Research Catalog

Title

World within us [and] Commitment: Two portraits [videorecording]

Publication

1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cummings, Blondell
• Samson, Claire.
• Tardif, Catherine.
• Paley, Grace.
• Hagedorn, Jessica, 1949-
• Wegman, William.
• Flaxton, Terry.

Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (28 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 3/4 in.

Summary

Compilation of three video pieces: Prologue (approx. 1 min.), by William Wegman; World within us (approx. 12 min.), by Terry Flaxton; and Commitment: Two portraits (approx. 13 min.), by Blondell Cummings. Only Commitment contains dance.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Blondell Cummings.

Note

• Telecast on KTCA/TV's series Alive from off-center.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS. - Commitment: Two portraits. An Agent Orange Inc. production in association with Canada Council Media Art Section. Producer: Michel Ouellette. Video conception/direction: Bernar Herbert. Director of photography: Eric Cayla. Choreography: Blondell Cummings. Music: Bill Vorn, Gaétan Gravel, Artefact. Text: Part 1: Pat Steir (Kitchens 1970) and Grace Paley (The long distance runner); Part 2: original text by Jessica Hagedorn, text conceived and developed by Blondell Cummings and Jessica Hagedorn. Art direction: Marc-André Coulombe. Performed by Blondell Cummings, with Claire Samson and Catherine Tardif. Voice-over: Blondell Cummings (Part 1), Amanda Strawn (Part 2).

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2494

OCLC

NYPY916012418-F

Title

World within us [and] Commitment: Two portraits [videorecording]

Imprint

1988.

Local Subject

Television. Commitment: Two portraits.

Television. World within us.

Television. Alive from off-center.

Added Author

Cummings, Blondell, choreographer. Author. Performer. Speaker

Samson, Claire. Performer

Tardif, Catherine. Performer

Paley, Grace. Author

Hagedorn, Jessica, 1949- Author

Wegman, William. Videographer

Flaxton, Terry. Videographer

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2494