Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Monk, Meredith
2. Arévalo, Carlos.
3. Bogdan, Thomas.
4. Boomsma, Victoria.
5. Brenner, Janis.
6. Chen, Shizheng.
7. Easter, Allison.
8. Een, Robert.
9. Emerson, Dina.
10. Eyre, Emily.
11. Geissinger, Katie.
12. Gonzalez, Ching.
13. Gross, Sally.
14. Hanchard, Dana.
15. Hill, Wendy.
16. Kalm, Stephen.
17. Osborne, Robert.
18. Pauley, Wilbur.
19. Wong, Randall K.
20. Yabara, Yoshio.
21. Cohen, Debby Lee.
22. Emmons, Beverly
23. Geary, David.
24. Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
25. Vela, Pablo.
26. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival.
27. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
28. House Foundation for the Arts.

Description

1. 4 videodiscs (NTSC) (193 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform title

1. Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk)

Subject

1. Dance
2. Television > Atlas
3. David-Neel, Alexandra, 1868-1969 > Drama
4. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (ca. 60 min.): Part I, Personal climate: Overture. Home scenes (1) and travel dream song. Home scenes (2). The call (future quest). Future quest film. Rite of passage A. Choosing companions. Airport. -- Part II, Night travel: Night travel. Agricultural community.
2. Disc 2 (ca. 24 min.): Part II, Night travel: Night travel. Agricultural community. [The first 15 min. of this cassette duplicates footage on cassette 1.]
3. Disc 3 (ca. 61 min.): Two worlds (loss song). Campfire/hungry ghost. Father's hope. Long shadows/Arctic bar/ice demons. Lesson/explorers' procession. Lonely spirit. Forest questions. Desert tango. Treachery (Temptation). Possibility of destruction [incomplete].
4. Disc 4 (ca. 41 min.): Treachery. Possibility of destruction. [These sections appear twice on this cassette. The first 4 min. of this cassette duplicate footage on cassette 3.] -- Part III, Invisible light: Out of body. Other worlds revealed. Explorers' junctures. Earth seen from above. Rite of passage B. Returning to earth and conclusion.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-622

Note

1. Opera in three parts, inspired by the life and writings of explorer Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969).
2. Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music in association with The House Foundation for the Arts.

Access (note)

1. Permission required.

Credits (note)

1. Associate direction, Pablo Vela; musical direction/conductor, Wayne Hankin; scenario, Monk in collaboration with Yoshio Yabara and Vela; text, Monk, Vela, and members of ensemble; art direction/costumes, Yoshio Yabara; scenery, Debby Lee Cohen and Yabara; film, David Gearey; lighting, Beverly Emmons.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at the Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on May 15, 1992.

Funding (note)

1. 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)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Atlas [videorecording] / choreography, direction, music, Meredith Monk.

Imprint

1. 1992.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Associate direction, Pablo Vela; musical direction/conductor, Wayne Hankin; scenario, Monk in collaboration with Yoshio Yabara and Vela; text, Monk, Vela, and members of ensemble; art direction/costumes, Yoshio Yabara; scenery, Debby Lee Cohen and Yabara; film, David Gearey; lighting, Beverly Emmons.

Performer

1. Performed by Carlos Arévalo, Thomas Bogdan, Victoria Boomsma, Janis Brenner, Chen Shizheng, Allison Easter, Robert Een, Dina Emerson, Emily Eyre, Katie Geissinger, Ching Gonzalez, Sally Gross, Dana Hanchard, Wendy Hill, Stephen Kalm, Meredith Monk, Robert Osborne, Wilbur Pauley, and Randall Wong.
2. Partial cast (in order of appearance): Part I, Personal climate: Hill (mother), Bogdan (father), Emerson (Alexandra at 13), Gonzalez and Easter (guides), Monk (Alexandra from 25-45), Chen (Cheng Qing), Kalm (Franco Hartmann), Een (Erik Magnussen). Part II, Night travel: Gonzalez and Easter (guides); Geissinger, Arévalo, and ensemble (agricultural community); Brenner and Osborne (hungry ghost); Monk and Een (long shadows); Hanchard, Arévalo, and Brenner (Arctic bar dancers); Osborne (bartender); Emerson (waitress); Hanchard (explorer #5 - Gwen St. Clair); Wong, Boomsma, Geissinger, and Hill (ice demons); Wong (lonely spirit); Osborne (ancient man). Part III, Invisible light: Osborne, Wong, and Boomsma (out of body); Monk, Chen, Kalm, and Hanchard (explorers); Gonzalez and Easter (guides); Gross (Alexandra at 60).

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Mark Robison of Character Generators/Video at the Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on May 15, 1992.

Restricted access

1. Permission required.

Funding

1. 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

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3635.

Local subject

1. Television. Atlas.

Added author

1. Monk, Meredith, director.
2. Monk, Meredith, choreographer.
3. Monk, Meredith, composer.
4. Monk, Meredith, librettist.
5. Monk, Meredith, performer.
6. Arévalo, Carlos. Performer
7. Bogdan, Thomas. Performer
8. Boomsma, Victoria. Performer
9. Brenner, Janis. Performer
10. Chen, Shizheng. Performer
11. Easter, Allison. Performer
12. Een, Robert. Performer
13. Emerson, Dina. Performer
14. Eyre, Emily. Performer
15. Geissinger, Katie. Performer
16. Gonzalez, Ching. Performer
17. Gross, Sally. Performer
18. Hanchard, Dana. Performer
19. Hill, Wendy. Performer
20. Kalm, Stephen. Performer
21. Osborne, Robert. Performer
22. Pauley, Wilbur. Performer
23. Wong, Randall K. Performer
24. Yabara, Yoshio. Scenarist. Costume designer. Designer
25. Cohen, Debby Lee. Designer
26. Emmons, Beverly, lighting designer.
27. Geary, David. Cinematographer
28. Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
29. Vela, Pablo. Director. Scenarist
30. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival.
31. Brooklyn Academy of Music.
32. House Foundation for the Arts.

Added title

1. Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-622