Research Catalog

Women Hitting the Wall : The Gender Project

Title
  1. Women Hitting the Wall : The Gender Project, 2001 November 4.
Published by
  1. 2001.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl
  2. Fisher, Berenice M.
  3. Marks, Linda
  4. Wood, Ellis
  5. Brenner, Janis
  6. Hayes, Aleta
  7. Soll, Beth
  8. Comfort, Jane, 1946-
  9. Pulvermacher, Neta
  10. Gender Project (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (116 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
  1. Panel answers questions from the audience and discusses gender disparity in the dance community including issues regarding funding, the struggle to get work shown, role models, and generational differences.
Alternative title
  1. Gender Project : Women Hitting the Wall
Subject
  1. Filmed performances
  2. Filmed dance
  3. Video
  4. Sex discrimination > New York (State) > New York
  5. Dance > Sex differences
  6. Women dancers > New York (State) > New York
  7. Women choreographers > New York (State) > New York
  8. Pulvermacher, Neta
  9. Comfort, Jane, 1946-
  10. Soll, Beth
  11. Hayes, Aleta
  12. Brenner, Janis
  13. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
  3. Filmed dance.
  4. Filmed performances.
Contents
  1. Introduction (5 min.) / by Joanna Mendl Shaw (co-founder, The Gender Project), Linda Marks (director, Crystal Quilt) -- Aleta Hayes (10 min.) -- Beth Soll (8 min.) -- Jane Comfort (4 min.) -- Neta Pulvermacher (7 min.) -- Conclusion with all performers (4 min.) -- Discussion (69 min.) / moderator, Berenice Fisher (NYU Professor, Women Studies & Philosopy) ; panel, Aleta Hayes, Beth Soll, Jane Comfort, Neta Pulvermacher, Janis Brenner, Joanna Mendl Shaw.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-6922
Note
  1. Titles from original cassette label.
  2. Janis Brenner reads gender statistics between each performance.
  3. The Gender Project started in 1998 out of an informal conversation that Joanna Mendl Shaw had with Ellis Wood. We launched a research project that choreographer Janis Brenner initiated, to look at both New York and national statistics and compare male and female representation. Wishing to disseminate these statistics in an unusual and very visible way, we created a performance project titled Women Hitting the Wall and featuring Janis Brenner as Narrator. Reading of statistics became the thread that wove together a series of solos. We did four versions of Women Hitting the Wall in New York, one in Chicago, and one in Philadelphia. The performances always concluded with a facilitated discussion. -- Joanna Mendl Shaw: The Gender Project, New York Foundation for the Arts (www.nyfa.org).
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
  1. Performers and discussion participants: Aleta Hayes, Beth Soll, Jane Comfort, Neta Pulvermacher, Janis Brenner, Joanna Mendl Shaw ; narrator, Janis Brenner.
Source (note)
  1. Janis Brenner;
Title
  1. Women Hitting the Wall : The Gender Project, 2001 November 4.
Production
  1. 2001.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. computer
  2. video
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Original version
  1. Original format: 1 videocassette (Hi8) ; 3/4 in.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Cast
  1. Performers and discussion participants: Aleta Hayes, Beth Soll, Jane Comfort, Neta Pulvermacher, Janis Brenner, Joanna Mendl Shaw ; narrator, Janis Brenner.
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance possibly at Construction Company, New York, N.Y. 2001 November 4.
Source
  1. Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl, creator.
  2. Shaw, JoAnna Mendl, speaker.
  3. Fisher, Berenice M., moderator.
  4. Marks, Linda, speaker.
  5. Wood, Ellis, creator.
  6. Brenner, Janis, narrator.
  7. Hayes, Aleta, performer.
  8. Hayes, Aleta, speaker.
  9. Soll, Beth, performer.
  10. Soll, Beth, speaker.
  11. Comfort, Jane, 1946- performer.
  12. Comfort, Jane, 1946- speaker.
  13. Pulvermacher, Neta, performer.
  14. Pulvermacher, Neta, speaker.
  15. Gender Project (New York, N.Y.)
  16. Brenner, Janis, donor.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-6922
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