Snow on the Mesa, November 4, 1995 / performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC ; choreography by Robert Wilson.
Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Description
1 online resource (1 video file) (70 min., 47 sec.) : sound, color
Summary
A video recording of the Martha Graham Dance Company performing Robert Wilson's Snow on the mesa (portrait of Martha) during its world premiere weekend at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Genre/Form
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Contents
Part I: The wolf-wife / performed by Terese Capucilli, Miki Orihara, and Rika Okamoto -- Shaker interior / performed by David Kulick and Rika Okamoto -- Navaho rug / performed by Terese Capucilli -- The black rocks / performed by Christine Dakin, Miki Orihara, and Rika Okamoto -- Part II: The world outside / performed by the ensemble -- A room with too much in it / performed by Christine Dakin -- The world still outside / performed by ensemble -- Night in the desert / performed by Peter London and Fang-Yi Sheu -- Very young: Kachina clowns / performed by the ensemble -- Mirrors and memory / performed by Katherine Crockett, Alexandre Proia, Matthew Rose, and Miki Orihara -- Very old: ghost walkers / performed by the ensemble -- Epilogue: first snow on the mesa / performed by the ensemble.
Note
Title from videocassette label.
The recording is of poor visual quality.
Cast and production information from the program for the event weekend dated November 2-5, 1995.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Choreography and sets by Robert Wilson ; lighting by Jennifer Tipton ; costumes by Donna Karan ; scenario by Paul Schmidt ; sound by Brad Fields ; music by George Antheil, Lou Harrison, Colin McPhee, and traditional Balinese gamelan instrumentalists.
Performer (note)
Dance ensemble: Elizabeth Auclair, Terese Capucilli, Katherine Crockett, Christine Dakin, David Kulick, Peter London, Rika Okamoto, Miki Orihara, Alexandre Proia, Peter Roël, Matthew Rose, Fang-Yi Sheu, Stephanie Tooman.
Event (note)
Recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) in Washington, D.C. on November 4, 1995.
Title
Snow on the Mesa, November 4, 1995 / performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC ; choreography by Robert Wilson.
Production
1995.
Country of producing entity
United States
Playing time
011047
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
video file
Credits
Choreography and sets by Robert Wilson ; lighting by Jennifer Tipton ; costumes by Donna Karan ; scenario by Paul Schmidt ; sound by Brad Fields ; music by George Antheil, Lou Harrison, Colin McPhee, and traditional Balinese gamelan instrumentalists.
Cast
Dance ensemble: Elizabeth Auclair, Terese Capucilli, Katherine Crockett, Christine Dakin, David Kulick, Peter London, Rika Okamoto, Miki Orihara, Alexandre Proia, Peter Roël, Matthew Rose, Fang-Yi Sheu, Stephanie Tooman.
Event
Recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) in Washington, D.C. on November 4, 1995.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Added author
Wilson, Robert, 1941- choreographer, set designer.
Container of (work): Wilson, Robert, 1941- Snow on the mesa.
Container of (work): Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Threnody for Carlos Chávez.
Container of (work): Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Serenades, suling, instrumental ensemble.
Container of (work): Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003. Concerto in slendro.
Container of (work): McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964. Tabuh-tabuhan.
Auclair, Elizabeth, dancer.
Capucilli, Terese, dancer.
Crockett, Katherine, dancer.
Dakin, Christine, dancer.
Kulick, David, dancer.
London, Peter, 1960- dancer.
Okamoto, Rika (Dancer), dancer.
Orihara, Miki, dancer.
Proia, Alexandre, dancer.
Roël, Peter, dancer.
Rose, Matthew (Dancer), dancer.
Sheu, Fang-Yi, dancer.
Tooman, Stephanie, dancer.
Tipton, Jennifer, lighting designer.
Karan, Donna, 1948- costume designer.
Schmidt, Paul, 1934-1999, scenarist.
Fields, Brad, sound designer.
Antheil, George, 1900-1959, composer.
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003, composer.
McPhee, Colin, 1900-1964, composer.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.), event place.
Martha Graham Dance Company, dancer.
Martha Graham Dance Company, donor.
Found in:
Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.
Other form:
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Snow on the Mesa. 1 videocassette (70 min., 47 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)528089 (OCoLC)1362515916