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Syrinx
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composed by Claude Debussy, 1862-1918 (1913); choreographed by Giorgi Aleksidze; produced by Carl Simons and Julia Matheson, NVC Arts; performed by Alla Osipenko (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1995), 4 mins
From the early 20th century, the Maryinsky Ballet, later the Kirov, dazzled audiences with the beauty of dance. This fascinating footage of many of the company’s greatest dancers draws on five years’ research in Russia’s film archives. Extracts from: Swan Lake, Raymonda, Viennese Waltz, Reflection, Le Corsai...
composed by Claude Debussy, 1862-1918 (1913); choreographed by Giorgi Aleksidze; produced by Carl Simons and Julia Matheson, NVC Arts; performed by Alla Osipenko (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1995), 4 mins
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Westbeth
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choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1975), 32 mins
First video collaboration with Charles Atlas. A collage of six sections, it is based on the recognition that television changes our way of looking and distorts our sense of time. Dancers introduce themselves in the first section by staring directly into the camera. In section II, the camera obscures the dancers' r...
choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1975), 32 mins
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