Research Catalog

Title

The gas heart [videorecording] / presented by Big Dance Theater ; originally produced by Threshold Theater Company ; [written] by Tristan Tzara, translated from the French by Michael Benedikt ; directed by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson ; choreography by Annie-B Parson and Tymberly Canale.

Publication

c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cummings, Tim.
• Dawson, Stacy.
• Woodward, J. (Jonathan)
• Wisocky, Rebecca.
• Rutherford, Kourtney.
• Bahleda, Mercedes.
• Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963.
• Benedikt, Michael, 1935-
• Lazar, Paul.
• Parson, Annie-B
• Parson, Annie-B.
• Berg, Christopher, 1949-
• Brogyányi, Eugene.
• Phaneuf, Jeanine.
• Stevens, Russell.
• Leech, Kitty.
• Moodey, David.
• Bernstein, Adam, videographer.
• Big Dance Theater.
• New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Subject

Dadaism

Genre/Form

• Plays.
• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Recording made possible by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Collection, The New York Public Library, in cooperation with Big Dance Theater.
• Accompanied by house program for the Threshold Theater Company's production, as part of the Caught in the Act '97 festival, September-October 1997. Some credits were changed in the 1999 recording.

Credits (note)

• Musical direction, Christopher Berg ; set, Eugene Brogyányi, Jeanine Phaneuf, Russell Stevens ; costumes, Kitty Leech ; lighting, Dave Moody [David Moodey?].

Performer (note)

• Tim Cummings (Eye), Stacy Dawson (Eyebrow), Jonathan Woodward (Ear), Rebecca Wisocky (Mouth), Kourtney Rutherford (Neck), Mercedes Bahleda (Nose).

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance for the camera at Gale Gates, New York, on June 20, 1999, by Adam Bernstein.

Funding (note)

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

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3687

OCLC

NYPY00-F271

Title

The gas heart [videorecording] / presented by Big Dance Theater ; originally produced by Threshold Theater Company ; [written] by Tristan Tzara, translated from the French by Michael Benedikt ; directed by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson ; choreography by Annie-B Parson and Tymberly Canale.

Imprint

c1999.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance for the camera at Gale Gates, New York, on June 20, 1999, by Adam Bernstein.

Credits

Musical direction, Christopher Berg ; set, Eugene Brogyányi, Jeanine Phaneuf, Russell Stevens ; costumes, Kitty Leech ; lighting, Dave Moody [David Moodey?].

Performer

Performed by Big Dance Theater.

Cast

Tim Cummings (Eye), Stacy Dawson (Eyebrow), Jonathan Woodward (Ear), Rebecca Wisocky (Mouth), Kourtney Rutherford (Neck), Mercedes Bahleda (Nose).

Funding

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

Added Author

Cummings, Tim. Performer

Dawson, Stacy. Performer

Woodward, J. (Jonathan) Performer

Wisocky, Rebecca. Performer

Rutherford, Kourtney. Performer

Bahleda, Mercedes. Performer

Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963. Author

Benedikt, Michael, 1935- Translator

Lazar, Paul. Director

Parson, Annie-B, choreographer.

Parson, Annie-B., director.

Berg, Christopher, 1949- musician.

Brogyányi, Eugene. Designer

Phaneuf, Jeanine. Designer

Stevens, Russell. Designer

Leech, Kitty. Costume designer

Moodey, David.

Bernstein, Adam, videographer.

Big Dance Theater.

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3687