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Orpheus

Title
Orpheus [videorecording] / [presented by] New York Ballet Experiment ; directed, choreographed and conceived by Robert Streicher ; music by Jon Hassell.
Publication
1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Streicher, Robert
  • Hassell, Jon, 1937-2021.
  • Langdon, Amy
  • Cooper, Miriam Raphael
  • Zimberg, Meli
  • Ventura, Mary Louise
  • Hogan, Dan
  • Shapiro, Lynn
  • Kunhurst, José
  • Organek, Susanna
  • Kail, Amy
  • Tau, Helen
  • Mendelsohn, Susan
  • Maslow, David.
  • Blaine, Dennis.
  • Munch, Allen.
  • Ward, Penny
  • New York Ballet Experiment (Dance company)
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (38 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Two-act ballet based on the myth of Orpheus.
Uniform Title
Orpheus (Choreographic work : Streicher)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • The picture quality is dark on some parts of the recording.
  • The performance of Orpheus lasts 38 min.; the remainder of the tape (18 min.) contains a partial recording of Oedipus rex (presumably the tape was reused.) For a complete recording of Oedipus rex see *MGZIDVD 5-3966.
Credits (note)
  • Lighting, Dennis Blaine. Set design, David Maslow. Costume design, Alan [i.e. Allen] Munch.
  • Video, Penny Ward.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in performance, Nov. 1985, at St. Mark's Church, New York City.
Contents
Act I (18 min.) -- Act II (20 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3988
OCLC
247973737
Title
Orpheus [videorecording] / [presented by] New York Ballet Experiment ; directed, choreographed and conceived by Robert Streicher ; music by Jon Hassell.
Imprint
1985.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Lighting, Dennis Blaine. Set design, David Maslow. Costume design, Alan [i.e. Allen] Munch.
Video, Penny Ward.
Performer
Performed by Robert Streicher (Orpheus), Amy Langdon (Eurydice), Miriam Cooper, Meli Zimberg, Mary Louise Ventura (three muses), Dan Hogan (great tiger), Lynn Shapiro (Queen of Hades), José Kunhurst (snake), Suzanne [i.e. Susanna] Organek, Amy Kail (poison frogs), Lynn Shapiro, Helen Tau, Susan Mendehlson [i.e. Mendelsohn] (furies).
Event
Recorded in performance, Nov. 1985, at St. Mark's Church, New York City.
Local Note
For program notes see *MGZB Streicher, Robert [programs].
Added Author
Streicher, Robert, choreographer.
Streicher, Robert, dancer.
Hassell, Jon, 1937-2021. Composer
Langdon, Amy, dancer.
Cooper, Miriam Raphael, dancer.
Zimberg, Meli, dancer.
Ventura, Mary Louise, dancer.
Hogan, Dan, dancer.
Shapiro, Lynn, dancer.
Kunhurst, José, dancer.
Organek, Susanna, dancer.
Kail, Amy, dancer.
Tau, Helen, dancer.
Mendelsohn, Susan, dancer.
Maslow, David. Set designer
Blaine, Dennis. Lighting designer
Munch, Allen. Costume designer
Ward, Penny, videographer.
New York Ballet Experiment (Dance company)
Added Title
Orpheus (Choreographic work : Streicher)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3988
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