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Additional authors

1. Clarke, Martha
2. Clarke, Martha
3. Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915
4. De la Pena, George
5. Styron, Polly
6. O'Riley, Christopher, 1956-
7. Robinson, Harlow
8. Cronson, Mary Sharp
9. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (80 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program features a panel discussion on Martha Clarke's Vers la flamme, interspersed with performances of excerpts from the work. Clarke discusses adapting the work from several of Anton Chekhov's short stories, including The darling, Enemies, The grasshopper, The lady with the lap dog, and A nervous breakdown. Clarke also discusses the choice of compositions by Aleksandr Scriabin to accompany each piece. O'Riley discusses the music in greater detail, and Clarke talks about her process, from casting to improvisatory collaboration with the dancers to working with the designers. Film clips of three excerpts from Vers la flamme are screened, and a fourth is performed live. The recording ends abruptly, before the program is completed.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 121.

Uniform title

1. Vers la flamme (Choreographic work : Clarke). Selections.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Clarke, Martha
2. Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. -- Adaptations
3. Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915
4. Vers la flamme (Choreographic work : Clarke)
5. Experimental theater

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.
3. Music.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1122

Credits (note)

1. Performance excerpts directed and choreographed by Martha Clarke.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 12, 1999.

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography (note)

1. Vers la flamme debuted at the American Dance Festival at Duke University in Durham, N.C., in June 1999.

Title

1. Vers la flamme [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 1999.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 121.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Performance excerpts directed and choreographed by Martha Clarke.

Performer

1. Excerpts performed by George de la Pena and Paola [Polly] Styron. Pianist: Christopher O'Riley. Panelists: Martha Clarke and Christopher O'Riley. Moderator: Harlow Robinson.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Sept. 12, 1999.

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography

1. Vers la flamme debuted at the American Dance Festival at Duke University in Durham, N.C., in June 1999.

Added author

1. Clarke, Martha. Director
2. Clarke, Martha, choreographer.
3. Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Composer
4. De la Pena, George, dancer.
5. Styron, Polly, dancer.
6. O'Riley, Christopher, 1956- Instrumentalist
7. Clarke, Martha. Interviewee
8. O'Riley, Christopher, 1956- Interviewee
9. Robinson, Harlow. Moderator
10. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
11. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Added title

1. Vers la flamme (Choreographic work : Clarke). Selections.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1122