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Griot New York Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
Griot New York [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; choreography by Garth Fagan ; music by Wynton Marsalis.
Publication
1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Fagan, Garth
  • Fagan, Garth.
  • Polisi, Joseph.
  • Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
  • Rogers, Natalie
  • Pennewell, Norwood
  • Sandy, Solange
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Garth Fagan Dance (Dance Company)
  • Juilliard School. Dance Division.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Garth Fagan is interviewed onstage about his choreographic style and influences; the qualities he looks for in dancers; the origin and development of Griot New York and Mozhops Mall, which used movement adapted from Griot New York set to Mozart horn concertos. Excerpts from Mozhops Mall are performed by students of the Juilliard School Dance Division. Fagan discusses his views on the relationship between music and dance, and dancer Natalie Rogers performs a solo from Griot New York first to music of Mozart and then to music of Wynton Marsalis. Fagan discusses his work with music of Brahms, Dvorak and Marsalis. Members of Garth Fagan Dance perform excerpts from Griot New York.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 040
Uniform Title
  • Griot New York (Choreographic work : Fagan)
  • Mozhops Mall (Choreographic work : Fagan)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Juilliard Theatre, Juilliard School, New York City, on Nov. 5, 1991.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1040
OCLC
NYPG06-F691
Title
Griot New York [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; choreography by Garth Fagan ; music by Wynton Marsalis.
Imprint
1991.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 040
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Interviewer: Dr. Joseph Polisi. Interviewee: Garth Fagan. Dance performed by members of the Juilliard School Dance Division, including Solange Sandy, and members of Garth Fagan Dance, including Natalie Rogers and Norwood Pennewell.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Juilliard Theatre, Juilliard School, New York City, on Nov. 5, 1991.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York digitized and authored the DVDs of the video archive of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Added Author
Fagan, Garth, choreographer.
Fagan, Garth. Interviewee
Polisi, Joseph. Interviewer
Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- Composer
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Composer
Rogers, Natalie, dancer.
Pennewell, Norwood, dancer.
Sandy, Solange, dancer.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Garth Fagan Dance (Dance Company)
Juilliard School. Dance Division.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Griot New York (Choreographic work : Fagan)
Mozhops Mall (Choreographic work : Fagan)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1040
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