Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Brown, Jim
2. Rosen, Meriam.
3. Skura, Stephanie
4. Chong, Ping
5. Improvisations Unlimited (Company)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (113 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Meriam Rosen.

Uniform title

1. So random, so rare (Choreographic work : Skura)
2. I will not be sad in this world (Choreographic work : Chong)

Subject

1. Improvisation in dance
2. Video
3. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. [Performance on March 6]. So random, so rare (ca. 19 min.) / choreography, Stephanie Skura ; performed by Stephanie Ginger Butler, Koren Brigham, John Dixon, Jason Heffner, Heather Oldfield, Liz Rolland.
2. I will not be sad in this world (ca. 19 min.) / choreography, Ping Chong ; performed by Mark Arnold, Stephanie Ginger Butler, John Dixon, Jason Heffner, Liz Rolland.
3. [Performance on March 7]. The process (ca. 28 min.) / directions given by Meriam Rosen ; performed by Mark Arnold, Stephanie Ginger Butler, Koren Brigham, Jim Brown, John Dixon, Thomas P. Gallahan, Heather Oldfield, Liz Rolland, Marcy Schlissel. The process, previously called Sets, consists of "improvised movement explorations in response to verbal cues given by the director and heard simultaneously by audience and performers."
4. Solo improvisation (ca. 10 min.) / performed by Jim Brown.
5. So random, so rare (ca. 18 min.) / see credits and cast above.
6. I will not be sad in this world (ca. 19 min.) / see credits and cast above.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5492

Note

1. Accompanied by Catalogue of dances, compiled by Meriam Rosen.
2. For the first part of the performance on March 6, 1991, see: *MGZIA 4-5491.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at two performances at Studio/Theater 05, University of Maryland at College Park, on March 6 and 7, 1991.

Title

1. Improvisations Unlimited [videorecording] / artistic direction by Meriam Rosen.

Imprint

1. 1991.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Videotaped at two performances at Studio/Theater 05, University of Maryland at College Park, on March 6 and 7, 1991.

Performer

1. Performed by Improvisations Unlimited.
2. Improvisational accompaniment for The process: Jim Brown.

Added author

1. Brown, Jim, dancer. Instrumentalist
2. Rosen, Meriam. Director
3. Skura, Stephanie, choreographer.
4. Chong, Ping, choreographer.
5. Improvisations Unlimited (Company)

Added title

1. So random, so rare (Choreographic work : Skura)
2. I will not be sad in this world (Choreographic work : Chong)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5492