Research Catalog

Title

Book of days [videorecording]

Publication

c1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Monk, Meredith
• Yabara, Yoshio.
• Newman, Toby.
• Vela, Pablo.
• Harrison, Lanny.
• Sverdlik, Daniel.
• Goodman, Andrea, 1953-.
• Sippen, Joshua.
• Levitas, Karin.
• Walcott, Hannah Pearl.
• Wameling, Gerd.
• Turner, Gail.
• Hoek, Mieke van.
• McBrien, Rob.
• Een, Robert.
• Hoving, Lucas.
• Hansen, Greger.
• Hankin, Wayne.
• Quemerais, Stéphane.
• Füglistaller, Ruth.
• Wesson, Micki.
• Paraiso, Nicky.
• Hosseini, Naaz.
• Gonzalez, Ching.
• Dabney, Ronald.
• Easter, Allison.
• Babb, Roger.
• Rosen, Robert.
• Smith, Louise, 1955-
• Blevins, Tone.
• Lasseur, Dominique.
• Tatge, Catherine.
• Bhargava, Girish.

Description

2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (74 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 3/4 in.

Note

• Produced by Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc., The House Foundation for the Arts, Inc., and La Sept in association with Alive from Off-Center. Producers: Catherine Tatge and Dominique Lasseur. Director: Meredith Monk. Director of photography: Jerry Pantzer. Editor: Girish Bhargava.
• Conception: Meredith Monk. Music: Meredith Monk. Dramaturgy: Tone Blevins. Production design: Jean Vincent Puzos. Art direction/costumes: Yoshio Yabara.
• Cassette 1: approx. 59 min. Cassette 2: approx. 19 min. There is a 3 1/2 min. overlap between cassettes.

Performer (note)

• Jewish community: Toby Newman (young girl), Pablo Vela (grandfather), Lanny Harrison (mother), Daniel Ira Sverdlik (father), Andrea Goodman (aunt), Joshua Sippen (uncle), Karin Levitas (eldest daughter), Hannah Pearl Walcott (youngest daughter), Gerd Wameling (traveling storyteller). Christian community: Gail Turner (farm woman), Mieke van Hoek (merchant and mourning woman), Rob McBrien (merchant), Robert Een (soldier), Lucas Hoving (physician), Greger Hansen (traveling monk), Wayne Hankin (traveling musician), Stéphane Quemerais (musician's son), Ruth Füglistaller (plague victim). Churchyard entertainment: Harrison and O'Brien (masters of ceremonies); Turner, Newman, Walcott ("A great feat"); Een and Turner ("Atlas and his flying balls"); Een, Füglistaller, Goodman, Levitas, Newman, Sippen, Sverdlik, Vela, Walcott, Micki Wesson (illuminations); Susan Podd, Frederieke Taylor (audience members). [Other characters:] Meredith Monk (madwoman), McBrien (dance of death), Nicky Paraiso (man in diner). Around the world 1349: Naaz Hosseini (Persian woman); Ching Gonzalez (Inca); Pura Le Fund, Nikya Kuan, Leland Kuan (Native Americans); Yoshio Yabara (Japanese man); Ronald Dabney, Allison Easter, Donna Fields (Africans). [Voices:] Sara Fishko, Steve Post (interviewers); Leah Foster, Roger Babb, Bob Rosen, Beatrice Roth, Louise Smith (others). Musicians: Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Wayne Hankin.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4145

OCLC

NYPY946059258-F

Title

Book of days [videorecording]

Imprint

c1988.

Cast

Jewish community: Toby Newman (young girl), Pablo Vela (grandfather), Lanny Harrison (mother), Daniel Ira Sverdlik (father), Andrea Goodman (aunt), Joshua Sippen (uncle), Karin Levitas (eldest daughter), Hannah Pearl Walcott (youngest daughter), Gerd Wameling (traveling storyteller). Christian community: Gail Turner (farm woman), Mieke van Hoek (merchant and mourning woman), Rob McBrien (merchant), Robert Een (soldier), Lucas Hoving (physician), Greger Hansen (traveling monk), Wayne Hankin (traveling musician), Stéphane Quemerais (musician's son), Ruth Füglistaller (plague victim). Churchyard entertainment: Harrison and O'Brien (masters of ceremonies); Turner, Newman, Walcott ("A great feat"); Een and Turner ("Atlas and his flying balls"); Een, Füglistaller, Goodman, Levitas, Newman, Sippen, Sverdlik, Vela, Walcott, Micki Wesson (illuminations); Susan Podd, Frederieke Taylor (audience members). [Other characters:] Meredith Monk (madwoman), McBrien (dance of death), Nicky Paraiso (man in diner). Around the world 1349: Naaz Hosseini (Persian woman); Ching Gonzalez (Inca); Pura Le Fund, Nikya Kuan, Leland Kuan (Native Americans); Yoshio Yabara (Japanese man); Ronald Dabney, Allison Easter, Donna Fields (Africans). [Voices:] Sara Fishko, Steve Post (interviewers); Leah Foster, Roger Babb, Bob Rosen, Beatrice Roth, Louise Smith (others). Musicians: Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Wayne Hankin.

Local Subject

Motion pictures. Book of days.

Added Author

Monk, Meredith, director.

Monk, Meredith, conceptor.

Monk, Meredith, composer.

Monk, Meredith, performer.

Yabara, Yoshio. Designer. Costume designer. Performer

Newman, Toby. Performer

Vela, Pablo. Performer

Harrison, Lanny. Performer

Sverdlik, Daniel. Performer

Goodman, Andrea, 1953-. Performer

Sippen, Joshua. Performer

Levitas, Karin. Performer

Walcott, Hannah Pearl. Performer

Wameling, Gerd. Performer

Turner, Gail. Performer

Hoek, Mieke van. Performer

McBrien, Rob. Performer

Een, Robert. Performer

Hoving, Lucas. Performer

Hansen, Greger. Performer

Hankin, Wayne. Conductor

Quemerais, Stéphane. Performer

Füglistaller, Ruth. Performer

Wesson, Micki. Performer

Paraiso, Nicky. Performer

Hosseini, Naaz. Performer

Gonzalez, Ching. Performer

Dabney, Ronald. Performer

Easter, Allison. Performer

Babb, Roger. Performer

Rosen, Robert. Performer

Smith, Louise, 1955- Performer

Blevins, Tone. Author

Lasseur, Dominique. Producer

Tatge, Catherine. Producer

Bhargava, Girish. Film editor

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4145