Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Brenner, Janis
2. Taketa, Edward Akio
3. Hammer, Chuck
4. Heschel, Susannah
5. Conte, Zephryn
6. Nelson, Jalalu-Kalvert, 1951-
7. Kidd, Barbara
8. Shayler, Laurie
9. Flink, Carl
10. Hellman, Sherri
11. Sigler, Cynthia Marie
12. Janis Brenner & Dancers, performer.
13. St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
14. Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.), presenter.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (83 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

1. Janis Brenner talks about each piece before it is performed. The Question & Answer session discusses Janis Brenner's process involved with creating these choreographic works and the music used for this performance.

Uniform title

1. Shekhinah/Voices (Choreographic work : Brenner and Taketa)
2. Soft Enclave (Choreographic work : Brenner)
3. Non-Sinatra Songs (Choreographic work : Brenner)

Subject

1. Nonfiction films
2. Interviews
3. Filmed performances
4. Filmed dance
5. Video
6. Dance
7. Brenner, Janis

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Filmed dance.
4. Filmed performances.
5. Interviews.
6. Nonfiction films.

Contents

1. Warm up & Introduction [begins abruptly] (5 min.) / speaker, Janis Brenner ; dancers, Janis Brenner & Dancers.
2. Shekhinah/Voices (1989 & Premiere) (12 min.) / Part I (1989): choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, Chuck Hammer ; vocals sung by Janis Brenner & Zephryn Conte ; text source, Susannah Heschel (On Being Jewish Feminist) ; performed by Janis Brenner, Edward Akio Taketa -- Part II (Premiere): choreography & performance by Janis Brenner & Edward Akio Taketa ; music, Zephryn Conte in collaboration with Maat-Raa, Janis Brenner & Edward Akio Taketa ; costumes, Janis Brenner.
3. Discussion (4 min.) / by Janis Brenner.
4. Soft Enclave (Premiere) (15 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, sung by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson ; costumes, Barbara Kidd ; performed by Edward Akio Taketa, Laurie Shayler, Cynthia Sigler, Sherri Hellman & Carl Lindsay Flink.
5. Discussion (2 min.) / by Janis Brenner.
6. Non-Sinatra Songs (Premiere) (18 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, sung by Carmen McRae, Dionne Warwick, Lou Reed, Pia Zadora, Bobby Darin, 3 Dog Night, Jim Nabors, Tom Jones, Sid Vicious ; performed by The Company.
7. Question & Answer session (28 min.) / participants, Janis Brenner, Edward Akio Taketa, Laurie Shayler, Cynthia Sigler, Sherri Hellman & Carl Lindsay Flink.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6932

Note

1. Title from handwriting on original DVD and Dance Division program from *MGZB Brenner, Janis.

Access (note)

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

Source (note)

1. Janis Brenner;

Title

1. TEA/dances / performed by Janis Brenner & Dancers ; presented by The Danspace Project.

Production

1. 1991.

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 videodisc (DVD) ; 4 3/4 in.

Restricted access

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

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, N.Y., as part of Danspace Project's TEA/dances 1991 June 2.

Source

1. Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Brenner, Janis, choreographer.
2. Brenner, Janis, dancer.
3. Brenner, Janis, vocalist.
4. Brenner, Janis, costume designer.
5. Taketa, Edward Akio, choreographer.
6. Taketa, Edward Akio, dancer.
7. Taketa, Edward Akio, vocalist.
8. Hammer, Chuck, composer.
9. Heschel, Susannah, writer of added text.
10. Conte, Zephryn, composer.
11. Nelson, Jalalu-Kalvert, 1951- vocalist.
12. Kidd, Barbara, costume designer.
13. Shayler, Laurie, dancer.
14. Flink, Carl, dancer.
15. Hellman, Sherri, dancer.
16. Sigler, Cynthia Marie, dancer.
17. Janis Brenner & Dancers, performer.
18. St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
19. Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
20. Brenner, Janis, donor.

Added title

1. Container of (work): Shekhinah/Voices (Choreographic work : Brenner and Taketa)
2. Container of (work): Soft Enclave (Choreographic work : Brenner)
3. Container of (work): Non-Sinatra Songs (Choreographic work : Brenner)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-6932