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Syrinx
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...
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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
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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 Corsaire, Laurencia, The Tale of Serf Nikish, The Dying Swan, Pas de Quatre, Syrinx, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet, The Ice Maiden, Les Sylphides
Date Written / Recorded
1913
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Alla Osipenko
Contributor
Giorgi Aleksidze, Carl Simons, Julia Matheson, NVC Arts
Author / Creator
Giorgi Aleksidze, Claude Debussy, 1862-1918, Alla Osipenko
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 C Major Entertainment
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Westbeth
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...
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choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009; performed by Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Merce Cunningham Trust, 1975), 32 mins
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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' relationship to space through the use of close-ups. In the third section, the viewers attention is continually recentered upon a new dan...
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' relationship to space through the use of close-ups. In the third section, the viewers attention is continually recentered upon a new dancer who has entered the group. Section IV investigates the possibilities of deep focus and its relationship to movement. Section V employs an elaborate use of multiple cameras and in the final section, separate movement segments were joined together in the editing process. Cunningham's intention was to allot a question, or several, about video and dance to each section. Filmed at the Merce Cunningham Studio, Westbeth. Costumes were done by Mark Lancaster and based on the Jasper Johns designs for "Un jeux ou deux."
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Date Written / Recorded
1975
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Contributor
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Elliot Caplan, fl. 1984-2013
Author / Creator
Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
Merce Cunningham Trust
Topic / Theme
Dance
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