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Gaudeamus Works & process at the Guggenheim
- Title
- Gaudeamus [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Publication
- 1994.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (67 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A compilation of docudrama, satire, musical revue, dance, and improvisation, Gaudeamus charts the life of first-year conscripts assigned to a battalion comprised of former criminals, dropouts, and persecuted minorities. Incorporating mime, ballet, and cabaret to depict the triumph of the spirit over regimentation, it is a powerful metaphor for the chaos and banality that characterized the end of the Soviet period. Beginning with a warmup class, the performance is interspersed with a panel discussion moderated by Tony Randall. The panelists are Lev Dodin, artistic director of the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg and his translator, Michail Stronin, Maly Literary Director. Topics discussed include the adaptation of Gaudeamus as well as the history of the Maly Drama Theatre.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
- Series Statement
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 58
- Uniform Title
- Works and process at the Guggenheim.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Dance.
- Drama.
- Note
- Gaudeamus is based on Sergie Kaledin's 1988 novella "Construction Battalion", one of the few works to be banned by the Gorbachev government.
- Event (note)
- Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 29-30, 1994.
- Funding (note)
- 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.
- Language (note)
- In English and Russian.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1058
- OCLC
- 137266933
- Title
- Gaudeamus [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Imprint
- 1994.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Series
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 58Works and process at the Guggenheim.
- Performer
- Moderator, Tony Randall.
- Event
- Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 29-30, 1994.
- Funding
- 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.
- Language
- In English and Russian.
- Added Author
- Cronson, Mary Sharp. ProducerDodin, Lev, 1944- panelist.Stronin, Michail, panelist.Randall, Tony. ModeratorKaledin, Sergeĭ. Gaudeamus.Malyĭ teatr (Russia)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-1058