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Title

Limón Dance Company [videorecording] / presented by José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. in association with the Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. ; artistic direction by Carla Maxwell.

Publication

c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Maxwell, Carla.
• Watt, Nina
• Boumaïla, Raphaël
• Corwin, Kimiye
• Desch, Natalie
• Ford, Mary
• McDonald, Bradon
• Merkens, Amber
• Orta, Carlos
• Regala, Robert
• Riedel, Jonathan
• Zhang, Zhen Jun
• Choi, Eun Jung
• Chou, Shin-yun
• Varone, Doug
• Glass, Philip.
• Prince, Liz, 1961-
• Ferri, David.
• Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
• Mahler, Donald.
• Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911.
• Keller, Thomas L.
• Sullivan, Ted.
• Limón, José
• Stackhouse, Sarah.
• Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008.
• Lawrence, Pauline.
• LaMarche, David.
• Holub, Johannes.
• Holub, Jenny.
• Ward, Penny.
• José Limón Dance Company.
• Joyce Theater Foundation.
• New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
• DHCA.

Description

2 videocassettes (93 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

• Plain sense of things (Choreographic work : Varone)
• Dark elegies (Choreographic work : Tudor)
• There is a time (Choreographic work : Limón)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Recording made possible by the cooperation of Limón Dance Company, the Joyce Theater and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Collection, The New York Public Library.
• Accompanied by house program.

Credits (note)

• Music direction, David LaMarche.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, on October 16, 1999 ; video directed and edited by Johannes Holub ; camera, Jenny Holub, Penny Ward.

Funding (note)

• This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
• Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents

• Cassette 1. The plain sense of things (New York premiere) (ca. 28 min.) / choreography, Doug Varone ; music, Philip Glass (The saxophone quartet) ; costumes, Liz Prince ; lighting, David Ferri ; assistant to the choreographer, Nancy Bannon. Cast: Sun in an empty room / danced by the Company -- Shuffling a few inches, this way and that / danced by Amber Merkens and Bradon McDonald, Natalie Desch and Raphaël Boumaïla, Zhen Jun Zhang and Jonathan Riedel, with Kimiye Corwin, Mary Ford, Robert Regala -- Singing beyond what you can hear / danced by Nina Watt, Mary Ford, Carla Maxwell, Carlos Orta -- Stairways / danced by the Company.
• Dark elegies (New York premiere by the Limón Dance Company) (ca. 26 min.) / choreography, Antony Tudor, staged and directed by Donald Mahler ; music, Gustav Mahler (Kindertotenlieder [Songs on the death of children]) ; costumes, Thomas L. Keller ; lighting, Ted Sullivan. Cast: Scene one, laments of the bereaved: First song / danced by Natalie Desch and chorus -- Second song / danced by Carla Maxwell and Jonathan Riedel -- Third song / danced by Bradon McDonald and chorus -- Fourth song / danced by Mary Ford -- Fifth song / danced by Zhen Jun Zhang and chorus. The chorus: Eun Jung Choi, Shin-yun Chou, Kimiye Corwin, Amber Merkens, Raphaël Boumaïla -- Scene two, the resignation / danced by the Company. Songs from a 1950s recording by Kathleen Ferrier.
• Cassette 2. There is a time (new production) (ca. 39 min.) / choreography, José Limón, staged and directed by Sarah Stackhouse ; music, Norman Dello Joio (Meditations on Ecclesiastes) ; costumes, Thomas L. Keller, based on original designs by Pauline Lawrence ; lighting, Ted Sullivan. Cast: "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" / danced by the Company -- "A time to be born, and a time to die" / danced by Carlos Orta -- "A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted / danced by the Company -- "A time to kill" / danced by Jonathan Riedel -- "And a time to heal" / danced by Carla Maxwell and Robert Regala -- "A time to break down, and a time to build up" / danced by the Company -- "A time to keep silence, and a time to speak" / danced by Natalie Desch and Bradon McDonald -- "A time to mourn;--and a time to weep" / danced by Mary Ford, Carla Maxwell, Amber Merkens -- "A time to laugh--a time to dance" / danced by Nina Watt and Company -- "A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing" / danced by Natalie Desch and Jonathan Riedel -- "A time to hate, a time of war" / danced by Nina Watt -- "A time to love--a time of peace" / danced by Mary Ford and Company.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3681

OCLC

NYPY00-F273

Title

Limón Dance Company [videorecording] / presented by José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. in association with the Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. ; artistic direction by Carla Maxwell.

Imprint

c1999.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, on October 16, 1999 ; video directed and edited by Johannes Holub ; camera, Jenny Holub, Penny Ward.

Credits

Music direction, David LaMarche.

Performer

Danced by the Limón Dance Company: Raphaël Boumaïla, Kimiye Corwin, Natalie Desch, Roxane d'Orléans Juste, Mary Ford, Carla Maxwell, Bradon McDonald, Amber Merkens, Carlos Orta, Robert Regala, Jonathan Riedel, Nina Watt, Zhen Jun Zhang ; with Eun-Jung Choi, Shin-yun Chou, Charley Hayward, Nandini Thomas.

Funding

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added Author

Maxwell, Carla. drt, dancer.

Watt, Nina, dancer.

Boumaïla, Raphaël, dancer.

Corwin, Kimiye, dancer.

Desch, Natalie, dancer.

Ford, Mary, dancer.

McDonald, Bradon, dancer.

Merkens, Amber, dancer.

Orta, Carlos, dancer.

Regala, Robert, dancer.

Riedel, Jonathan, dancer.

Zhang, Zhen Jun, dancer.

Choi, Eun Jung, dancer.

Chou, Shin-yun, dancer.

Varone, Doug, choreographer.

Glass, Philip. Composer

Prince, Liz, 1961- Costume designer

Ferri, David.

Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987, choreographer.

Mahler, Donald.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Composer

Keller, Thomas L. Costume designer

Sullivan, Ted.

Limón, José, choreographer.

Stackhouse, Sarah.

Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. Composer

Lawrence, Pauline. Costume designer

LaMarche, David. Musician

Holub, Johannes.

Holub, Jenny.

Ward, Penny.

José Limón Dance Company.

Joyce Theater Foundation.

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Added Title

Plain sense of things (Choreographic work : Varone)

Dark elegies (Choreographic work : Tudor)

There is a time (Choreographic work : Limón)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3681