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Five ballets of the five senses

Title
  1. Five ballets of the five senses [videorecording] / National Educational Television ; directed by David Geisel ; produced by Jac Venza ; choreography by John Butler.
Published by
  1. U.S. : National Educational Television, c1967.
Format
  1. Film, slide, etc.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931-
  2. Parkes, Ross
  3. MacLarnon, Fern
  4. Miller, Buzz
  5. Lee, Sondra
  6. Fata, Wesley
  7. Dunnock, Mildred
  8. Ruiz, Brunilda
  9. Rhodes, Lawrence
  10. Kristin, Karen
  11. Paaz, Nira
  12. Wilkinson, Micheline
  13. Wolenski, Chester
  14. Zelens, Richard
  15. Butler, John, 1920-1993
  16. Schuller, Gunther
  17. Siday, Eric
  18. Starer, Robert
  19. Bibb, Leon
  20. Lees, Benjamin, 1924-2010
  21. Villon, François, 1431-1463
  22. Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977
  23. John, Tom
  24. Thompson, Frank L., 1920-1977
  25. Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
  26. Geisel, David
  27. Venza, Jac
  28. Kassel, Virginia
  29. National Educational Television and Radio Center
  30. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., b&w.
Summary
  1. Five ballets commissioned for this program, preceded by an introduction in which John Butler is seen rehearsing the dancers.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the Estate of John Butler.
Uniform title
  1. Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)
Alternative title
  1. Taste of sorrow
  2. Scent of flight
  3. Touch of loss
  4. Sound of fear
  5. Sight of beginning
Subject
  1. Literature and dance.
  2. Biblical characters in dance.
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. Taste of sorrow / music composed and conducted by Gunther Schuller ; danced by Carmen de Lavallade, Ross Parkes, Fern MacLarnon, Buzz Miller, and ensemble.
  2. Scent of flight / music, Eric Siday ; danced by Sondra Lee, Buzz Miller, and Wesley Fata.
  3. 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.
  4. Sound of fear / music, traditional American folk themes adapted by Leon Bibb ; danced by Carmen de Lavallade (girl), Buzz Miller (prisoner), Ross Parkes (warden).
  5. 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
  1. *MGZIDF 9169
Language
  1. English
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  1. Associate producer, Virginia Kassel ; scenery, Tom John ; costumes, Frank Thompson ; drawings, Ben Shahn.
Event (note)
  1. Telecast by WNET-TV, New York, on the program Lincoln Center Stage 5 on October 3, 1967.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local note
  1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5697.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Performer
  1. 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.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added title
  1. Container of (work): Touch of loss (Choreographic work : Butler)
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