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Giaconda and Si-Ya-U [videorecording].
- Title
- Giaconda and Si-Ya-U [videorecording].
- Publication
- 1981.
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 2 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-2560 disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 1 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-2560 disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (57 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Theater piece incorporating dialogue, music, movement, shadow plays, puppets, and tableaux vivants based on works of art. The plot, based on a story by Turkish writer Nazim Hikmet, depicts an imaginary romance between Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) and a Chinese man.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Note
- Presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater.
- Credits (note)
- Created by the Talking Band: Sybille Hayn, Ellen Maddow, Tina Shepard, Arthur Strimling, and Paul Zimet; music, Sybille Hayn and Ellen Maddow; songs, Paul Zimet; text, Nazim Hikmet; translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk with the permission of Persea Books; puppets and screens, Julie Taymor; costumes, Mary Brecht; lighting, Arden Fingerhut.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Nov. 27, 1981.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-2560
- Title
- Giaconda and Si-Ya-U [videorecording].
- Imprint
- 1981.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Credits
- Created by the Talking Band: Sybille Hayn, Ellen Maddow, Tina Shepard, Arthur Strimling, and Paul Zimet; music, Sybille Hayn and Ellen Maddow; songs, Paul Zimet; text, Nazim Hikmet; translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk with the permission of Persea Books; puppets and screens, Julie Taymor; costumes, Mary Brecht; lighting, Arden Fingerhut.
- Performer
- Performed by the Talking Band.
- Event
- Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Nov. 27, 1981.
- 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 9-3851.
- Added Author
- Hayn, Sybille. PerformerHayn, Sybille. ComposerMaddow, Ellen. PerformerMaddow, Ellen. ComposerShepard, Tina. PerformerStrimling, Arthur. PerformerZimet, Paul. PerformerZimet, Paul. ComposerBlasing, Randy. TranslatorBlasing, Mutlu Konuk, 1944- TranslatorBrecht, Mary. Costume designerNâzım Hikmet, 1902-1963. AuthorTaymor, Julie, 1952- DesignerFingerhut, Arden. Lighting designerTalking Band (Company)Economy Tires Theater.Dance Theater Workshop.Video D Studios.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-2560