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Son mu ga--Paramita

Title: Son mu ga--Paramita [videorecording] / [presented by] Sun Ock Lee [Sŏn-ok Yi], Zen Dance Company ; video producer and director, Jerry Pantzer ; choreography and artistic direction by Sun Ock Lee ; music by Joseph Celli.
Publication: c1996.

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Description

2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (72 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

Multimedia performance in six parts, combining dance, drumming, chanting, martial arts, and calligraphy. The accompanying program notes define Son mu ga as "School of Korean Zen dance," while Paramita is "a modern expression of the perfection of Buddhism."

Uniform Title

Son mu ga--Paramita (Choreographic work : Lee)

Alternative Title

Paramita.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Recording made possible by the cooperation of Sun Ock Lee/Zen Dance Company, Zen Temple of Cresskill, the Network of Cultural Centers of Color, the Joseph Papp Public Theater/NYSF, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Accompanied by house program.
For an edited version of this recording (ca. 49 min.), see *MGZIC 9-5575 Son mu ga--Paramita [Edited version].

Credits (note)

Video editor, Robert McDonald ; instrument sculpture, Steven Rosenthal ; costumes, Sun Ock Lee and Sook Kim ; lighting, Woo-Hyung Lee.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at the Public Theater, New York, on July 15 and 16, 1995.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents

Part I: Dana-paramita (generosity) -- Part II: Shila-paramita (discipline) -- Part III: Kshanti-paramita (patience) -- Part IV: Virya-paramita (energy, exertion) -- Part V: Dhyana-paramita (meditation, absorption) -- Part VI: Prajna-paramita (wisdom).

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-5130

OCLC

NYPY96-F356

Title

Son mu ga--Paramita [videorecording] / [presented by] Sun Ock Lee [Sŏn-ok Yi], Zen Dance Company ; video producer and director, Jerry Pantzer ; choreography and artistic direction by Sun Ock Lee ; music by Joseph Celli.

Imprint

c1996.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Public Theater, New York, on July 15 and 16, 1995.

Credits

Video editor, Robert McDonald ; instrument sculpture, Steven Rosenthal ; costumes, Sun Ock Lee and Sook Kim ; lighting, Woo-Hyung Lee.

Performer

Buddhist chant and dance performed by Sun Ock Lee.

Danced by the Zen Dance Company: Eunjin Hwang, Ja-Keong Lee, Gloria E. Moylan, Eun-Ok Park, and Yoon-Ju Yoon.

Kuem Gang Seung (Tantric martial artist): Yoon-Suk Kim.

Buddhist Tantric calligrapher: Hyong-Taek Limb.

Music performed by Joseph Celli (double reeds), Ji Hi Kim (komungo, electric komungo, changgo), and Brian Johnson (percussion and voice).

Funding

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Local Subject

Drum dances -- Korea.

Added Author

Yi, Sŏn-ok, choreographer. cst, dancer.

Hwang, Eun Jin, dancer.

Lee, Ja-Keong, dancer.

Moylan, Gloria E., dancer.

Park, Eun-Ok, dancer.

Yoon, Yoon-Ju, dancer.

Kim, Yoon-Suk. Performer

Limb, Hyong-Taek.

Celli, Joseph. Composer. Instrumentalist

Johnson, Brian. Instrumentalist

Kim, Jin Hi. Instrumentalist

Kim, Sook. Costume designer

Rosenthal, Steven. Sculptor

Lee, Woo-Hyung. Lighting designer

Pantzer, Jerry. Producer. Director

Son Mu Ga: Zen Dance Company.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater.

Network of Cultural Centers of Color.

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Added Title

Son mu ga--Paramita (Choreographic work : Lee)

Paramita.

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-5130

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