Five ballets of the five senses [videorecording] / National Educational Television ; directed by David Geisel ; produced by Jac Venza ; choreography by John Butler.
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Summary
Five ballets commissioned for this program, preceded by an introduction in which John Butler is seen rehearsing the dancers.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Estate of John Butler.
Uniform title
Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)
Alternative title
Taste of sorrow
Scent of flight
Touch of loss
Sound of fear
Sight of beginning
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Contents
Taste of sorrow / music composed and conducted by Gunther Schuller ; danced by Carmen de Lavallade, Ross Parkes, Fern MacLarnon, Buzz Miller, and ensemble.
Scent of flight / music, Eric Siday ; danced by Sondra Lee, Buzz Miller, and Wesley Fata.
Touch of loss / music, Robert Starer ; poem, Franȯis Villon (The old lady's lament for her youth), trans. Robert Lowell ; performed by Mildred Dunnock (older woman), Carmen de Lavallade (young woman), Ross Parkes (young man) ; conducted by Herbert Grossman.
Sound of fear / music, traditional American folk themes adapted by Leon Bibb ; danced by Carmen de Lavallade (girl), Buzz Miller (prisoner), Ross Parkes (warden).
Sight of beginning / music, Benjamin Lees ; danced by Brunilda Ruiz (Bathsheba), Lawrence Rhodes (King David), and ensemble. Based on the story from the Old Testament.
Call number
*MGZIDF 9169
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Associate producer, Virginia Kassel ; scenery, Tom John ; costumes, Frank Thompson ; drawings, Ben Shahn.
Event (note)
Telecast by WNET-TV, New York, on the program Lincoln Center Stage 5 on October 3, 1967.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
Five ballets of the five senses [videorecording] / National Educational Television ; directed by David Geisel ; produced by Jac Venza ; choreography by John Butler.
Imprint
U.S. : National Educational Television, c1967.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Event
Telecast by WNET-TV, New York, on the program Lincoln Center Stage 5 on October 3, 1967.
Credits
Associate producer, Virginia Kassel ; scenery, Tom John ; costumes, Frank Thompson ; drawings, Ben Shahn.
Performer
Danced by Carmen de Lavallade, Ross Parkes, Fern MacLarnon, Buzz Miller, Sondra Lee, Wesley Fata, Brunilda Ruiz, Lawrence Rhodes, with Karen Kristin, Nira Paaz, Micheline Wilkinson, Chester Wolenski, Richard Zelens.
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.