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Title

Bodas de sangre [videorecording] = Blood wedding / Emilio Piedra Producciones ; director, Carlos Saura in collaboration with Antonio Gades ; producer, Emilio Piedra ; based on the play by Federico Garcia-Lorca, adapted by Alfredo Mañas.

Publication

Los Angeles, CA : Media Home Entertainment, 1986, c1981.

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Additional Authors

• Gades, Antonio, 1936-2004
• Hoyos, Cristina
• Jiménez, Juan Antonio
• Villena, Carmen
• Cardenas, Pilar
• Serrano, Eduardo, called El Güito
• Diego, Emilio de.
• Saura, Carlos, 1932-2023
• Piedra, Emiliano.
• García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (71 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Flamenco dance adaptation of García-Lorca's play about a bride who elopes with her lover on her wedding day, presented as though in studio rehearsal. The drama is preceded by a slice-of-life sequence depicting the company's arrival, backstage preparations, and warm-up.

Uniform Title

Blood wedding (Choreographic work : Gades)

Alternative Title

• Blood wedding.
• Carlos Saura's Blood wedding.

Subject

Flamenco

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Adaptations.
• Motion pictures.
• Features.

Note

• Motion picture originally released by Emilio Piedra Producciones in 1981 ; re-issued as a videotape by Cinemathèque Collection, a division of Media Home Entertainment, in 1986.
• Title on container and wrapper: Carlos Saura's Blood wedding.

Credits (note)

• Choreography, Antonio Gades ; original music, Emilio de Diego ; design, Rafael Palmero.

Performer (note)

• Antonio Gades (Leonardo), Cristina Hoyos (the bride), Juan Antonio Jiménez (the bridegroom), Carmen Villena (the woman), Pilar Cardenas (the mother), with El Güito, Lario Diaz, Enrique Esteve, Elvira Andres, Azucena Flores, Cristina Gombau, Marisa Neila, Antonio Quintana, Quico Franco, and Candy Roman (corps de ballet).
• Singers: José Mercé and Gomez de Jerez ; the song "La nana" sung by Marisol ; the song "Ay mi sombrero" sung by Pepe Blanco.
• Guitarists: Emilio de Diego and Antonio Solera.

Language (note)

• In Spanish with English subtitles.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1986

OCLC

• 14171556
• NYPY95-F165

Title

Bodas de sangre [videorecording] = Blood wedding / Emilio Piedra Producciones ; director, Carlos Saura in collaboration with Antonio Gades ; producer, Emilio Piedra ; based on the play by Federico Garcia-Lorca, adapted by Alfredo Mañas.

Imprint

Los Angeles, CA : Media Home Entertainment, 1986, c1981.

Country of Producing Entity

Spain.

Cast

Antonio Gades (Leonardo), Cristina Hoyos (the bride), Juan Antonio Jiménez (the bridegroom), Carmen Villena (the woman), Pilar Cardenas (the mother), with El Güito, Lario Diaz, Enrique Esteve, Elvira Andres, Azucena Flores, Cristina Gombau, Marisa Neila, Antonio Quintana, Quico Franco, and Candy Roman (corps de ballet).

Performer

Singers: José Mercé and Gomez de Jerez ; the song "La nana" sung by Marisol ; the song "Ay mi sombrero" sung by Pepe Blanco.

Guitarists: Emilio de Diego and Antonio Solera.

Credits

Choreography, Antonio Gades ; original music, Emilio de Diego ; design, Rafael Palmero.

Language

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Local Subject

Dance -- Spain.

Literature and dance.

Added Author

Gades, Antonio, 1936-2004, film director.

Gades, Antonio, 1936-2004, choreographer.

Gades, Antonio, 1936-2004, dancer.

Hoyos, Cristina, dancer.

Jiménez, Juan Antonio, dancer.

Villena, Carmen, dancer.

Cardenas, Pilar, dancer.

Serrano, Eduardo, called El Güito, dancer.

Diego, Emilio de. Composer. Instrumentalist

Saura, Carlos, 1932-2023, film director.

Piedra, Emiliano. Producer

García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936. Author

DHCA.

Added Title

Blood wedding (Choreographic work : Gades)

Blood wedding.

Carlos Saura's Blood wedding.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1986