Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Pantzer, Jerry
2. Poitras, Scott
3. Yokobosky, Matthew
4. Eiko and Koma, choreographer.
5. Eiko and Koma, performer.
6. Eiko and Koma, designer.
7. Whitney Museum of American Art.
8. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
9. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
10. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (18 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

1. Work originally presented as a "living" installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art, from May 28 through June 21, 1998.

Uniform title

1. Breath (Choreographic work : Eiko and Koma)

Subject

1. Video
2. Dance
3. Butō
4. Installations (Art) > New York (State) > New York
5. Filmed performances
6. Filmed dance

Genre/Form

1. Filmed dance.
2. Filmed performances.
3. Dance.
4. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 7151

Note

1. For a more cinematic edit of this performance, see *MGZIC 9-5965 Breath.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

1. Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art, curated by Matthew Yokobosky ; environment and video, Eiko & Koma ; lighting, Eiko & Koma, Scott Poitras ; assistants to Eiko & Koma, Kozue Oshiro, Tetsuma Shimizu.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, on June 8 and 15, 1998 ; video photographed and directed by Jerry Pantzer ; editing, Jerry Pantzer and Eiko & Koma, with AVID supervising editor François Bernadi. Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.

Funding (note)

1. This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
2. The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

System details (note)

1. DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Title

1. Breath [electronic resource] / [choreographed and performed] by Eiko & Koma.

Imprint

1. c1999.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Access

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

Original version

1. Original format: 1 videocassette (Umatic) ; 3/4 in.

System details

1. DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, on June 8 and 15, 1998 ; video photographed and directed by Jerry Pantzer ; editing, Jerry Pantzer and Eiko & Koma, with AVID supervising editor François Bernadi. Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.

Credits

1. Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art, curated by Matthew Yokobosky ; environment and video, Eiko & Koma ; lighting, Eiko & Koma, Scott Poitras ; assistants to Eiko & Koma, Kozue Oshiro, Tetsuma Shimizu.

Funding

1. This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
2. The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-5964.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Pantzer, Jerry, videographer.
2. Pantzer, Jerry, director.
3. Pantzer, Jerry, video editor.
4. Poitras, Scott, lighting designer.
5. Yokobosky, Matthew, curator.
6. Eiko and Koma, choreographer.
7. Eiko and Koma, performer.
8. Eiko and Koma, designer.
9. Whitney Museum of American Art.
10. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
11. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
12. DHCA.

Added title

1. Breath (Choreographic work : Eiko and Koma)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 7151
2. *MGZIDVD 5-6069 (former)