229

Note

1. Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer/director: Alan Burke. Executive producer: Adrienne Clarkson. Performance director: Wayne Moss.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Title

1. KoKoRo Dance [electronic resource]

Imprint

1. c1991.

Funding

1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3862.
2. Additional Copy: None.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Television. KoKoRo Dance.

Added author

1. Bourget, Barbara. spk, choreographer, dancer.
2. Hirabayashi, Jay. spk, choreographer, dancer.
3. Burke, Alan. Producer. Director
4. Rosen, Robert. Composer
5. Kokoro Dance.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 3229
2. *MGZIC 9-3862 (former)