Research Catalog

Title

Cathy Weis [videorecording] / Dance Theater Workshop presents The main event.

Publication

c2003, 2002.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Weis, Cathy.
• Weis, Cathy
• Hamilton, Steve.
• Marden, Phil.
• Puentedura, Ruben.
• Ryan, Jay
• Heron, Scott.
• Vidyaykina, Ksenia.
• Nelson, Lisa.
• Steiner, Charles.
• Matas, Dan.
• Dance Theater Workshop.
• Vagabond Video.
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (80 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Uniform Title

• Electric haiku (Choreographic work : Weis)
• Abondanza in the air (Choreographic work : Nelson and Weis)

Subjects

• Video
• Performance art
• Mixed media performances
• Dance

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Recording made possible by the cooperation of Cathy Weis, Dance Theater Workshop, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, N.Y., on November 24, 2002, and in a special session for the camera on November 30, 2002; video documentation, Vagabond Video; direction, Charlie Steiner; camera, Charlie Steiner, Dan Matas; editing, Cathy Weis, Charlie Steiner.

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

• Pre-show (ca. 4 min.) / created by Cathy Weis; set, Jonathon Berger; ventriloquist set and puppet, Alessandra Nichols; performed by Jonathon Berger, Cathy Weis.
• Electric haiku (premiere) (ca. 42 min.) / concept and choreography, Cathy Weis; sound design, Steve Hamilton; animation, Phil Marden; interactive media design, Ruben Puentedura; costumes, Jonathan Berger, Scott Heron; strip costume, Ksenia Vidyaykina; stilt headdress, Thomas Little; lighting, Jay Ryan; scaffolding consultant and screen design, Steve Berman; performed by Scott Heron, Zane Frazer, Ksenia Vidyaykina, Parnell Klug. The sections of the work are: Haiku #1, Pandora and the facilitator -- Haiku #2, The bee keeper -- Haiku #3, The chrysalis -- Haiku #4, A trickster gets his come-uppance -- Haiku #5, Circle dance -- Haiku #6, Painting and stripping -- Haiku #7, Getting the toothpaste back into the tube.
• An abondanza in the air (1990) (ca. 34 min.) / choreography, video, lighting, and sound, Lisa Nelson, Cathy Weis; TV design and construction, David G. Pennington, David Hunter; soundtrack, various sources, including Mauritzio Kagel, Monie Love; performed by Lisa Nelson, Cathy Weis.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6793

OCLC

NYPY03-F191

Title

Cathy Weis [videorecording] / Dance Theater Workshop presents The main event.

Imprint

c2003, 2002.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, N.Y., on November 24, 2002, and in a special session for the camera on November 30, 2002; video documentation, Vagabond Video; direction, Charlie Steiner; camera, Charlie Steiner, Dan Matas; editing, Cathy Weis, Charlie Steiner.

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.

Local Subject

Mixed media performances.

Added Author

Weis, Cathy. Performer

Weis, Cathy, choreographer.

Hamilton, Steve. Designer

Marden, Phil.

Puentedura, Ruben. Designer

Ryan, Jay, lighting designer.

Heron, Scott. Performer. Costume designer

Vidyaykina, Ksenia. Performer. Costume designer

Nelson, Lisa. prf, choreographer.

Steiner, Charles. Director. Film editor

Matas, Dan.

Dance Theater Workshop.

Vagabond Video.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Added Title

Electric haiku (Choreographic work : Weis)

Abondanza in the air (Choreographic work : Nelson and Weis)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6793