Struggle for hope
- Title
- Struggle for hope [videorecording] / produced by Rhombus Media for Sony Classical Film and Video ; directed and produced by Niv Fichman ; original creative concept by Yo-Yo Ma ; choreography by Tamasaburo Bando ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Suite no. 5 for unaccompanied cello)
- Published by
- Oley, Pa. : Bullfrog Films, c1995.
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (54 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Part of the six-part series Yo-Yo Ma: inspired by Bach. Film chronicle of the artistic collaboration between cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Tamasaburo Bando, a Kabuki actor specializing in female roles. They are seen in preparatory discussions and rehearsals as they create a dance work combining Ma's interpretation of J.S. Bach's Suite no. 5 for unaccompanied cello and Tamasaburo's choreography. The complete work, Struggle for hope, begins at ca. 28 min. into the recording, and comprises six sections: Ritual, Mourning, Denial, Prayer, Dream, and Reconciliation.
- Series statement
- Yo-Yo Ma: inspired by Bach ; 6.
- Alternative title
- Inspired by Bach. Struggle for hope
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Educational/cultural films and programs.
- Dance.
- Music.
- Video.
- Call number
- *MGZIA 4-7183
- Note
- Letterbox format.
- Credits (note)
- Co-production with TVOntario, WNET/New York, BBC Television, RTP-Portugal, NPS Dutch Television, ARTE/ZDF, and others; director of photography, Joost Dankelman; editing, David New; Tamasaburo's costumes, Toshio Hattori; lighting director, Mitsuhiro Endo; produced in Japan by Richard Kipnis; co-producers, Daniel Iron, Sheena MacDonald.
- Language (note)
- In English and Japanese with English subtitles.
- Title
- Struggle for hope [videorecording] / produced by Rhombus Media for Sony Classical Film and Video ; directed and produced by Niv Fichman ; original creative concept by Yo-Yo Ma ; choreography by Tamasaburo Bando ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Suite no. 5 for unaccompanied cello)
- Imprint
- Oley, Pa. : Bullfrog Films, c1995.
- Country of producing entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Yo-Yo Ma: inspired by Bach ; 6.
- Credits
- Co-production with TVOntario, WNET/New York, BBC Television, RTP-Portugal, NPS Dutch Television, ARTE/ZDF, and others; director of photography, Joost Dankelman; editing, David New; Tamasaburo's costumes, Toshio Hattori; lighting director, Mitsuhiro Endo; produced in Japan by Richard Kipnis; co-producers, Daniel Iron, Sheena MacDonald.
- Performer
- Music performed by Yo-Yo Ma.
- Danced by Tamasaburo Bando.
- Language
- In English and Japanese with English subtitles.
- Added author
- Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955- conceptor.
- Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955- instrumentalist.
- Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955- interviewee.
- Bandō, Tamasaburō, V, 1950- choreographer, dancer. Interviewee
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer
- Fichman, Niv, producer.
- Fichman, Niv, director.
- Iron, Daniel, producer.
- MacDonald, Sheena. Producer
- Rhombus Media (Firm)
- Sony Classical Film & Video.
- Bullfrog Films, inc.
- Research call number
- *MGZIA 4-7183