Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Holborn, Mark, 1949-
2. Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986
3. Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010
4. Velez, Edin
5. Velez, Ethel
6. Maro, Akaji
7. Ohsuga, Isamu
8. Motofuji, Akiko
9. Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020
10. Dairakudakan (Dance company), performer.
11. Electronic Arts Intermix (Organization), sponsoring body.
12. Voyager Company, presenter.
13. Sept (Firm), producer.
14. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
15. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (55 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

1. Describes the beginnings of butō, chiefly the work of Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, and shows its development into a dark dance theater that oversteps conventional social behavior and stage to play in underground theater and in the street.

Subject

1. Dance films
2. Televised dance
3. Filmed dance
4. Filmed performances
5. Video
6. Street theater > Japan
7. Dance > Japan
8. Butō

Genre/Form

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

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7367

Note

1. Title from opening video credits.
2. Narration in English; some of interview responses in Japanese, followed by English translation.
3. Butō Dances performed include: Tamai Re and The Five Rings by Dai Rakuda Kan ; Parade (Gyo Retsu), The Silver Seed, and Tai Matsu by Byakko Sha ; Tama Jari Hi Me by Byakko Sha's Hiruta Sanae ; Hosotan (1979) by Tatsumi Hijikata ; Admiring La Argentina, and The Dead Sea by Kazuo Ohno.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

1. Project sponsor, Electronic Arts Intermix ; producers, Ethel Velez, Edin Velex, in association with La Sept and New Television WNET/WGBH ; director & camera, Edin Balez ; VTR & audio, Ethel Velez ; videotape operators, Chris James, John Ransome, Stu Oppenheim.

Source (note)

1. James Clark Reigenborn;

Title

1. Dance of Darkness / a videotape by Edin Velez ; presented by The Voyager Company.

Production

1. Santa Monica, Calif. : Voyager, 1989.

Country of producing entity

1. Japan.

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 (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Restricted access

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

Credits

1. Project sponsor, Electronic Arts Intermix ; producers, Ethel Velez, Edin Velex, in association with La Sept and New Television WNET/WGBH ; director & camera, Edin Balez ; VTR & audio, Ethel Velez ; videotape operators, Chris James, John Ransome, Stu Oppenheim.

Performer

1. Narrator, Mark Holborn.
2. Interviewees and performers include: Tatsumi Hijikata, Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno, Akaji Maro, Isamu Ohsuga, Akiko Motofuji.

Source

1. Gift; James Clark Reigenborn; 2009.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Holborn, Mark, 1949- narrator.
2. Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986, interviewee.
3. Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986, choreographer.
4. Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986, performer.
5. Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, interviewee.
6. Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, choreographer.
7. Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, performer.
8. Velez, Edin, director.
9. Velez, Edin, videographer.
10. Velez, Edin, producer.
11. Velez, Ethel, producer.
12. Maro, Akaji, performer.
13. Ohsuga, Isamu, performer.
14. Motofuji, Akiko, performer.
15. Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020, performer.
16. Dairakudakan (Dance company), performer.
17. Electronic Arts Intermix (Organization), sponsoring body.
18. Voyager Company, presenter.
19. Sept (Firm), producer.
20. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
21. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.
22. Reigenborn, James Clark, donor.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7367