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The Character Connection
written by Claudia Bauer, fl. 2017; in Dance Magazine, Vol. 90, no. 3, March, 2016, Dance Magazine, Vol. 90, no. 3, March, 2016 (New York, NY: DanceMedia, 2016, originally published 2016), 46-47
Dance Magazine is a trade publication for dance.
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written by Claudia Bauer, fl. 2017; in Dance Magazine, Vol. 90, no. 3, March, 2016, Dance Magazine, Vol. 90, no. 3, March, 2016 (New York, NY: DanceMedia, 2016, originally published 2016), 46-47
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Dance Magazine is a trade publication for dance.
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Claudia Bauer, fl. 2017
Date Published / Released
2016-03, 2016
Publisher
DanceMedia
Series
Dance Magazine
Topic / Theme
Folk dance, Dance technique, Dance styles, Folk, Classical Ballet
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Alive & Kicking - New Directions in Dance & Performance, Miserere Nobis
choreographed by Jennifer Muller, 1949-; produced by Jennifer Muller/The Works (JMTW); performed by Michael Tomlinson, Shiho Tanaka, Caroline Kehoe, Gen Hoshimoto, fl. 1999, Seiko Fujita, fl. 2006 and Sonja Chung, fl. 2013, in Alive & Kicking - New Directions in Dance & Performance (New York, NY: Charles Dennis Productions, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
This program showcases the work of New York modern dance choreographer Jennifer Muller and her company The Works. Jennifer Muller has been a pioneer in the field of “physical theater”since the 1970’s and her influence in that genre has beem compared to Pina Bausch. Jennifer Muller/The Works is a diverse com...
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choreographed by Jennifer Muller, 1949-; produced by Jennifer Muller/The Works (JMTW); performed by Michael Tomlinson, Shiho Tanaka, Caroline Kehoe, Gen Hoshimoto, fl. 1999, Seiko Fujita, fl. 2006 and Sonja Chung, fl. 2013, in Alive & Kicking - New Directions in Dance & Performance (New York, NY: Charles Dennis Productions, 2015), 1 hour 30 mins
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This program showcases the work of New York modern dance choreographer Jennifer Muller and her company The Works. Jennifer Muller has been a pioneer in the field of “physical theater”since the 1970’s and her influence in that genre has beem compared to Pina Bausch. Jennifer Muller/The Works is a diverse company featuring dancers from many countries. The company frequently performs abroad as well as maintaining a base in New York City. T...
This program showcases the work of New York modern dance choreographer Jennifer Muller and her company The Works. Jennifer Muller has been a pioneer in the field of “physical theater”since the 1970’s and her influence in that genre has beem compared to Pina Bausch. Jennifer Muller/The Works is a diverse company featuring dancers from many countries. The company frequently performs abroad as well as maintaining a base in New York City. This 2 dvd program features 5 recent choreographic works by Jennifer Muller - “Alchemy” (2015), “Grass” (2014), “Helix” (2014), Miserere Nobis” (2014) and “Whew!” (2014). Also featured in this program are excerpts from a revealing interview with Jennifer Muller. The interview clips are organized by talking points and are accessible via a scene selection menu. Topics covered include, Muller’s childhood & early involvement with dance, her training, her teachers and major influences, the Muller technique and commentary on each of the dances that are featured in the program. Alive & Kicking is an ongoing video documentary series that showcases the dance & performance artists who are expanding the parameters of contemporary performance.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Michael Tomlinson, Shiho Tanaka, Caroline Kehoe, Gen Hoshimoto, fl. 1999, Seiko Fujita, fl. 2006, Sonja Chung, fl. 2013
Contributor
Jennifer Muller, 1949-, Jennifer Muller/The Works (JMTW), Samuel Barber, 1910-1981
Author / Creator
Jennifer Muller, 1949-, Michael Tomlinson, Shiho Tanaka, Caroline Kehoe, Gen Hoshimoto, fl. 1999, Seiko Fujita, fl. 2006, Sonja Chung, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Charles Dennis Productions
Series
Alive & Kicking - New Directions in Dance & Performance
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Charles Dennis Productions
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Encyclopedia of World Ballet
written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass, 1944- (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, originally published 2015), 421 page(s)
Throughout the centuries, ballet has had a rich and ever-evolving role in the humanities. Renowned choreographers, composers, and performers have contributed to this unique art form, staging enduring works of beauty. Significant productions by major companies embrace innovations and adaptations, enabling ballet to...
