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ArchiDance an environmental trilogy in three acts with epilogue

Title: ArchiDance [videorecording] : an environmental trilogy in three acts with epilogue / [presented by] North Carolina Dance Theatre ; choreography by Salvatore Aiello and Mel A. Tomlinson ; architectural design by H. Woodward Middleton, AIA.
Publication: 1989.

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Description

1 videocassette (73 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Dance work described as "a trilogy blending the sculptural elements of dance with architectural principles to depict sequences in our lives." The three acts of the work are taped in the following order: Act II, Act III and Epilogue, Act I.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jerri Kumery/North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Uniform Title

ArchiDance (Choreographic work : Aiello and Tomlinson)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Dance rehearsals.

Note

Title, company, date and the notation "tracking tape" on original container ; additional program information provided by Jerri Kumery, North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Event (note)

Videotaped in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, at the De Mille Theater, Winston-Salem, N.C., on January 17, 1989.

Contents

Act II, Habitation: Carnival of the animals (ca. 26 min.) / choreography, Mel A. Tomlinson ; music, Camille Saint-Saëns (Carnaval des animaux) ; cast: Diane Wolfson (the tortoise, Mrs. Tortillini), Timothy Gleason (the hare, Harry Harestein), Talal Al-Muhanna and Greg Rowland (the mule: John E. Walker, the drunk, and the landlord), Kenneth Balint and Terri Lynn Wright (the rooster and the hen, newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Mick Tyson), Alain Charron (the elephant, Mr. B. Hynd), Michael Johnson and Talal Al-Muhanna (the kangaroos, Grandpa Kay and Baby Kay), Marjorie Grundvig (the merfish, Ethel Mermaid), Katherine Thompson and Jeanette Makaroff (the fading swan, Odilia Mae, an aging ballerina, and her younger image), Robin Franklin (the bird, Jay Finch, in love with Cookie), Helen Rosenthal (the cuckoo, Cookie, in love with someone else), Diane Wolfson and Michael Johnson (the pianist, Monique Keys, and her shadow), Kenneth Balint (the fossil, Theo Bonepart), Anita Intrieri (the ghost, Mrs. Casper) ; finale danced by the Company. Ballet set in a present-day apartment complex.
Act III, Destruction: As quiet as-- [and] Epilogue, The architects of our future (ca. 22 min.) / choreography, Salvatore Aiello ; music, Michael Colgrass (As quiet as--), Eno/Lanois (Epilogue) ; scenic sculpture, Martha Dunagin (As quiet as--) ; As quiet as-- danced by Diane Wolfson with Talal Al-Muhanna, David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Kenneth Balint, Robin Franklin, Timothy Gleason, Alain Charron, Anita Intrieri, Michael Johnson, Marjorie Grundvig, Katherine Thompson, Helen Rosenthal, Jeanette Makaroff ; Epilogue danced by the Company (the Elders) and the children.
Act I, Construction: The construction company (ca. 25 min.) / choreography, Salvatore Aiello ; music, Art of Noise (Galleons of stone, Who's afraid, Bright noise), Depeche Mode (Pipeline), Janis Joplin (Mercedes Benz), Ricky Skaggs (Country boy), John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band (Betty Lou's got a new pair of shoes), Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (Old time rock-n-roll) ; danced by Traci Owens (the foreman) with Talal Al-Muhanna, Kenneth Balint, David Bushman, Diego Carrasco, Alain Charron, Robin Franklin, Timothy Gleason, Marjorie Grundvig, Anita Intrieri, Michael Johnson, Jeanette Makaroff, Katherine Thompson, Helen Rosenthal, Diane Wolfson, Terri Lynn Wright. The act consists of the following sections: 1, Monday, Punchin' the clock -- 2, Tuesday, Layin' the road -- 3, Wednesday, Lunch -- 4, Thursday, Buildin' it -- 5, Friday, Pay day!

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3269

OCLC

NYPY99-F98

Title

ArchiDance [videorecording] : an environmental trilogy in three acts with epilogue / [presented by] North Carolina Dance Theatre ; choreography by Salvatore Aiello and Mel A. Tomlinson ; architectural design by H. Woodward Middleton, AIA.

Imprint

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Danced by North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Event

Videotaped in rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, at the De Mille Theater, Winston-Salem, N.C., on January 17, 1989.

Local Subject

Architecture and dance.

Added Author

Owens, Traci, dancer.

Wolfson, Diane, dancer.

Gleason, Timothy, dancer.

Muhanna, Talal, dancer.

Rowland, Greg, dancer.

Balint, Kenneth, dancer.

Wright, Terri Lynn, dancer.

Charron, Alain (Dancer)

Johnson, Michael, dancer.

Grundvig, Marjorie, dancer.

Thompson, Katherine, dancer.

Makaroff, Jeanette, dancer.

Franklin, Robin, dancer.

Rosenthal, Helen (Dancer)

Intrieri, Anita, dancer.

Aiello, Salvatore, choreographer.

Tomlinson, Mel, choreographer.

Joplin, Janis. voc

Skaggs, Ricky. Composer

Cafferty, John. Composer

Seger, Bob. Composer

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Composer

Colgrass, Michael. Composer

Eno, Brian, 1948- Composer

Lanois, Daniel. Composer

Middleton, H. Woodward. Designer

Dunagin, Martha. Sculptor

North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Art of Noise (Musical group)

Depeche Mode (Musical group)

Beaver Brown Band.

Silver Bullet Band.

DHCA.

Added Title

ArchiDance (Choreographic work : Aiello and Tomlinson)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3269

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