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Houston Ballet

Title: Houston Ballet [videorecording] / co-produced by Danmarks Radio and Houston Ballet in association with RM Arts ; produced and directed by Thomas Grimm.
Publication: London : Dance Videos, a division of Dance Books Ltd., c1991.

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Description

1 videocassette (96 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Compilation of three ballet recordings, each introduced by its choreographer.

Uniform Title

Ghost dances (Choreographic work : Bruce)
Image (Choreographic work : Stevenson)
Journey (Choreographic work : Bruce)

Alternative Title

Ghost dances
Image
Journey

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

For accompanying leaflet, containing program information and an essay by Geoffrey West, see *MGZR Houston Ballet [clippings].

Credits (note)

[Video] lighting, Jørgen Johannessen.

Contents

Ghost dances (ca. 31 min.) / choreography and set, Christopher Bruce ; music, South American songs recorded by Inti-Illimani ; costumes, Belinda Scarlett ; original stage lighting, Nick Chelton ; danced by Li Cunxin, Paul LeGros Jr. and Sean Kelly (the ghosts), and Mark Arvin, Rachel Jonel Beard, Martha Butler, Steven Casteel, Gregg Garrett, Mary McKendry, Sandra Organ, Dawn Scannell.
Image (ca. 28 min.) / choreography, Ben Stevenson ; music, Gustav Mahler (adagio from Symphony no. 10, recorded by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra) ; design, Nadine Baylis ; original stage lighting, Tony Tucci ; danced by Janie Parker (the woman). Ballet inspired by Marilyn Monroe's emotional anguish over maintaining her public image.
Journey (ca. 37 min.) / choreography, Christopher Bruce ; music, Palle Mikkelborg, recorded by Duo Concertante ; set and costumes, Walter Nobbe ; original stage lighting, Tony Tucci ; danced by Mark Arvin (the chosen one), Erika Johnson (the spirit), Gregg Garrett (the teacher), and Kristin Bacon, Martha Butler, Susan Cummins, Sean Kelly, Mary McKendry, Timothy O'Keefe, Sandra Organ, Karl Vakili, Dominic Walsh (the class). Ballet set in a dance studio, partly inspired by Erik Bruhn and his view of talent as a burden, and partly inspired by the dancer's life, with its combination of joy and hardship.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3846

OCLC

NYPY99-F1239

Title

Houston Ballet [videorecording] / co-produced by Danmarks Radio and Houston Ballet in association with RM Arts ; produced and directed by Thomas Grimm.

Imprint

London : Dance Videos, a division of Dance Books Ltd., c1991.

Credits

[Video] lighting, Jørgen Johannessen.

Performer

Danced by the Houston Ballet.

Added Author

Bruce, Christopher, 1945- choreographer. Commentator. Designer

Stevenson, Ben, 1937- choreographer. Commentator

Cunxin, Li, dancer.

LeGros, Paul, dancer.

Kelly, Sean, dancer.

Arvin, Mark, dancer.

Beard, Rachel, dancer.

Butler, Martha, dancer.

Casteel, Steven, dancer.

Garrett, Gregg, dancer.

McKendry, Mary, dancer.

Organ, Sandra, dancer.

Scannell, Dawn, dancer.

Parker, Janie, dancer.

Johnson, Erika, dancer.

Bacon, Kristin, dancer.

Cummins, Susan, dancer.

O'Keefe, Timothy, dancer.

Vakili, Karl, dancer.

Walsh, Dominic, dancer.

Grimm, Thomas. Producer. Director

Scarlett, Belinda. Costume designer

Chelton, Nick. Lighting designer

Johannessen, Jørgen.

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Composer

Baylis, Nadine. Designer

Tucci, Tony.

Mikkelborg, Palle. Composer

Nobbe, Walter. Designer. Costume designer

Houston Ballet.

Inti-Illimani (Musical group)

Danmarks radio.

RM Arts (Firm)

Dance Books, Ltd., London.

DHCA.

Added Title

Ghost dances (Choreographic work : Bruce)

Image (Choreographic work : Stevenson)

Journey (Choreographic work : Bruce)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3846

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