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Title

Dragon bond rite [videorecording] : a cross-cultural mask dance drama / presented by Japan Society ; conceived and composed by Jin Hi Kim ; artistic direction, Jin Hi Kim and Richard Emmert ; choreographic direction, Richard Emmert ; libretto by Armand Schwerner.

Publication

c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Matsui, Akira
• Okura, Shonosuke.
• Omura, Sadamu.
• Emmert, Richard
• Lee, Jong-Ho
• Choi, Jong-Sil.
• Kang, Kwon-Soon.
• Kim, Jin Hi.
• Ondar, Kongar, 1962-
• Rina, I Ketut
• Winartha, I Gede Putu.
• Sira, I Wayan.
• Madhu, Margi
• Nambiar, Unikrishnan.
• Schwerner, Armand.
• Kim, Hyun Joo.
• Tipton, Jennifer.
• Pantzer, Jerry.
• Japan Society (New York, N.Y.)
• New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (108 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

Dragon bond rite (Choreographic work)

Subjects

• Mask dances
• Dance drama > Asia
• Music
• Tōpéng
• Kūḍiyāṭṭam
• Drummers (Musicians)
• Dance
• Nō
• Video

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Music.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.
• Subtitles on frame reproduce surtitles projected on backdrop.
• Recording made possible by the cooperation of the artists of Dragon bond rite, Japan Society, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.

Credits (note)

• Set design, Hyun Joo Kim ; lighting design, Jennifer Tipton ; Korean masks and costumes, Lee Chung Suk ; Japanese mask, Soei Ogura ; Indian make-up, Unikrishnan Nambiar ; Indonesian masks, I Made Sija, I Made Trresna, I Nyoman Oklan ; costume design for sutradhar, Nadya ; stage props, I Wayan Sira, I Ketut Rina ; stool, candlestand, Jim Kempf ; translations, Tinuk Yampolski (Balinese), Ralph Leighton (Tuvanese), Margi Madhu (Malayaman/Sanskrit), Akira Matsui and Richard Emmert (Japanese), Jin Hi Kim (Korean).

Performer (note)

• Japan: Akira Matsui, noh mask dancer ; Shonosuke Ogura, otsuzumi drummer ; Sadamu Omura, noh singer ; Richard Emmert, sutradhar (noh singer in English).
• Korea: Jong-Ho Lee, kang ryung mask dancer ; Jong-Sil Choi, changgo drummer ; Kwon-Soon Kang, kagok/pansori singer ; Jin Hi Kim, komungo zither.
• Tuva: Kongar-ol Ondar, khoomei throat singer.
• Bali, Indonesia: I Ketut Rina, topeng mask dancer ; I Gede Putu Winartha, kendang drummer ; I Wayan Sira, dalang singer.
• Kerala, India: Margi Madhu, kudiyattam dancer ; Unikrishnan Nambiar, mizhavu drummer.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance in the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium of the Japan Society, New York, on June 5, 1997 ; video producer and editor, Jerry Pantzer ; editor, Robert McDonald ; camera, Jerry Pantzer and Brian Kellman.

Funding (note)

• Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents

Scene I: Dawn / performed by Akira Matsui -- Scene II: Place mute of light / performed by Margi Madhu -- Scene III: What pleasure / performed by I Ketut Rina and Jong-Ho Lee -- Scene IV: Air here / performed by Akira Matsui and Margi Madhu -- Scene V: Endstart / performed by Jong-Ho Lee, I Ketut Rina, Akira Matsui, and Margi Madhu.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2840

OCLC

NYPY97-F595

Title

Dragon bond rite [videorecording] : a cross-cultural mask dance drama / presented by Japan Society ; conceived and composed by Jin Hi Kim ; artistic direction, Jin Hi Kim and Richard Emmert ; choreographic direction, Richard Emmert ; libretto by Armand Schwerner.

Imprint

c1997.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Cast

Japan: Akira Matsui, noh mask dancer ; Shonosuke Ogura, otsuzumi drummer ; Sadamu Omura, noh singer ; Richard Emmert, sutradhar (noh singer in English).

Korea: Jong-Ho Lee, kang ryung mask dancer ; Jong-Sil Choi, changgo drummer ; Kwon-Soon Kang, kagok/pansori singer ; Jin Hi Kim, komungo zither.

Tuva: Kongar-ol Ondar, khoomei throat singer.

Bali, Indonesia: I Ketut Rina, topeng mask dancer ; I Gede Putu Winartha, kendang drummer ; I Wayan Sira, dalang singer.

Kerala, India: Margi Madhu, kudiyattam dancer ; Unikrishnan Nambiar, mizhavu drummer.

Credits

Set design, Hyun Joo Kim ; lighting design, Jennifer Tipton ; Korean masks and costumes, Lee Chung Suk ; Japanese mask, Soei Ogura ; Indian make-up, Unikrishnan Nambiar ; Indonesian masks, I Made Sija, I Made Trresna, I Nyoman Oklan ; costume design for sutradhar, Nadya ; stage props, I Wayan Sira, I Ketut Rina ; stool, candlestand, Jim Kempf ; translations, Tinuk Yampolski (Balinese), Ralph Leighton (Tuvanese), Margi Madhu (Malayaman/Sanskrit), Akira Matsui and Richard Emmert (Japanese), Jin Hi Kim (Korean).

Event

Videotaped in performance in the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium of the Japan Society, New York, on June 5, 1997 ; video producer and editor, Jerry Pantzer ; editor, Robert McDonald ; camera, Jerry Pantzer and Brian Kellman.

Funding

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Local Subject

Dance drama -- Asia.

Mask dances.

Local Subject

Tōpéng.

Added Author

Matsui, Akira, dancer.

Okura, Shonosuke. Instrumentalist

Omura, Sadamu. Singer

Emmert, Richard, choreographer. Singer. Translator

Lee, Jong-Ho, dancer.

Choi, Jong-Sil. Instrumentalist

Kang, Kwon-Soon. Singer

Kim, Jin Hi. Conceptor. Composer. Instrumentalist. Translator

Ondar, Kongar, 1962- Performer

Rina, I Ketut, dancer.

Winartha, I Gede Putu. Instrumentalist

Sira, I Wayan. Singer

Madhu, Margi, dancer.

Nambiar, Unikrishnan. Instrumentalist

Schwerner, Armand. Librettist

Kim, Hyun Joo. Designer

Tipton, Jennifer. Lighting designer

Pantzer, Jerry. Videographer

Pantzer, Jerry. Film editor

Pantzer, Jerry. Cinematographer

Japan Society (New York, N.Y.)

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Added Title

Dragon bond rite (Choreographic work)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2840