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Wintermas - A festival of light

Title
  1. Wintermas - A festival of light [videorecording] / presented by Dance Spectrum ; concept, choreography, and musical design by Carlos Carvajal.
Published by
  1. 1974.
Format
  1. VHS

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Additional authors
  1. Carvajal, Carlos, 1931-
  2. Cosky, Leonard
  3. Harris, Chad
  4. Farrell, Patty Ann
  5. Ransom, Donald
  6. Schmidt, Sherri
  7. Dugan, Dan
  8. Asawa, Ruth
  9. Bennett, Christine
  10. Brooks, Deborah
  11. Carvajal, Carolyn
  12. Davis, Peggy
  13. Holt, Wendy
  14. Mathis, Jean
  15. Warner, Katherine
  16. Bain, Bruce
  17. Brooks, Dudley
  18. Butts, Charlie
  19. Parlato, Dennis
  20. Patterson, John
  21. Pearson-Smith, Virgil
  22. Wagner, Sulpicio
  23. Dance Spectrum (Company)
  24. Demystavision
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (69 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Carlos Carvajal.
Uniform title
  1. Wintermas - A festival of light (Choreographic work : Carvajal)
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. Part I, Ancient dances at sunset -- Processional -- Consecration of the cardinal points -- Michael and the dragon -- Women's earth rituals -- Men's jumping dance -- Initiation of Tom Fool -- Sword dance -- The battle of summer and winter -- Recessional -- Three shepherds (following the star) -- Epilogue.
  2. Part II, The longest night -- Children of light -- Asterism, the body celestial -- Lucia, a ceremony of lights -- Recessional.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-7229
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. For additional materials on this dance work, see: *MGZR Carvajal, Carlos [clippings].
Credits (note)
  1. Environment, the Crystal Rainbow: Leonard Cosky, Chad Harris, Patty Ann Farrell; costumes, Donald Ransom, Sherri Schmidt; sound, Dan Dugan; star and tree of life sculptures, Ruth Asawa.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater, San Francisco, Calif., on New Year's Eve [December 31], 1974; videography, Demystavision.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Performer
  1. Danced by Dance Spectrum: Christine Bennett, Deborah Brooks, Carolyn Hauser Carvajal, Peggy Davis, Wendy Holt, Jean Mathis, Katherine Warner, Bruce Bain, Dudley Brooks, Charles Butts, Dennis Parlato, John Patterson, Virgil Pearson-Smith, Sulpicio Wagner, and others.
Added title
  1. Container of (work): Wintermas - A festival of light (Choreographic work : Carvajal)
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