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Robert Wilson & Jo Kondo Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
  1. Robert Wilson & Jo Kondo [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
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  1. c2007.

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Additional authors
  1. Wilson, Robert.
  2. Kondō, Jō, 1947-
  3. Wuorinen, Charles.
  4. Gentile, Illenk.
  5. Karya, Abdi.
  6. Anderson, William, 1962-
  7. Frautschi, Jennifer.
  8. Mills, Jesse.
  9. Nessinger, Mary.
  10. O'Connor, Tara Helen.
  11. O'Neill, Richard (Violist)
  12. Purvis, William.
  13. Sherry, Fred.
  14. Feinberg, Alan.
  15. Zuber, Gregory.
  16. Murray, Les A., 1938-2019.
  17. Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978.
  18. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  19. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Jo Kondo discusses how he selected the poems of Louis Zukofsky, the history of this work, and his initial composition process beginning with improvisation. Robert Wilson and Kondo discuss their three collaborations beginning in 1982. Wilson describes the differences in dealing with short and long time frames for works, his relationship to Kondo's music which involved responding to the music or moving in parallel to the music.
Series statement
  1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform title
  1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subject
  1. Composition (Music)
  2. Artistic collaboration
  3. Dance
  4. Theater > Production and direction > United States
  5. Video
  6. Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
  2. Dance.
  3. Interviews.
Contents
  1. Introduction (ca. 1 min.) / by Mary Sharp Cronson -- Panel discussion (ca. 13 min.) / panelists, Robert Wilson and Jo Kondo ; moderator, Charles Wuorinen -- Four short poems of Louis Zukofsky (ca. 7 min.) -- High window (ca. 9 min.) -- Lotus dam (ca. 4 min.) / poem, Les Murray -- Pendulums (ca. 9 min.) -- Beginning, middle and end (ca. 12 min.).
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-5898
Note
  1. Credits from The New York Times music review entitled, When works are staged as well as played, published on Nov. 20, 2007.
Credits (note)
  1. Lighting design, Torkel Skjaerven ; video documentation, Pauline de Grunne Cohen and Demetrius Wren.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 18, 2007.
System details (note)
  1. DVD.
Source (note)
  1. Mary Sharp Cronson.
Title
  1. Robert Wilson & Jo Kondo [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
  1. c2007.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
  2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.
System details
  1. DVD.
Credits
  1. Lighting design, Torkel Skjaerven ; video documentation, Pauline de Grunne Cohen and Demetrius Wren.
Performer
  1. Moderator, Charles Wuorinen.
  2. Panelist, Robert Wilson (stage director) and Jo Kondo (composer).
  3. Performed by Illenk Gentile and Abdi Karya.
  4. Music performed by William Anderson (electric guitar), Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Jesse Mills (violin), Mary Nessinger (Mezzo soprano), Tara O'Connor (flute), Richard O'Neill (viola), Fred Sherry (cello), Alan Feinberg (piano), Gregory Zuber (percussion), and William Purvis (conductor).
  5. Speaker, Mary Sharp Cronson.
Event
  1. Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. on Nov. 18, 2007.
Local note
  1. For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].
Source
  1. Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD
Added author
  1. Wilson, Robert. Director
  2. Kondō, Jō, 1947- Composer
  3. Wuorinen, Charles. Moderator
  4. Gentile, Illenk. Performer
  5. Karya, Abdi. Performer
  6. Anderson, William, 1962- Instrumentalist
  7. Frautschi, Jennifer. Instrumentalist
  8. Mills, Jesse. Instrumentalist
  9. Nessinger, Mary. Singer
  10. O'Connor, Tara Helen. Instrumentalist
  11. O'Neill, Richard (Violist)
  12. Purvis, William. Conductor
  13. Sherry, Fred. Instrumentalist
  14. Feinberg, Alan. Instrumentalist
  15. Zuber, Gregory. Instrumentalist
  16. Murray, Les A., 1938-2019. Author
  17. Zukofsky, Louis, 1904-1978. Author
  18. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
  19. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Speaker
  20. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
  21. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor NN-PD
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-5898
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