Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hayn, Sybille
2. Maddow, Ellen
3. Shepard, Tina
4. Strimling, Arthur
5. Zimet, Paul
6. Blasing, Randy
7. Blasing, Mutlu Konuk, 1944-
8. Brecht, Mary
9. Nâzım Hikmet, 1902-1963
10. Taymor, Julie, 1952-
11. Fingerhut, Arden
12. Talking Band (Company)
13. Economy Tires Theater
14. Dance Theater Workshop
15. Video D Studios

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (57 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Drama
2. Shadow shows
3. Puppets -- United States

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2560

Note

1. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater.

Credits (note)

1. 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)

1. Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Nov. 27, 1981.

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. Giaconda and Si-Ya-U [videorecording].

Imprint

1. 1981.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. 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

1. Performed by the Talking Band.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Nov. 27, 1981.

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 9-3851.

Added author

1. Hayn, Sybille. Performer
2. Hayn, Sybille. Composer
3. Maddow, Ellen. Performer
4. Maddow, Ellen. Composer
5. Shepard, Tina. Performer
6. Strimling, Arthur. Performer
7. Zimet, Paul. Performer
8. Zimet, Paul. Composer
9. Blasing, Randy. Translator
10. Blasing, Mutlu Konuk, 1944- Translator
11. Brecht, Mary. Costume designer
12. Nâzım Hikmet, 1902-1963. Author
13. Taymor, Julie, 1952- designer.
14. Fingerhut, Arden, lighting designer.
15. Talking Band (Company)
16. Economy Tires Theater.
17. Dance Theater Workshop.
18. Video D Studios.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2560