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The modest typist

Title
The modest typist [videorecording] / presented by Performance Space 122 ; created by Amy Pivar and Freda Rosen ; choreography by Amy Pivar and Freda Rosen, with Amy Pivar Dances ; music composed, arranged and produced by Derrik Jordan.
Publication
c1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Pivar, Amy
  • Pivar, Amy.
  • Rosen, Freda
  • Brown, Wendy S.
  • Largey, Almalyn
  • Riseling, Jonathan
  • Satoh, Midori
  • Jordan, Derrik.
  • Sokolov, Lisa.
  • Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
  • Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
  • Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
  • Habichuela, Pepe.
  • Goloborotko, Sheila.
  • Herrigel, David.
  • Even, Tirtza.
  • Amy Pivar Dances (Company)
  • Performance Space 122.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (76 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Amy Pivar.
Uniform Title
Modest typist (Choreographic work : Pivar and Rosen)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Solo piano music, Franz Liszt (includes excerpts from Liebestraum no. 3, Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor, and Consolation no. 3) ; musical excerpts, Claude Debussy (from L'après-midi d'un faune) ; additional musical excerpts, Master Musicians of Jajouka and Pepe Habichuela ; lyrics for "Imposter" songs and "What are women for?", Freda Rosen ; text excerpts, Gertrude Stein (from "Lifting belly," "She saw...", "I think I won't...", "Sacred Emily," and "Orla [?] or one dancing") ; all other text, Freda Rosen ; set design, Sheila Goloborotko ; costumes, Amy Pivar ; lighting, David Herrigel ; dance captain, Jonathan Riseling.
Performer (note)
  • Danced by Amy Pivar Dances: Wendy S. Brown, Alma Largey, Amy Pivar, Jonathan Riseling, Freda Rosen, and Midori Satoh.
  • Flute solo in "Hapless rapture" performed by Marjorie Pivar.
  • Vocals in "Imposter I" performed by Sheyna Rose.
  • Vocals in "Imposter II" performed by Derrik Jordan.
  • Vocals in "One dancing" performed by Lisa Sokolov.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on November 20, 1994, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Tirtza Even.
Contents
  • Section I, Continuous present: Dreaming of Nijinsky -- Morning -- Work -- Gertrude and Alice -- Lonely -- Imposter I.
  • Section II, She meant what I said: All she saw -- Passion -- Repetition -- Giver -- Hapless rapture -- "Sacred Emily" -- Imposter II -- Isadora's breakdown.
  • Section III, Chaos and One dancing: Gertrude -- What are women for? -- Chaos -- Alice -- One dancing.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2138
OCLC
NYPY96-F155
Title
The modest typist [videorecording] / presented by Performance Space 122 ; created by Amy Pivar and Freda Rosen ; choreography by Amy Pivar and Freda Rosen, with Amy Pivar Dances ; music composed, arranged and produced by Derrik Jordan.
Imprint
c1994.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Solo piano music, Franz Liszt (includes excerpts from Liebestraum no. 3, Reminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor, and Consolation no. 3) ; musical excerpts, Claude Debussy (from L'après-midi d'un faune) ; additional musical excerpts, Master Musicians of Jajouka and Pepe Habichuela ; lyrics for "Imposter" songs and "What are women for?", Freda Rosen ; text excerpts, Gertrude Stein (from "Lifting belly," "She saw...", "I think I won't...", "Sacred Emily," and "Orla [?] or one dancing") ; all other text, Freda Rosen ; set design, Sheila Goloborotko ; costumes, Amy Pivar ; lighting, David Herrigel ; dance captain, Jonathan Riseling.
Performer
Danced by Amy Pivar Dances: Wendy S. Brown, Alma Largey, Amy Pivar, Jonathan Riseling, Freda Rosen, and Midori Satoh.
Flute solo in "Hapless rapture" performed by Marjorie Pivar.
Vocals in "Imposter I" performed by Sheyna Rose.
Vocals in "Imposter II" performed by Derrik Jordan.
Vocals in "One dancing" performed by Lisa Sokolov.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on November 20, 1994, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Tirtza Even.
Added Author
Pivar, Amy, choreographer.
Pivar, Amy. Costume designer
Pivar, Amy, dancer.
Rosen, Freda, choreographer. lyr, dancer.
Brown, Wendy S., dancer.
Largey, Almalyn, dancer.
Riseling, Jonathan, dancer.
Satoh, Midori, dancer.
Jordan, Derrik. Composer. Arranger. voc
Sokolov, Lisa. voc
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Author
Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Composer
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Composer
Habichuela, Pepe. Musician
Goloborotko, Sheila. Designer
Herrigel, David.
Even, Tirtza.
Amy Pivar Dances (Company)
Performance Space 122.
DHCA.
Added Title
Modest typist (Choreographic work : Pivar and Rosen)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2138
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