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Title

Holiday dance festival 1981 [videorecording] / presented by Theater of the Open Eye.

Publication

1981.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Erdman, Jean
• Tseng, Muna
• Dillingham, Leslie
• Clare, Paula
• Florin, Peggy
• Perrin, Rebecca
• Tenney, Susan
• Rousseve, David
• Allison, Nancy
• Gallant, Catherine
• Alexander, Sylvia.
• Laderman, Ezra.
• Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Mahaffay, Robert.
• Burdick, J. Owen (James Owen), 1954-
• Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
• Janowitz, Otto.
• Cage, John.
• Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003.
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
• Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757.
• Open Eye Company (Theatrical troupe)

Description

4 videodiscs (NTSC) (205 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This disc contains two programs presented as part of the Holiday Dance Festival. There are four versions of Duet for flute and dancer. Ezra Laderman scored both the flute and the dancer's rhythmic patterns, which are differently interpreted by each of the four choreographer-dancers.

Series Statement

Jean Erdman Audio/Visual Collection

Uniform Title

• Pierrot, the moon (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Duet for flute and dancer (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Bach suite (Choreographic work : Tseng)
• Left (Choreographic work : Tenney)
• Images of Vinalhaven (Choreographic work : Allison and Perrin)
• Passage (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Ophelia (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Artemis (Choreographic work : Allison)
• Rapid transit (Choreographic work : Tenney)
• Thousand flowers (Choreographic work : Tseng)
• Creature on a journey (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Four portraits from Duke Ellington's Shakespeare album (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Hamadryad (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Transformations of Medusa (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Fearful symmetry (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Strange hunt (Choreographic work : Erdman)
• Degas a la barre (Choreographic work : Dillingham)

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Dance.

Note

• The picture is dark on some parts of the tape.

Credits (note)

• Flute solo: Sylvia Alexander.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Theater of the Open Eye, New York City, Dec. 1981.

Source (note)

• Jean Erdman Campbell;

Contents

• Disc 1. Program B, part 1. Pierrot, the moon / choreography by Jean Erdman ; music by Bela Bartok ; danced by Nancy Allison (18 min.) -- Duet for flute and dancer / choreographed and danced by Muna Tseng ; music by Ezra Laderman (6 min.) -- Bach suite / choreography by Muna Tseng ; music by J.S. Bach ; danced by Tseng, Paula Clare, Peggy Florin, Catherine Gallant (10 min.) -- Left / choreographed by and danced by Susan Tenney ; musical collage taped at Rancour Studios, N.Y.C. (5 min.) -- Excerpt from Images of Vinalhaven / choreographed and danced by Nancy Allison and Rebecca Perrin ; music by Robert Mahaffay (13 min.)
• Disc 2. Program B, part 2. Duet for flute and dancer / choreographed and danced by Rebecca Perrin ; music by Ezra Laderman (6 min.) -- Ophelia / choreography by Jean Erdman ; music by John Cage ; danced by Leslie Dillingham (10 min.) -- Artemis / choreographed and danced by Nancy Allison ; music by Robert Mahaffay (5 min.) -- Rapid transit / choreographed by Susan Tenney ; music by James Owen Burdick ; danced by Sudabeh Kashmirian-Samori, Beth Ann McWilliams, David Rousseve, Joshua Walden (7 min.) -- A thousand flowers / choreographed and danced by Muna Tseng ; traditional Balinese music (6 min.) -- Four portraits from Duke Ellington's Shakespeare album (In search of the moor, Lady Mac, Sonnet for sister Kate, She died a queen) / choreographed and danced by Jean Erdman ; music by Duke Ellington (15 min.)
• Disc 3. Program A, part 1. Duet for flute and dancer / choreographed and danced by Nancy Allison ; music by Ezra Laderman (7 min.) -- Winter/Awakening / choreographed and danced by Leslie Dillingham ; music by Buck Larson, Laraji (15 min.) -- Passage / choreography by Jean Erdman ; music by Otto Janowitz ; danced by Rebecca Perrin (3 min.) -- Hamadryad / choreography by Erdman ; music by Claude Debussy ; danced by Muna Tseng (4 min.) -- Creature on a journey / choreography by Erdman ; music by Lou Harrison ; danced by Rebecca Perrin (3 min.) -- The transformations of Medusa / choreography by Erdman ; music by Louis Horst ; danced by Muna Tseng (12 min.) -- Degas a la barre / choreographed and danced ; music by Frederic Chopin (10 min.)
• Disc 4. Program A, part 2. Fearful symmetry / choreography by Jean Erdman ; music by Ezra Laderman ; danced by Susan Tenney (15 min.) -- Duet for flute and dancer / choreographed and danced by Leslie Dillingham ; music by Ezra Laderman (7 min.) -- Four portraits from Duke Ellington's Shakespeare album (In search of the moor, Lady Mac, Sonnet for sister Kate, She died a queen) / choreographed and danced by Jean Erdman ; music by Duke Ellington (15 min.) -- Strange hunt / choreography by Jean Erdman ; music by Domenico Scarlatti ; danced by Susan Tenney, Rebecca Perrin, Leslie Dillingham, David Rousseve, Nancy Allison (13 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2121

OCLC

174993780

Title

Holiday dance festival 1981 [videorecording] / presented by Theater of the Open Eye.

Imprint

1981.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jean Erdman Audio/Visual Collection

Credits

Flute solo: Sylvia Alexander.

Performer

Performers include Jean Erdman, Muna Tseng, Leslie Dillingham, Paula Clare, Peggy Florin, David Rousseve, Susan Tenney, Rebecca Perrin.

Event

Recorded at Theater of the Open Eye, New York City, Dec. 1981.

Local Note

For program notes see *MGZB Theater of the Open Eye [programs].

For additional information see the Jean Erdman Papers, (S) *MGZMD 170.

Source

Gift; Jean Erdman Campbell; 2001.

Added Author

Erdman, Jean, choreographer.

Erdman, Jean, dancer.

Tseng, Muna, choreographer.

Tseng, Muna, dancer.

Dillingham, Leslie, choreographer.

Dillingham, Leslie, dancer.

Clare, Paula, dancer.

Florin, Peggy, dancer.

Perrin, Rebecca, choreographer.

Perrin, Rebecca, dancer.

Tenney, Susan, choreographer.

Tenney, Susan, dancer.

Rousseve, David, dancer.

Allison, Nancy, choreographer.

Allison, Nancy, dancer.

Gallant, Catherine, dancer.

Alexander, Sylvia. Instrumentalist

Laderman, Ezra. Composer

Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Composer

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Mahaffay, Robert. Composer

Burdick, J. Owen (James Owen), 1954- Composer

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Composer

Janowitz, Otto. Composer

Cage, John. Composer

Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Composer

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Composer

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer

Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757. Composer

Open Eye Company (Theatrical troupe)

Erdman, Jean. Donor

Added Title

Pierrot, the moon (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Duet for flute and dancer (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Bach suite (Choreographic work : Tseng)

Left (Choreographic work : Tenney)

Images of Vinalhaven (Choreographic work : Allison and Perrin)

Passage (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Ophelia (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Artemis (Choreographic work : Allison)

Rapid transit (Choreographic work : Tenney)

Thousand flowers (Choreographic work : Tseng)

Creature on a journey (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Four portraits from Duke Ellington's Shakespeare album (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Hamadryad (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Transformations of Medusa (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Fearful symmetry (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Strange hunt (Choreographic work : Erdman)

Degas a la barre (Choreographic work : Dillingham)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2121