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ArchiDance [videorecording] : an environmental trilogy in three acts with epilogue

Title: ArchiDance [videorecording] : an environmental trilogy in three acts with epilogue / [presented by] North Carolina Dance Theatre ; choreography by Salvatore Aiello.
Publication: 1991.

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Description

1 videocassette (77 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jerri Kumery/North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Uniform Title

ArchiDance (Choreographic work : Aiello and Tomlinson)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Title, choreographer and date on original container ; additional information provided by Jerri Kumery, North Carolina Dance Theatre. Titles on frame for first segment only.
Poor quality recording of Acts II, III and Epilogue.

Credits (note)

Architectural designs, H. Woodward Middleton, AIA, Joan Carol Design & Exhibit Group, second-year students of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte College of Architecture, Holly Grosvenor, Laurie Kerr ; additional sculptural elements, Martha Dunagin ; costume coordination and design, Allison L. Cain, Monica Cunningham, Joe Kovacs ; lighting, Daniel L. Murray.

Contents

Act I, Construction: The construction company (ca. 23 min.) / recorded for PBS, Charlotte, N.C. ; music, Art of Noise (Galleons of stone, Who's afraid, Bright noise), Depeche Mode (Pipeline), Janis Joplin (Mercedes Benz), Ricky Skaggs (Country boy), John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band (Betty Lou's got a new pair of shoes), Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (Old time rock-n-roll) ; costumes by chance ; danced by Heather Maloy (the foreman) with Ronald Altman, Cameron Caldwell, Benjamin Cannon, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Alain Charron, Kimberly Crowder, Mia Cunningham, Kati Hanlon, Barry Leon, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard, Kathleen Smith, Ted Southern, Anthony Wood, Timothy Rinehart Yeager. The act consists of the following sections: 1, Monday, Punchin' the clock -- 2, Tuesday, Layin' the road -- 3, Wednesday, Lunch -- 4, Thursday, Buildin' it -- 5, Friday, Pay day!
Act II, Habitation: The carnival of the animals (ca. 26 min.) / recorded in performance in Charlotte, N.C. ; music, Camille Saint-Saëns ; narrator, Dan Kirsch ; cast of city dwellers danced by Cameron Caldwell, Alain Charron, Ted Southern, Anthony Wood, Timothy Rinehart Yeager (businessmen) ; Barry Leon (policeman) ; Kimberly Crowder, Anthony Wood (senior citizens) ; Benjamin Cannon (street kid) ; Heather Maloy, Ted Southern (newlyweds) ; Ronald Altman (woman at health club) ; Jennifer Cavanaugh, Mia Cunningham, Kathleen Smith (teenage girls) ; Alain Charron (the artist) ; Kati Hanlon, Kerri Palmer, Timothy Rinehart Yeager (tourists) ; Bonnie Pickard (homeless woman). Ballet set in the present, in "our city."
Act III, Destruction: As quiet as-- [and] Epilogue, The architects of our future (ca. 25 min.) / recorded in performance in Charlotte, N.C. ; music for As quiet as-- , Michael Colgrass ; music for Epilogue, Vangelis ("Glorianna") ; danced by Mia Cunningham with Ronald Altman, Benjamin Cannon, Jennifer Cavanaugh, Alain Charron, Kati Hanlon, Kerri Palmer, Bonnie Pickard, Kathleen Smith, Ted Southern, Anthony Wood, Timothy Rinehart Yeager.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3272

Title

ArchiDance [videorecording] : an environmental trilogy in three acts with epilogue / [presented by] North Carolina Dance Theatre ; choreography by Salvatore Aiello.

Imprint

1991.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Danced by North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Credits

Architectural designs, H. Woodward Middleton, AIA, Joan Carol Design & Exhibit Group, second-year students of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte College of Architecture, Holly Grosvenor, Laurie Kerr ; additional sculptural elements, Martha Dunagin ; costume coordination and design, Allison L. Cain, Monica Cunningham, Joe Kovacs ; lighting, Daniel L. Murray.

Summary

Revival of a dance work originally presented in 1989, with new choreography by Salvatore Aiello for Act II and Epilogue. Act II was originally choreographed by Mel Tomlinson. An accompanying note describes ArchiDance as "a trilogy blending the sculptural elements of Dance and Theatre with Architectural Principles to depict sequences in our lives."

Local Subject

Architecture and dance.

Added Author

Maloy, Heather, dancer.

Caldwell, Cameron, dancer.

Charron, Alain (Dancer)

Southern, Ted, dancer.

Wood, Anthony, 1966- dancer.

Yeager, Timothy Rinehart, dancer.

Leon, Barry, dancer.

Crowder, Kimberly, dancer.

Cannon, Benjamin, dancer.

Altman, Ronald (Dancer)

Cavanaugh, Jennifer, dancer.

Cunningham, Mia, dancer.

Hanlon, Kati, dancer.

Palmer, Kerri, dancer.

Pickard, Bonnie, dancer.

Aiello, Salvatore, choreographer.

Middleton, H. Woodward. Designer

Dunagin, Martha. Sculptor

Murray, Daniel L. Lighting designer

Cain, Allison L. Costume designer

Cunningham, Monica Kane. Costume designer

Joplin, Janis. voc

Skaggs, Ricky. Composer

Cafferty, John. Composer

Seger, Bob. Composer

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Composer

Colgrass, Michael. Composer

Vangelis. Composer

North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Art of Noise (Musical group)

Depeche Mode (Musical group)

Beaver Brown Band.

Silver Bullet Band.

DHCA.

Added Title

ArchiDance (Choreographic work : Aiello and Tomlinson)

Gift of Jerri Kumery/North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3272

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