Research Catalog

Title

Moon water [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Kinowelt Home Entertainment ; directed by Ross MacGibbon ; produced by Colin Wilson ; choreography by Lin Hwai-min ; music by J.S. Bach (selections from Six suites for solo cello).

Publication

[Leipzig, Germany] : Arthaus Musik, c2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lin, Huaimin
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Maisky, Mischa.
• Wang, Austin.
• Lin, Jingru, costume designer.
• Chang, Tsan-tao.
• Wu, Chun-hsien
• Chou, Chang-ning
• Sheu, Fang-yi
• MacGibbon, Ross.
• Wilson, Colin.
• Yun men wu ji.
• Arthaus Video (Firm)
• Reiner Moritz Associates.

Description

1 videodisc (65 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Performance of a modern dance work that incorporates elements of the Chinese martial art of tai chi.

Uniform Title

Moon water (Choreographic work : Lin)

Subjects

• Yun men wu ji
• Video
• Dance
• Tai chi
• Lin, Huaimin > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Aspect ratio 16:9.
• Audio options: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0.
• For accompanying booklet in German, English, and French, see: *MGZR Cloud Gate Contemporary Dance Theatre [clippings].

Credits (note)

• Set, Austin Wang ; costumes, Lin Jing-ru ; lighting, Chang Tsan-tao ; a RM Associates/LGM/BR/DRS/MEZZO, la chaîne Musique, Opéra, Danse/ORF/YLE co-production.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Language (note)

• Menu options: English, French, Spanish, Japanese. Subtitle options: French, Spanish, Japanese.

Contents

• Moon water [performance] (ca. 65 min.). Sarabande, Suite no. 5 / danced by Chun-hsien Wu -- Sarabande, Suite no. 2 / danced by Qiu-yin Chen, Wei-ming Wang -- Prelude, Suite no. 5 / danced by Ching-ching Wen, Bulareyaung Pagarlava -- Sarabande, Suite no. 1 / danced by Chang-ning Chou -- Allemande, Suite no. 5 / danced by Tzu-chun Lin, Chun-hsien Wu, Wei-ping Chou, Chih-hao Wang -- Sarabande, Suite no. 3 / danced by Ming-fei Hsieh, Chao-chiun Sung -- Prelude, Suite no. 4 / danced by Fang-yi Sheu -- Allemande, Suite no. 6 [and] Sarabande, Suite no 5 / danced by Qiu-yin Chen, Chang-ning Chou, Chih-hao Wang, Ching-ching Wen; with Hsu-hui Huang, Ya-wen Lin, Wen-long Li, Chih-kuo Liu, Kuei-hsing Tsao, I-fang Wu, I-chun Yang.
• Behind the scenes (ca. 20 min.) / interviews with Lin Hwai-min and dancers. Topics include: a brief summary of Lin's dance career; the training of the Cloud Gate dancers, which includes tai chi; the imagery of the dance work Moon water, and its use of tai chi and meditation; the special qualities of Mischa Maisky's interpretation of Bach's score; Lin's debt to Martha Graham, and their parallel interests in Oriental theater and literature; his next project.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-152

OCLC

• 55637166
• NYPY05-F10168

Title

Moon water [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Kinowelt Home Entertainment ; directed by Ross MacGibbon ; produced by Colin Wilson ; choreography by Lin Hwai-min ; music by J.S. Bach (selections from Six suites for solo cello).

Imprint

[Leipzig, Germany] : Arthaus Musik, c2000.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Set, Austin Wang ; costumes, Lin Jing-ru ; lighting, Chang Tsan-tao ; a RM Associates/LGM/BR/DRS/MEZZO, la chaîne Musique, Opéra, Danse/ORF/YLE co-production.

Performer

Danced by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan.

Cellist: Mischa Maisky.

Language

Menu options: English, French, Spanish, Japanese. Subtitle options: French, Spanish, Japanese.

Added Author

Lin, Huaimin, choreographer. Interviewee

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Maisky, Mischa. Instrumentalist

Wang, Austin. Set designer

Lin, Jingru, costume designer.

Chang, Tsan-tao. Lighting designer

Wu, Chun-hsien, dancer.

Chou, Chang-ning, dancer.

Sheu, Fang-yi, dancer.

MacGibbon, Ross. Director

Wilson, Colin. Producer

Yun men wu ji.

Arthaus Video (Firm)

Reiner Moritz Associates.

Added Title

Moon water (Choreographic work : Lin)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-152