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Avila/Weeks Dance Company Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
Avila/Weeks Dance Company [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; choreography by Homer Avila and Edisa Weeks.
Publication
2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Avila, Homer
  • Weeks, Edisa
  • Weeks, Edisa.
  • Ipiotis, Celia.
  • Naruse, Hiromi
  • Robertson, Summer
  • Matea, Solomon
  • Klint, Johanna
  • Weissbard, A.J.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Performances of choreographic works by Homer Avila and Edisa Weeks are interspersed with comments from Avila and Weeks about the works and about how they met and began collaborating; their interest in unconventional partnering; the formation of their company; the partnering workshops they have given in schools; and their choreographic process. Lighting designer A.J. Weissbard discusses his views on lighting design for dance, and his work with Avila and Weeks.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 133
Uniform Title
  • To be closer to believing (Choreographic work : Avila and Weeks)
  • Seat of dreams (Choreographic work : Avila and Weeks)
  • Dubious faith (Choreographic work : Avila and Weeks)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Feb. 27, 2000.
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.
Contents
To be closer to believing -- Play (from Seat of dreams) -- Nightmare (from Seat of dreams) -- Dubious faith.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1134
OCLC
NYPG06-F831
Title
Avila/Weeks Dance Company [videorecording] : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson ; choreography by Homer Avila and Edisa Weeks.
Imprint
2000.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Collection ; 133
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Dance performed by Homer Avila, Edisa Weeks, Hiromi Naruse, Johanna Klint, Solomon Matea, Summer Robertson, and others.
Panelists: Homer Avila, Edisa Weeks, A.J. Weissbard. Moderator: Celia Ipiotis.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Feb. 27, 2000.
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.
Local Subject
Partnering in dance.
Added Author
Avila, Homer, choreographer.
Avila, Homer, dancer.
Avila, Homer, panelist.
Weeks, Edisa, choreographer.
Weeks, Edisa, dancer.
Weeks, Edisa. panelist.
Ipiotis, Celia. Moderator
Naruse, Hiromi, dancer.
Robertson, Summer, dancer.
Matea, Solomon, dancer.
Klint, Johanna, dancer.
Weissbard, A.J., panelist.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
To be closer to believing (Choreographic work : Avila and Weeks)
Seat of dreams (Choreographic work : Avila and Weeks)
Dubious faith (Choreographic work : Avila and Weeks)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1134
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