Research Catalog

Title

Supernatural Wife / co-directed by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parsons ; choreographed by Annie-B Parson ; performed by Big Dance Theater ; presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Publication

2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Big Dance Theater, performer.
• Botez Ban, Oana,
• Brooklyn Academy of Music, donor.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival, presenter.
• Brunk (Musical group), composer.
• Burwell, Carter,
• Canale, Tymberly,
• Carson, Anne, 1950-
• Cohen, Ben,
• DeMent, Elizabeth,
• Eskin, Simon,
• Giarmo, Chris,
• Hickok, Molly,
• Howard, Joanne,
• Lang, David (David A.),
• Larson, Jeff,
• Lazar, Paul,
• Levasseur, Joe,
• Mattocks, Aaron,
• Noyes, Frederic,
• Parson, Annie-B,
• Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926,
• Shaw, Jan,
• Shaw, Jane,
• Simpson, Pete,

Description

1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Supernatural Wife (Choreographic work : Lazar and Parson)

Alternative Title

• BAM 2011 Next Wave Festival
• Big Dance Theater in Supernatural Wife

Subjects

• Filmed performances
• Video
• Filmed dance
• Dance
• Euripides > Alcestis > Adaptations

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.
• Video.

Note

• Widescreen.
• Title from opening video credits.
• Based on Alkestis by Euripides.
• Co-commissioned by The Walker Art Center and the Anticodes Festival - Théâtre National de Chaillot / Les Subsistances - Lyon / Le Quarts - Scéne Nationale de Brest.
• This performance was recorded for the Brooklyn Academy of Music Hamm Archives.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Credits (note)

• Translated by Anne Carson ; music, David Lang (men), Brunk, Carter Burwell, Richard Howgill, Jane Shaw ; choral/vocal music, Chris Giarmo ; sound by Jane Shaw ; set by Joanne Howard ; video by Jeff Larson ; lighting by Joe Levasseur ; costumes by Oana Botez-Ban ; camera, Ben Cohen (Manager of Video and Media Production).

Source (note)

• Brooklyn Academy of Music,

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8060

Title

Supernatural Wife / co-directed by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parsons ; choreographed by Annie-B Parson ; performed by Big Dance Theater ; presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Production

2011.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Performer

Cast, Molly Hickok, Tymberly Canale, Chris Giarmo, Elizabeth DeMent, Aaron Mattocks, Pete Simpson ; additional credits, Paul Lazar (Admetos' father, on video), Simon Eskin (Child's voice), Rainer Maria Rilke (text in silent movie), Paul Lazar and Hope Hickok (additional silent movie performers).

Credits

Translated by Anne Carson ; music, David Lang (men), Brunk, Carter Burwell, Richard Howgill, Jane Shaw ; choral/vocal music, Chris Giarmo ; sound by Jane Shaw ; set by Joanne Howard ; video by Jeff Larson ; lighting by Joe Levasseur ; costumes by Oana Botez-Ban ; camera, Ben Cohen (Manager of Video and Media Production).

Event

Videotaped in performance at BAM Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of the BAM 2011 Next Wave Festival on 2011 November 30.

Summary

"Supernatural Wife, a dance/theater adaptation of Euripides' play, Alkestis (438 B.C.), is taken from the mythic tale of King Admetos, who avoids death by arranging to send a surrogate to die in his place. His wife, Alkestis, volunteers for the assignment. But she requests that in return for her sacrifice, Admetos never re-marry. On the day Alkestis dies, Herakles, (aka Hercules) pays a visit to the grief-stricken King. To obey rules of hospitality, the King chooses not to tell his friend that it is his wife who has died, and invites him to stay..." -- BAM playbill, program notes.

Source

Gift; Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2015.

Added Author

Lazar, Paul, director.

Lazar, Paul, performer.

Parson, Annie-B, director.

Parson, Annie-B, choreographer.

Carson, Anne, 1950- translator.

Shaw, Jane, sound designer.

Howard, Joanne, set designer.

Larson, Jeff, filmmaker.

Levasseur, Joe, lighting designer.

Botez Ban, Oana, costume designer.

Hickok, Molly, performer.

Canale, Tymberly, performer.

Giarmo, Chris, performer.

DeMent, Elizabeth, performer.

Mattocks, Aaron, performer.

Simpson, Pete, performer.

Lang, David (David A.), composer.

Burwell, Carter, composer.

Noyes, Frederic, composer.

Shaw, Jan, composer.

Giarmo, Chris, composer.

Eskin, Simon, performer.

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926, writer of accompanying material.

Cohen, Ben, videographer.

Brunk (Musical group), composer.

Big Dance Theater, performer.

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival, presenter.

Brooklyn Academy of Music, donor.

Added Title

Big Dance Theater in Supernatural Wife

BAM 2011 Next Wave Festival

Container of (work): Supernatural Wife (Choreographic work : Lazar and Parson)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8060