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written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass, 1944- (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, originally published 2015), 421 page(s)
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Throughout the centuries, ballet has had a rich and ever-evolving role in the humanities. Renowned choreographers, composers, and performers have contributed to this unique art form, staging enduring works of beauty. Significant productions by major companies embrace innovations and adaptations, enabling ballet to thrive and delight audiences all over the globe. In The Encyclopedia of World Ballet, Mary Ellen Snodgrass surveys the emergence of ba...
Throughout the centuries, ballet has had a rich and ever-evolving role in the humanities. Renowned choreographers, composers, and performers have contributed to this unique art form, staging enduring works of beauty. Significant productions by major companies embrace innovations and adaptations, enabling ballet to thrive and delight audiences all over the globe. In The Encyclopedia of World Ballet, Mary Ellen Snodgrass surveys the emergence of ballet from ancient Asian models to the present, providing overviews of rhythmic movement as a subject of art, photography, and cinema. Entries in this volume reveal the nature and purpose of ballet, detailing specifics about leaders in classic design and style, influential costumers and companies, and trends in technique, partnering, variation, and liturgical execution. This reference covers: Choreographers Composers Costumers Dance companies Dancers Productions Set designers Techniques Terminology Among the principal figures included here are Alvin Ailey, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, George Balanchine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pierre Beauchamp, Sergei Diaghilev, Agnes DeMille, Nacho Duato, Isadora Duncan, Boris Eifman, Mats Ek, Erté, Martha Graham, Inigo Jones, Louis XIV, Amalia Hernández Navarro, Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp, and Agrippina Vaganova. This work also features dance companies from the Americas, Australia, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Korea, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, and Vietnam. Productions include such universal narrative favorites as Coppélia, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Scheherazade, Firebird, and Swan Lake. Featuring a chronology that identifies key events and figures, this volume highlights significant developments in stage presentations over the centuries. The Encyclopedia of World Ballet will serve general readers, dance instructors, and enthusiasts from middle school through college as well as professional coaches and performers, troupe directors, journalists, and historians of the arts.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Mary Ellen Snodgrass, 1944-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Topic / Theme
Choreographers, Dance performances, Dance companies, Dancers, Dance and dancing, Ballet
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 by Rowman & Littlefield
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About 'Concerto'...
directed by Monica Mason, 1941-; composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975 (1957); choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992; produced by Ross MacGibbon, 1955-; performed by Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, Concerto (Opus Arte, 2010), 3 mins
This video contains three ballets -- Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, and Concerto -- choreographed by Kenneth Macmillan, performed by the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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directed by Monica Mason, 1941-; composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975 (1957); choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992; produced by Ross MacGibbon, 1955-; performed by Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, Concerto (Opus Arte, 2010), 3 mins
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This video contains three ballets -- Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, and Concerto -- choreographed by Kenneth Macmillan, performed by the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Date Written / Recorded
1957, 2010-03
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Contributor
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992, Ross MacGibbon, 1955-, Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Author / Creator
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992, Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906-1975, Monica Mason, 1941-, Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Opus Arte
Topic / Theme
Dance
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About 'Elite Syncopations'...
directed by Monica Mason, 1941-; choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992; produced by Ross MacGibbon, 1955-; performed by Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, Concerto (Opus Arte, 2010), 2 mins
This video contains three ballets -- Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, and Concerto -- choreographed by Kenneth Macmillan, performed by the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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directed by Monica Mason, 1941-; choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992; produced by Ross MacGibbon, 1955-; performed by Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, Concerto (Opus Arte, 2010), 2 mins
Description
This video contains three ballets -- Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, and Concerto -- choreographed by Kenneth Macmillan, performed by the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Date Written / Recorded
2010-03
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Contributor
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992, Ross MacGibbon, 1955-, Scott Joplin, 1868-1917, Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Author / Creator
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992, Monica Mason, 1941-, Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Opus Arte
Topic / Theme
Dance
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About 'The Judas Tree'...
directed by Monica Mason, 1941-; composed by Brian Elias, 1948- (1991); choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992; produced by Ross MacGibbon, 1955-; performed by Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, Concerto (Opus Arte, 2010), 3 mins
This video contains three ballets -- Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, and Concerto -- choreographed by Kenneth Macmillan, performed by the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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directed by Monica Mason, 1941-; composed by Brian Elias, 1948- (1991); choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992; produced by Ross MacGibbon, 1955-; performed by Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, Concerto (Opus Arte, 2010), 3 mins
Description
This video contains three ballets -- Elite Syncopations, The Judas Tree, and Concerto -- choreographed by Kenneth Macmillan, performed by the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Date Written / Recorded
1991, 2010-03
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Contributor
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992, Ross MacGibbon, 1955-, Brian Elias, 1948-, Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Author / Creator
Sir Kenneth MacMillan, 1929-1992, Brian Elias, 1948-, Monica Mason, 1941-, Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Opus Arte
Topic / Theme
Dance
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12. Too many cooks?
written by Jo Butterworth, 1946-; in Contemporary Choreography: A Critical Reader (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2009, originally published 2009), 175-192
This innovative text provides a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and traditional understandings of dance making. Contemporary Choreography features contributions by practitioners and researchers from Europe, America, Africa, Australasia and the Asia-Pacific...
