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Complexions--A Concept in Dance

Title: Complexions--A Concept in Dance [electronic resource] / artistic direction by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson.
Publication: c1997.

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Description

2 streaming video files (NTSC) (110 min.) : sd., col.

Uniform Title

Frames (Choreographic work : Rhoden)
Global warming (Choreographic work : Rhoden)
Romeo & Julio (Choreographic work : Rhoden)
Growth (Choreographic work : Rhoden)
Inkblot (Choreographic work : Rhoden and Richardson)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Accompanied by house program.
Recording made possible by the cooperation of Complexions--A Concept in Dance and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theater, New York, on September 19, 1997; video directed by Johannes Holub; camera, Jenny Holub, Penny Ward.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

Reel 1. Frames (1993) (ca. 28 min.) / choreography, Dwight Rhoden ; music, Wyatt Jackson, Casualty Park, Mickey Hart, Kemp Harris ; lyrics, Dwight Rhoden ; original costume design, Emilio Sosa, re-created by Becky Prater and Ann Sather ; original lighting, Daniel Bonitsky, re-created by Tricia Toliver ; danced by Desmond Richardson, Michael Thomas, Sheri Williams, Rebecca Rigert ; Stanza 1, Love, danced by the cast ; Stanza 2, Falling, danced by the cast ; Stanza 3, In, danced by the cast ; Stanza 4, Therefore, danced by Thomas and Williams ; Stanza 5, Moonlight, danced by Richardson ; Stanza 6, Free, danced by the cast.
Global warming: duet (1996) (ca. 10 min.) / choreography, Dwight Rhoden ; music, Antonio Carlos Scott ; costumes, Ricky Lizalde ; lighting, Betsy Herst, Tricia Toliver ; danced by Jodie Gates and Ryan Taylor.
Romeo & Julio (world premiere) (ca. 14 min.) / choreography, Dwight Rhoden ; music, Sergey Prokofiev, rearranged by Ian Hendrickson-Smith ; costumes, Ricky Lizalde ; lighting, Stephen Petrilli ; danced by Desmond Richardson and Antonio Carlos Scott ; music performed by Ian Hendrickson-Smith (saxophone), Richard DeBonis (drums), Jennifer Vincent (bass), Jeremy Manasia (piano).
Growth--a part of the bigger picture (1994) (ca. 8 min.) / choreography, Dwight Rhoden ; music, Steve Reich ; lighting, Collier Woods, re-created by Tricia Toliver ; danced by Sheri Williams.
Reel 2. Inkblot (world premiere) (ca. 48 min.) / choreography, Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson ; music, Antonio Carlos Scott ; costumes, Ricky Lizalde ; lighting, Stephen Petrilli ; danced by the Company. The sections of the work are: The visit -- White room -- Matrix -- Blots 1-5 -- Id -- Hemispheres -- Ego -- Rapid eye movement -- Superego -- Clinical -- Homeostasis.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2431

OCLC

NYPY97-F655

Title

Complexions--A Concept in Dance [electronic resource] / artistic direction by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson.

Imprint

c1997.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Danced by Complexions--A Concept in Dance: Sarita Allen, Alexandra Damiani, Alicia Díaz, Chris Freeman, Jodie Gates, Jae Man Joo, Ricky Lizalde, Miho Morinoue, Nelson Cabassa, Deanna Scott, Rebecca Rigert, Antonio Carlos Scott, Ryan Brooke Taylor, Michael Thomas, Sarah White, Sheri Williams.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Majestic Theater, New York, on September 19, 1997; video directed by Johannes Holub; camera, Jenny Holub, Penny Ward.

Funding

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

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5562.

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Added Author

Richardson, Desmond, choreographer.

Richardson, Desmond, dancer.

Thomas, Michael, active 1990, dancer.

Williams, Sheri, dancer.

Rigert, Rebecca, dancer.

Gates, Jodie, dancer.

Taylor, Ryan, dancer.

Scott, Antonio Carlos, dancer. Composer

Allen, Sarita, dancer.

Damiani, Alexandra, dancer.

Diaz, Alicia, dancer.

Freeman, Christopher Bryson, dancer.

Joo, Jae Man, dancer.

Lizalde, Ricky, dancer.

Lizalde, Ricky, costume designer.

Morinoue, Miho, dancer.

Cabassa, Nelson, dancer.

Scott, Deanna, dancer.

White, Sarah, dancer.

Hendrickson-Smith, Ian. Arranger. Instrumentalist

Rhoden, Dwight, choreographer. Lyricist

Jackson, Wyatt. Composer

Hart, Mickey. Composer

Harris, Kemp, 1952- Composer

Sosa, Emilio, costume designer.

Prater, Becky. Costume designer

Sather, Ann. Costume designer

Bonitsky, Daniel. Lighting designer

Toliver, Tricia. Lighting designer

Herst, Betsy. Lighting designer

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Composer

Petrilli, Steven. Lighting designer

Reich, Steve, 1936- Composer

Woods, Collier. Lighting designer

Holub, Johannes. Videographer

Holub, Jenny. Videographer

Ward, Penny, videographer.

Complexions (Dance company)

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Added Title

Frames (Choreographic work : Rhoden)

Global warming (Choreographic work : Rhoden)

Romeo & Julio (Choreographic work : Rhoden)

Growth (Choreographic work : Rhoden)

Inkblot (Choreographic work : Rhoden and Richardson)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2431

*MGZIC 9-5562 (former)

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