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New York City Ballet, emerging choreographers Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
New York City Ballet, emerging choreographers [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Barak, Melissa.
  • Barak, Melissa
  • Lee, Douglas.
  • Lee, Douglas
  • Sorrin, Ellen.
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
  • Ikeda, Ryoji, 1966-
  • Reich, Steve, 1936-
  • Mearns, Sara
  • Angle, Jared
  • Kowroski, Maria
  • Gilliland, Kaitlyn
  • Fairchild, Robert
  • Ramasar, Amar
  • Danchig-Waring, Adrian
  • Walters, Susan.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • New York City Ballet.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (77 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Melissa Barak and Douglas Lee discuss the ballets they are in the process of creating for New York City Ballet's 2009 winter season. The choreographers speak about their motivation and inspiration for choreographing; how they got started; the experience of alternating between performing and choreographing; their experiences with the New York Choreographic Institute. Barak presents a demonstration of her rehearsal process with the dancers, working on two excerpts of the ballet; she then speaks about the ballet's music (Britten's Simple symphony), traditional style and costumes. Douglas Lee speaks about the music, casting, working process, title and style of his new ballet, Lifecasting; his comments are interspersed with three excerpts from the ballet. Dancer Robert Fairchild joins the panel and speaks about working with choreographers on new ballets, dancing classical and contemporary work, and his solos in Lifecasting. Fairchild and the choreographers all comment about the distinctions between solos, pas de deux and corps sections of ballets. The program concludes with a performance of two excerpts from the Barak ballet.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
  • Lifecasting (Choreographic work : Lee)
  • Simple symphony (Choreographic work : Barak)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • Due to a defect in the original recording, there is no sound for the first 2 min. of the recording.
Credits (note)
  • Pianist, Susan Walters.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 19, 2009.
Biography (note)
  • Lifecasting premiered Jan. 22, 2009. Simple symphony by Melissa Barak premiered Feb. 17, 2009.
Contents
New ballet [later titled Simple symphony] (demonstration) / choreography by Melissa Barak; music by Benjamin Britten; danced by Sara Mearns, Jared Angle, with Sara Adams, Megan Johnson, Rachel Piskin, Kristen Segin, Mary Elizabeth Sell, Lydia Wellington -- Lifecasting (excerpts) / choreography by Douglas Lee; music by Ryoji Ikeda, Steve Reich; performed by Kaitlyn Gilliland, Maria Kowroski, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Robert Fairchild, Amar Ramasar -- New ballet (excerpts) / choreography by Barak; music by Britten; performed by same cast as demonstration.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4732
OCLC
318603403
Title
New York City Ballet, emerging choreographers [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2009.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Pianist, Susan Walters.
Performer
Moderator: Ellen Sorrin. Panel: Melissa Barak, Douglas Lee, Robert Fairchild.
Dance performed by members of New York City Ballet: Sara Adams, Jared Angle, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Robert Fairchild, Kaitlyn Gilliland, Megan Johnson, Maria Kowroski, Sara Mearns, Rachel Piskin, Amar Ramasar, Kristen Segin, Mary Elizabeth Sell, Lydia Wellington.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 19, 2009.
Biography
Lifecasting premiered Jan. 22, 2009. Simple symphony by Melissa Barak premiered Feb. 17, 2009.
Added Author
Barak, Melissa. Interviewee
Barak, Melissa, choreographer.
Lee, Douglas. Interviewee
Lee, Douglas, choreographer.
Sorrin, Ellen. Moderator
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Simple symphony.
Ikeda, Ryoji, 1966- Composer
Reich, Steve, 1936- Composer
Mearns, Sara, dancer.
Angle, Jared, dancer.
Kowroski, Maria, dancer.
Gilliland, Kaitlyn, dancer.
Fairchild, Robert, dancer.
Ramasar, Amar, dancer.
Danchig-Waring, Adrian, dancer.
Walters, Susan. Instrumentalist
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Ballet.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Lifecasting (Choreographic work : Lee)
Simple symphony (Choreographic work : Barak)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4732
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