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Janis Brenner & Guests : A 25th Anniversary Celebration

Title: Janis Brenner & Guests : A 25th Anniversary Celebration, 2007 February 1 & 3 / artistic director, Janis Brenner ; lighting design, Mitchell Bogard ; presented by Danspace Project.
Publication: 2007.

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Description

2 streaming video files (187 min.) : sound, color.

Uniform Title

Lake (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Shun-Woa (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Porcelain dialogues (Choreographic work : Louis)
Solo For Janis (Choreographic work : Siegal)
Contents May Have Shifted... (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Peace for Women (Choreographic work : Brenner)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Title from opening video credits.
Reel 1 (February 1, 2007) (approximately 92 min.): Lake, Songs From The Hill, Shun-Woa, Porcelain Dialogues, Solo For Janis, Contents May Have Shifted..., A "Peace" For Women. Reel 2 (February 3, 2007) (approximately 94 min.): Lake, Solo For Janis, Shun-Woa, Porcelain Dialogues, Mars Cantata, Contents May Have Shifted..., A "Peace" For Women.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Danspace Project Technical Director, Carlton Ward ; videography, Character Generators ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.

Source (note)

Janis Brenner;

Contents

Reel 1. Lake (NY Premiere) (10 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner in collaboration with Ms. Dietz Marchant ; music, David Lang (Little Eye) ; costume design, Janis Brenner ; video concept, Janis Brenner and Marisela La Grave ; video, Marisela La Grave ; dancers, Lindsey Dietz Marchant and Jason Dietz Marchant.
Guest Work: Meredith Monk. Songs From The Hill (1975-76) (8 min.) / music, Meredith Monk (Ms. Monk sings two selections on video) and Janis Brenner (sings Wa-lie-o-oh).
Shun-Woa (Updated Revival, 1994) (Vortex, or Eye of the Storm) (16 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner originally in collaboration with Eddie Taketa ; music, Ushio Torikai, Tan Dun ; costume design, Janis Brenner ; set painting, Jackie Battenfield ; costume executed by Anne Koletzke ; dancer, Kun-Yang Lin.
Porcelain Dialogues (Revival, 2nd Movement): In Honor of Murray Louis's 80th Birthday (8 min.) / choreography, Murray Louis ; music, Tchaikovsky (Quartet in D Major) ; costumes, Carol Pelletier after original design by Frank Garcia ; dancers, Michael Blake, Janis Brenner, Betsy Fisher, Peter Kyle, Sara Pearson, Robert Small -- Honoring Danial Shapiro and Murray Louis along with inviting former Murray Louis Company dancers to the stage (7 min.) / speakers included Janis Brenner and Murray Louis.
Solo For Janis (1997) (13 min.) / created by Richard Siegal in collaboration with Ms. Brenner ; music, J.B. Lully ; performer, Janis Brenner.
Contents May Have Shifted... (2002) (8 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, Clifton Aird Hyde ; costume, Russell Aubrey ; dancer, Katherine Fisher.
A "Peace" For Women (2000) (16 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, Steve Reich (Proverb) ; costumes, Russell Aubrey ; dancers, Kyla Barkin, Nigel Campbell, Lindsey Dietz Marchant, Brett Perry, Carolyn Rossett, Kendra Samson with Katherine Fisher, Jason Dietz Marchant.
Reel 2. Lake (NY Premiere) (10 min.) -- Solo For Janis (1997) (14 min.) -- Shun-Woa (Updated Revival, 1994) (Vortex, or Eye of the Storm) (16 min.) -- Porcelain Dialogues (Revival, 2nd Movement): In Honor of Murray Louis's 80th Birthday (10 min.) -- Guest Work: Theo Blackmann. Mars Cantata (1998) (12 min.) / composed & performed by Theo Bleckmann and Janis Brenner (Satellite Dance and Prayer) -- Contents May Have Shifted... (2002) (9 min.) / dancer, Kyla Barkin -- A "Peace" For Women (2000) (16 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6921

OCLC

864438282

Title

Janis Brenner & Guests : A 25th Anniversary Celebration, 2007 February 1 & 3 / artistic director, Janis Brenner ; lighting design, Mitchell Bogard ; presented by Danspace Project.

Production

2007.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

video

Type of Carrier

online resource

Original Version

Original format: 2 videocassettes (DVCam)

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event

Videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, N.Y. as part of Janis Brenner's 25th Anniversary Celebration 2007 February 1 and 2007 February 3.

Performer

Performed by Janis Brenner & Guests: Meredith Monk (guest, February 1, 2007) and Theo Bleckmann (guest, February 3, 2007).

Credits

Danspace Project Technical Director, Carlton Ward ; videography, Character Generators ; cameraperson, Mark Robison.

Source

Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.

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Added Author

Brenner, Janis, choreographer.

Brenner, Janis, artistic director.

Brenner, Janis, performer.

Brenner, Janis, costume designer.

Brenner, Janis, speaker.

Louis, Murray, choreographer.

Louis, Murray, speaker.

Louis, Murray, honouree.

Monk, Meredith, performer.

Bleckmann, Theo, performer.

Bogard, Mitchell, lighting designer.

La Grave, Marisela, artist.

Dietz Marchant, Lindsay, performer.

Dietz Marchant, Jason, performer.

Battenfield, Jackie, set designer.

Lin, Kun-Yang, performer.

Pelletier, Carol Ann, costume designer.

Blake, Michael, performer.

Fisher, Betsy, performer.

Kyle, Peter, performer.

Pearson, Sara, performer.

Small, Robert, 1951 or 1952- performer.

Shapiro, Danial, honouree.

Siegal, Richard, choreographer.

Aubrey, Russel, costume designer.

Fisher, Katherine, performer.

Barkin, Kyla, performer.

Campbell, Nigel, performer.

Perry, Brett, performer.

Rossett, Carolyn, performer.

Samson, Kendra, performer.

Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.

Janis Brenner & Dancers, performer.

Character Generators/Video, videographer.

Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.), presenter.

St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.)

Brenner, Janis, donor.

Added Title

Container of (work): Lake (Choreographic work : Brenner)

Container of (work): Shun-Woa (Choreographic work : Brenner)

Container of (work): Porcelain dialogues (Choreographic work : Louis)

Container of (work): Solo For Janis (Choreographic work : Siegal)

Container of (work): Contents May Have Shifted... (Choreographic work : Brenner)

Container of (work): Peace for Women (Choreographic work : Brenner)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6921

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