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written by Jo Butterworth, 1946-; in Contemporary Choreography: A Critical Reader (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2009, originally published 2009), 175-192
Description
This innovative text provides a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and traditional understandings of dance making. Contemporary Choreography features contributions by practitioners and researchers from Europe, America, Africa, Australasia and the Asia-Pacific region, investigating the field in six broad domains: Conceptual and philosophic concerns; Educational settings; Communities; Changing...
This innovative text provides a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and traditional understandings of dance making. Contemporary Choreography features contributions by practitioners and researchers from Europe, America, Africa, Australasia and the Asia-Pacific region, investigating the field in six broad domains: Conceptual and philosophic concerns; Educational settings; Communities; Changing aesthetics; Intercultural choreography; Choreography's relationships with other disciplines. By capturing the essence and progress of choreography in the twenty-first century, this reader supports and encourages rigorous thinking and research for future generations of dance practitioners and scholars.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Jo Butterworth, 1946-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Topic / Theme
Choreography, Educational methods, Dance theory, Contemporary, Classical Ballet
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 Jo Butterworth and Liesbeth Wildschut for slection and editorial material; individual chapters, the contributors
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Attitudes
written by Clive Barnes, 1927-2008; in Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, no. 7, July, 2002, Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, no. 7, July, 2002 (New York, NY: Macfadden Communications Group, 2002, originally published 2002), 70-72
Dance Magazine is a trade publication for dance.
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written by Clive Barnes, 1927-2008; in Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, no. 7, July, 2002, Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, no. 7, July, 2002 (New York, NY: Macfadden Communications Group, 2002, originally published 2002), 70-72
Description
Dance Magazine is a trade publication for dance.
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Clive Barnes, 1927-2008
Date Published / Released
2002-07, 2002
Publisher
Macfadden Communications Group
Series
Dance Magazine
Topic / Theme
Dance and dancing, Choreographers, Classical Ballet
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Nijinsky's Heir: A Classical Company Leads Modern Dance
written by Senta Driver, 1942-; edited by Muriel Topaz, 1932-2003, Robert P. Cohan, fl. 1997 and Senta Driver, 1942-; in William Forsythe, Choreography and Dance Studies Series, Volume 5, Part 3 (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2006, originally published 2000), 1-8
This issue of the Choreography and Dance Studies Series, edited by Senta Driver, features the works of choreographer William Forsythe, who was known for his integration of ballet and visual arts.
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written by Senta Driver, 1942-; edited by Muriel Topaz, 1932-2003, Robert P. Cohan, fl. 1997 and Senta Driver, 1942-; in William Forsythe, Choreography and Dance Studies Series, Volume 5, Part 3 (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2006, originally published 2000), 1-8
Description
This issue of the Choreography and Dance Studies Series, edited by Senta Driver, features the works of choreographer William Forsythe, who was known for his integration of ballet and visual arts.
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Muriel Topaz, 1932-2003, Robert P. Cohan, fl. 1997, Senta Driver, 1942-
Author / Creator
Senta Driver, 1942-
Date Published / Released
2000, 2006
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Series
Choreography and Dance Studies Series
Person Discussed
William Forsythe, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Dance companies, Dance and dancing, Dance styles, Classical Ballet, Modern
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2000 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association)
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Attitudes
written by Clive Barnes, 1927-2008; in Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, no. 9, September, 2000, Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, no. 9, September, 2000 (New York, NY: Dance Magazine, 2000, originally published 2000), 122-124
Dance Magazine is a trade publication for dance.
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written by Clive Barnes, 1927-2008; in Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, no. 9, September, 2000, Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, no. 9, September, 2000 (New York, NY: Dance Magazine, 2000, originally published 2000), 122-124
Description
Dance Magazine is a trade publication for dance.
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Clive Barnes, 1927-2008
Date Published / Released
2000-09, 2000
Publisher
Dance Magazine
Series
Dance Magazine
Topic / Theme
Dance and dancing, Dance companies, Classical Ballet
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