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Title

Isadora Duncan birth memorial [videorecording]

Publication

1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Misaki, Anri.
• Kooluris, Hortense Dolan.
• Finch, Julie
• Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010
• Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020
• Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
• Kamizawa, Shigeko
• Takano, Hiroyuki
• Hagiya, Kyoko
• Rocio, Maria
• Ishiguro, Setsuko
• Aritomi, Sachiko
• Aoki, Ken
• Hino, Yoshiko
• Wada, Toshiko
• Ikeuchi, Shinko
• Kanai, Fumie
• Fujisato, Teruko
• Yamada, Nanako
• Hayashi, Hiroto.
• Kopanas-No-Kai (Japan)

Description

1 cassette. 80 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Documentation of a seven-day celebration in honor of Isadora Duncan, sponsored by Kopanas-No-Kai (Society of Kopanas). The recording includes excerpts of performances, lectures, symposia, and other events.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Anri Misaki.

Subject

Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927

Note

• Videotaped by Hiroto Hayashi at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Japan, during the Isadora Duncan birth memorial on May 20-26, 1991.
• Principally in Japanese with partial English subtitles; Hortense Kooluris's speeches in English.
• Scenery [for performances?]: Tetsuhiko Maeda. Lighting: Masami Inoue. Announcer: Hisako Kokawa.

Contents

• CONTENTS: Views of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space and an exhibition of Duncan memorabilia (approx. 4 min.). -- Opening ceremony, May 20, 1991 (approx. 8 min.): Traditional Japanese dance by T. Sudou. Speeches by T. Azuma of the Japanese Dance Association, M. Ishii of the Contemporary Dance Association, Y. Miki, K. Kaneko (the former Japanese ambassador to Greece), and Hortense Kooluris. Dance performance by Shigeko Kamizawa. -- Dance performance, May 21, 1991 (approx. 9 min.). Choreographers represented are: Hiroyuki Takano, Kyoko Hagiya (Earthbeat), K. Moritani, Maria Rocio (Hexentanz), Setsuko Ishiguro, Sachiko Aritomi (Will tell me now), Ken Aoki, Yoshiko Hino (Memory song), and Toshiko Wada. -- "Feminism and Isadora Duncan," May 22, 1991 (approx. 10 min.). Symposium with S. Fujii, G. Matsubara, H. Terasaki, K. Saegusa, and T. Toshimitsu. -- "Isadora and I," May 23, 1991 (approx. 5 min.). Lecture and slide show by Kooluris. -- "Dream of unknown Isadora," May 24, 1991 (approx. 1 min.). Lecture and video by Nobuo Eiso. -- Videorecording of a visit by Kopanas-No-Kai to Duncan's house on Kopanas hill, Athens, in August 1989 (approx. 7 min.). Includes excerpts of a performance. -- Dance performance, May 25, 1991 (approx. 7 min.). Choreographers represented are: Shinko Ikeuchi, unidentified, Fumie Kanai, Teruko Fujisato, unidentified, and Nanako Yamada. --
• Dance performance, May 26, 1991 (approx. 15 min.). Excerpts are Air gai lento, from Gluck's Iphigenia, perf. by Kooluris and Finch; Bacchanal from Gluck's Mottl suite, perf. by Kooluris; Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, no. 7, perf. by Finch; Strauss's Blue Danube waltz, perf. by Koolouris; Chopin's Harp étude, Op. 25, No. 1, perf. by Finch; Brahms waltz, Op. 39, No. 15, perf. by Kooluris; unidentified work perf. by Kazuo Ohno and Yoshito Ohno. Curtain speech by Anri Misaki. -- Closing party and leavetaking (approx. 3 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1314

OCLC

NYPY926006190-F

Title

Isadora Duncan birth memorial [videorecording]

Imprint

1991.

Local Subject

Duncan dancing.

Television. Isadora Duncan birth memorial.

Added Author

Misaki, Anri. Speaker

Kooluris, Hortense Dolan. spk, dancer.

Finch, Julie, dancer.

Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, dancer.

Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020, dancer.

Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927, choreographer.

Kamizawa, Shigeko, dancer.

Takano, Hiroyuki, choreographer.

Hagiya, Kyoko, choreographer.

Rocio, Maria, choreographer.

Ishiguro, Setsuko, choreographer.

Aritomi, Sachiko, choreographer.

Aoki, Ken, choreographer.

Hino, Yoshiko, choreographer.

Wada, Toshiko, choreographer.

Ikeuchi, Shinko, choreographer.

Kanai, Fumie, choreographer.

Fujisato, Teruko, choreographer.

Yamada, Nanako, choreographer.

Hayashi, Hiroto.

Kopanas-No-Kai (Japan)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1314