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Additional authors

1. Wheeldon, Christopher
2. Lightfoot, Paul (Choreographer)
3. León, Sol
4. Barak, Melissa
5. Crawford, Andrew
6. Gurfein, Ty
7. Hohenstein, Rory
8. Jacoby, Drew
9. Kadow, Kate
10. Lamb, Gabrielle
11. Ledo, Juan Pablo
12. Liang, Edward
13. Prescott, Matthew (Matthew R.)
14. Pronk, Rubinald
15. Riggins, Carrie Lee
16. Whelan, Wendy
17. Rowe, Danielle
18. Segovia, Lucas
19. Sherak, Rachel
20. Pierce, Benjamin
21. Ligeti, György, 1923-2006
22. Katz, Natasha
23. Geiger, Mary Louise
24. Johnson, Jill, restager
25. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
26. Pärt, Arvo
27. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943
28. Costa, Francisco, costume designer
29. McBride, Molly
30. New York City Center
31. Sathya Production Services (Firm)
32. New York Public Library. Dance Division
33. Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (122 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform title

1. Continuum (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
2. Softly as I leave you (Choreographic work : Léon and Lightfoot)
3. Rhapsody fantaisie (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)

Subject

1. Carpinteros (Group of artists) - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Introduction (ca. 7 min.) / by Christopher Wheeldon.
2. Continuum (ca. 47 min.) / choreography, Christopher Wheeldon ; music, György Ligeti ; original lighting design, Natasha Katz ; lighting recreated by Mary Louise Geiger ; staged by Jill Johnson ; piano soloists, Cameron Grant and Susan Walters ; dancers, Melissa Barak, Andrew Crawford, Gabrielle Lamb, Rory Hohenstein, Danielle Rowe, Edwaard Liang, Wendy Whelan, Matthew Prescott.
3. Softly as I leave you (ca. 21 min.) / choreography, Lightfoot Léon and Paul Lightfoot ; music, Johann Sebestian Bach and Arvo Pärt ; original lighting, Tom Beevort ; lighting recreated by Mary Louise Geiger ; costumes, Lightfoot Léon ; set, Lightfoot Léon ; staged by Paul Lightfoot and Sol Léon ; dancers, Drew Jacopy, Rubinald Pronk.
4. Rhapsody fantaisie (ca. 9 min.) / choreography, Christopher Wheeldon ; music, Sergei Rachmaninoff ; costumes, Francisco Costa ; costume construction, Benjamin Briones/UB Costume Dance Wear ; lighting, Mary Louise Geiger ; set design, Los Carpinteros ; piano soloists, Cameron Grant and Susan Walters ; dancers, Melissa Barak, Drew Jacoby, Carrie Lee Riggins, Danielle Rowe, Rachel Sherak, Wendy Whelan, Andrew Crawford, Roray Hohenstein, Juan Pablo Ledo, Edwaard Liang, Rubinald Pronk, Lucas Segovia.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5643

Language

1. English

Note

1. Each choreographic work begins with theatrical performance films produced and directed by Benjamin Pierce.
2. Recording made possible by the cooperation of the Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company, New York City Center, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Credits (note)

1. Music director, Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin ; principal pianists, Cameron Grant, Susan Walters.
2. Video production, Sathya Productions ; camera, Robert Long, Geoff MacLaughlin ; videotape engineer, Frank Berman ; directed and edited by Molly McBride.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at the New York City Center, New York, on Nov. 1, 2009.

Funding (note)

1. This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
2. The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
3. The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Biography (note)

1. Continuum premiered by the San Francisco Ballet in 2002 ; Rhapsody fantaisie premiered at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on Oct. 23, 2009.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Danced by Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company: Melissa Barak, Andrew Crawford, Ty Gurfein, Rory Hohenstein, Drew Jacoby, Kate Kadow, Gabrielle Lamb, Juan Pablo Ledo, Edwaard Liang, Matthew Prescott, Rubinald Pronk, Carrie Lee Riggins, Danielle Rowe, Lucas Segovia, Rachel Sherak, Wendy Whelan.

Added title

1. Container of (work): Continuum (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
2. Container of (work): Softly as I leave you (Choreographic work : Léon and Lightfoot)
3. Container of (work): Rhapsody fantaisie (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)