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Title

Margie Gillis [videorecording] : wild hearts in strange times / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced, conceived and written by Veronica Tennant ; directed by Joan Tosoni.

Publication

Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gillis, Margie
• Norman, Jessye.
• Carver, Brent
• Harrington, Rex
• McKenna, Seanna.
• Styron, Polly
• MacIsaac, Ashley.
• Tennant, Veronica.
• Tosoni, Joan.
• Chiasson, Paul.
• Densham, Gil.
• Lavoie, Pierre.
• Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016.
• García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.
• Ballard, Stephanie
• Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
• Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
• Friesen, Eugene.
• Halley, Paul.
• Gould, Glenn.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Kudelka, James
• Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
• Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971.
• Faithfull, Marianne.
• Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
• Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
• National Ballet School (Canada)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Profile of Canadian-born dancer and choreographer Margie Gillis. Ten works choreographed and/or performed by her are interspersed with her reflections on her life and career, and the observations of collaborators. Among the topics she discusses are her parents, who were renowned skiers; her late brother Christopher, a longtime member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company; her collaborations with poet-composer Leonard Cohen and choreographers Stephanie Ballard and James Kudelka; and her visit to China in 1979.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Veronica Tennant.

Uniform Title

• How the rosehips quiver (Choreographic work : Gillis, M.)
• Take this waltz (Choreographic work : Gillis)
• Mara (Choreographic work : Ballard, S)
• Bloom (Choreographic work : Gillis, M)
• Little animal (Choreographic work : Gillis, M.)
• Variations (Choreographic work : Gillis)
• I'm a stranger here myself (Choreographic work : Kudelka)
• Broken English (Choreographic work : Gillis)
• Heaven I cannot see (Choreographic work : Gillis)
• Slipstream (Choreographic work : Gillis, M)

Subjects

• Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016
• Gillis, Margie
• Dancers > Canada
• Ballard, Stephanie
• Kudelka, James
• Gillis, Christopher
• Choreographers > Canada
• Video
• Dance

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Executive producer, Veronica Tennant ; creative consultant, Margie Gillis ; set, Paul Chiasson ; costumes, Anne Dixon ; lighting director, Gilray Densham ; lighting director for Margie Gillis, Pierre Lavoie.

Performer (note)

• Performers and interviewees: Margie Gillis, Jessye Norman, Brent Carver, Rex Harrington, Seana McKenna, Paola Styron, Ashley MacIsaac, students of the National Ballet School of Canada.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Studio 40, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, and the National Ballet School, Toronto, Canada.

Contents

• Dance contents: How the rosehips quiver (1983) / choreography and performance, Margie Gillis ; music, Ashley MacIsaac.
• Take this waltz (1996) / choreography, Margie Gillis ; music and lyrics, Leonard Cohen ("Take this waltz"), based on a poem by Federico García Lorca ; danced by Rex Harrington, Paola Styron, and Margie Gillis.
• Mara (1989) / choreography, Stephanie Ballard ; music, Camille Saint-Saëns ("Aquarium" from Carnival of the animals). This work, usually performed to three repetitions of the music, is recorded here in triple exposure to a single playing of the piece.
• Bloom (1989) / choreography, Margie Gillis ; [text], James Joyce (Molly Bloom's soliloquy from Ulysses) ; performed by Margie Gillis and Seana McKenna (actor).
• The little animal (1986) / choreography, Margie Gillis ; music composed and performed by Eugene Friesen and Paul Halley ("Cathedral pines") ; danced by Margie Gillis and students of the National Ballet School of Canada.
• Variations / choreography and performance, Margie Gillis ; music, J.S. Bach (aria and 5th variation from The Goldberg variations), played by Glenn Gould.
• I'm a stranger here myself (1996, b&w and color) / choreography, James Kudelka ; music, Kurt Weill ("I'm a stranger here myself") ; lyrics, Ogden Nash ; danced by Margie Gillis and Brent Carver ; sung by Brent Carver.
• Broken English (1980) / choreography and performance, Margie Gillis ; music, Marianne Faithfull ("Broken English").
• The heaven I cannot see (1994) / choreography and performance, Margie Gillis and Paola Styron ; music, Henry Purcell ("When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas) and Gustav Mahler ("Urlicht" from Des Knaben Wunderhorn), sung by Jessye Norman.
• Slipstream (1985) / choreography and performance, Margie Gillis ; music, J.S. Bach (prelude from Suite no. 1), [played by] Eugene Friesen.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3128

OCLC

NYPY98-F2927

Title

Margie Gillis [videorecording] : wild hearts in strange times / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced, conceived and written by Veronica Tennant ; directed by Joan Tosoni.

Imprint

Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, c1996.

Country of Producing Entity

Canada.

Cast

Performers and interviewees: Margie Gillis, Jessye Norman, Brent Carver, Rex Harrington, Seana McKenna, Paola Styron, Ashley MacIsaac, students of the National Ballet School of Canada.

Credits

Executive producer, Veronica Tennant ; creative consultant, Margie Gillis ; set, Paul Chiasson ; costumes, Anne Dixon ; lighting director, Gilray Densham ; lighting director for Margie Gillis, Pierre Lavoie.

Event

Recorded at Studio 40, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, and the National Ballet School, Toronto, Canada.

Added Author

Gillis, Margie, choreographer. ive, dancer.

Norman, Jessye. voc

Carver, Brent, dancer.

Harrington, Rex, dancer.

McKenna, Seanna. Actor

Styron, Polly, dancer.

MacIsaac, Ashley. Interviewee

MacIsaac, Ashley. Composer

Tennant, Veronica. Producer. Author

Tosoni, Joan. Director

Chiasson, Paul. Designer

Densham, Gil.

Lavoie, Pierre.

Cohen, Leonard, 1934-2016. Composer. Lyricist

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936. Author

Ballard, Stephanie, choreographer.

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Composer

Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Author

Friesen, Eugene. Composer. Performer

Halley, Paul. Composer. Performer

Gould, Glenn. Instrumentalist

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Kudelka, James, choreographer.

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Composer

Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971. Lyricist

Faithfull, Marianne. Composer

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Composer

National Ballet School (Canada)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

DHCA.

Added Title

How the rosehips quiver (Choreographic work : Gillis, M.)

Take this waltz (Choreographic work : Gillis)

Mara (Choreographic work : Ballard, S)

Bloom (Choreographic work : Gillis, M)

Little animal (Choreographic work : Gillis, M.)

Variations (Choreographic work : Gillis)

I'm a stranger here myself (Choreographic work : Kudelka)

Broken English (Choreographic work : Gillis)

Heaven I cannot see (Choreographic work : Gillis)

Slipstream (Choreographic work : Gillis, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3128