Research Catalog

Title

Cloud Gate [videorecording] / choreography by Lin Hwai-min.

Publication

1991.

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Additional Authors

• Chen, Hsueh-li (Dancer)
• Deng, Guifu
• Dang, Lizhong
• Luo, Menfei
• Yu, Chen-chich
• Lin, Huaimin
• Lin, Keh-hua.
• Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886.
• Lin, Jingru.
• Reiser, H. Joseph.
• Yun men wu ji.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (36 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Barbara Cohen-Stratyner and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.

Uniform Title

• Dance of plowing (Choreographic work : Lin)
• Requiem (Choreographic work : Lin)
• Fortune-number cards and change of costume (Choreographic work : Lin)

Subject

Modern dance > Taiwan

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by data sheet in English.
• Title from Chinese characters on frame.

Credits (note)

• Lighting, Lin Kehhua.

Event (note)

• Recorded at the National Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan, on August 31, 1991.

Language (note)

• In Chinese.

Contents

• Dance of plowing (ca. 3 min.) / dance instruction, Chen Hsueh-li ; music arrangement, Chen Hsueh-li, based on a Taiwanese folk song ; stage design, Lin Keh-hua ; costumes, Lin Ching-ju ; danced by Chen Hsueh-li, Teng Kuei-fu, Tang Li-chung, and others. According to the accompanying program notes, "This is one of the most popular traditional dances in Taiwan, in which a man performs the movements of plowing a rice field while couples flirt with songs and dance movements."
• Requiem (ca. 10 min.) / music, Franz Liszt (Funeral march) ; costume, Lin Ching-ru ; danced by Lo Men-fei. Solo for female dancer.
• The fortune-number cards and change of costume (ca. 23 min.) / music, Joseph Reiser ; costumes, Lu Fang-chih ; slides, Chang Huei-wen, based on paintings by Hong Tong ; danced by Yu Chen-chich, Wu I-fang, Teng Kuei-fu, and others. Dance work inspired by gamblers in Taiwan's underground lottery.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3210

OCLC

NYPY98-F3268

Title

Cloud Gate [videorecording] / choreography by Lin Hwai-min.

Imprint

1991.

Event

Recorded at the National Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan, on August 31, 1991.

Credits

Lighting, Lin Kehhua.

Performer

Danced by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.

Language

In Chinese.

Added Author

Chen, Hsueh-li (Dancer)

Deng, Guifu, dancer.

Dang, Lizhong, dancer.

Luo, Menfei, dancer.

Yu, Chen-chich, dancer.

Lin, Huaimin, choreographer.

Lin, Keh-hua. Designer

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Composer

Lin, Jingru. Costume designer

Reiser, H. Joseph. Composer

Yun men wu ji.

DHCA.

Added Title

Dance of plowing (Choreographic work : Lin)

Requiem (Choreographic work : Lin)

Fortune-number cards and change of costume (Choreographic work : Lin)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3210