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Heaven ablaze in his breast [videorecording]

Title: Heaven ablaze in his breast [videorecording]
Publication: c1990.

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Description

1 videocassette. 79 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Bob Lockyer, BBC.

Uniform Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ek)
Groosland (Choreographic work : Marin)
Swansong (Choreographic work : Bruce)
Soldat (Choreographic work : Page)
Four elements (Choreographic work : Childs)

Note

Produced by Dancelines for BBC TV and the National Video Corporation. Telecast on BBC TV's Dancemakers series. Producer for BBC TV: Bob Lockyer. Producer: Emma Burge. Co-producer/director: Peter Mumford. Host: Judith Mackrell.

Contents

CONTENTS: Previews of the coming season (approx. 8 min.), including excerpts from Mats Ek's Swan lake; Maguy Marin's Groosland, danced by the Dutch National Ballet; Christopher Bruce's Swansong, danced by the English National Ballet; Ashley Page's Soldat, danced by the Rambert Dance Company; and Lucinda Childs's Four elements, danced by the Rambert Dance Company. -- Interviews (approx. 11 min.) with Ian Spink, Judith Weir, Antony McDonald, and Peter Mumford, followed by a synopsis by Mackrell. -- Heaven ablaze in his breast (approx. 60 min.). Devised and choreographed by Ian Spink. Music/libretto: Judith Weir. Based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's story The sandman. Design: Antony McDonald. Adapted for television by Peter Mumford and Ian Spink. Performed by Second Stride Dance Theatre: Michael Popper (Nathanael), Gabrielle McNaughton (Olimpia), Sally Owen (Klara), Christopher Carney (Lothar), Frances Carty (mother), Michele Smith (younger sister), Stephen Goff (Coppola), and Cathy Burge (Spalanzani), with Vocem Electric Voice Theatre: Martin Lindsay (Nathanael), Frances Lynch (Olimpia), Jackie Horner (Klara), Justin Joseph (father/Lothar), Josephine McNally (mother), and Andrew Gallacher (Coppelius). Pianists: Lucy Wilson and Mark Ray.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1847

OCLC

NYPY946052292-F

Title

Heaven ablaze in his breast [videorecording]

Imprint

c1990.

Local Subject

Television. Dancemakers.

Television. Heaven ablaze in his breast.

Videodance.

Added Author

Popper, Michael, dancer.

McNaughton, Gabrielle, dancer.

Owen, Sally, dancer.

Carney, Christopher, dancer.

Carty, Frances, dancer.

Smith, Michele, dancer.

Goff, Stephen, dancer.

Burge, Catherine, dancer.

Lindsay, Martin, dancer.

Lynch, F. M. (Frances M.), dancer.

Horner, Jacqueline, dancer.

Joseph, Justin, dancer.

McNally, Josephine, dancer.

Gallacher, Andrew, dancer.

Weir, Judith. Composer. Librettist. Interviewee

McDonald, Antony. Designer. Interviewee

Mumford, Peter, 1946- Producer

Mumford, Peter, 1946- Director

Mumford, Peter, 1946- Interviewee

Mumford, Peter, 1946- Adapter

Spink, Ian,1947- choreographer. Interviewee

Mackrell, Judith. Host

Childs, Lucinda, choreographer.

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. Author

Lockyer, Bob. Producer

Ek, Mats, choreographer.

Marin, Maguy, choreographer.

Bruce, Christopher, 1945- choreographer.

Burge, Emma. Producer

Second Stride (Theater group)

Vocem Electric Voice Theatre.

Nationale Ballet (Netherlands)

Rambert Dance Company.

English National Ballet.

Added Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ek)

Groosland (Choreographic work : Marin)

Swansong (Choreographic work : Bruce)

Soldat (Choreographic work : Page)

Four elements (Choreographic work : Childs)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1847

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