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Orbweb

Title
  1. Orbweb [videorecording] / Eleo Pomare Dance Company ; choreography by Eleo Pomare ; music by George Rochberg.
Published by
  1. 1979.

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Additional authors
  1. Pomare, Eleo
  2. Rochberg, George.
  3. Becker, Robin
  4. Parks, John
  5. Eleo Pomare Dance Company.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (33 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Performance of the modern dance work Orbweb (first performed in 1979) as part of a lecture-demonstration. Eleo Pomare's introduction is already in progress when the tape begins. He discusses his original concept for the work, based on the image of the mating of the black widow spider. He introduces audience member Donna Wood, a dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, who appears briefly on camera. The performance itself begins at ca. 9 min. into the tape. Afterwards, dancers John Parks and Robin Becker answer questions from the audience.
Series statement
  1. Eleo Pomare Collection
Uniform title
  1. Orbweb (Choreographic work : Pomare)
Subject
  1. Video
  2. Orbweb (Choreographic work : Pomare)
  3. Dance
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-8086
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance, in rehearsal clothes, at the Cell Block Theater, Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., in 1979.
Title
  1. Orbweb [videorecording] / Eleo Pomare Dance Company ; choreography by Eleo Pomare ; music by George Rochberg.
Imprint
  1. 1979.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Eleo Pomare Collection
Performer
  1. Speaker: Eleo Pomare.
  2. Dancers: Robin Becker, John Parks.
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance, in rehearsal clothes, at the Cell Block Theater, Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., in 1979.
Added author
  1. Pomare, Eleo, choreographer. Speaker
  2. Rochberg, George. Composer
  3. Becker, Robin, dancer. Speaker
  4. Parks, John, dancer. Speaker
  5. Eleo Pomare Dance Company.
Added title
  1. Orbweb (Choreographic work : Pomare)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-8086
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