Research Catalog

Title

Four saints in three acts [videorecording] / [presented by] the Mark Morris Dance Group ; staging and choreography by Mark Morris ; music by Virgil Thomson ; libretto by Gertrude Stein.

Publication

c2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• West, Jayne.
• Lane, Jennifer.
• Ellis, Jennifer.
• Sharp, William (Baritone)
• Whitaker, Scott.
• Davies, Hugh.
• Franks, Elspeth.
• Newman, David.
• Smith, Craig (Conductor)
• Yard, Michelle
• Heginbotham, John
• Bowie, Joe (Dancer)
• Boyd, Charlton
• Davis, Seth
• Folkman, Marjorie
• Gannon, Shawn
• Grant, Lauren
• Leventhal, David
• Murray, Rachel
• Omura, June
• Radwan-Dana, Mireille
• Rose, Matthew
• Worden, Julie
• Thomas, Jeffrey.
• Morris, Mark, 1956-
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
• Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
• Kalman, Maira.
• Kurtzman, Elizabeth.
• Chybowski, Michael
• Melo, Niels
• Mark Morris Dance Group.
• Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.
• American Bach Soloists.
• Telepros (Firm)
• New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

Description

1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

Four saints in three acts (Choreographic work : Morris)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Music.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.
• Recording made possible by the cooperation of the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Division of The New York Public Library.

Credits (note)

• Set, Maira Kalman ; costumes, Elizabeth Kurtzman ; lighting, Michael Chybowski.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at Zellerbach Hall, Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., on September 23, 2000 ; videography, Telepros ; director, editor, lead camera, Niels Melo.

Funding (note)

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

Contents

Prelude, a narrative of prepare for saints -- Act I, Avila: St. Teresa half indoors and half out of doors -- Act II, Might be mountains if it were not Barcelona -- Act III, Barcelona: St. Ignatius and one of two literally -- Act IV, The sisters and saints reassembled and reenacting why they went away to stay.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4702

OCLC

NYPY01-F130

Title

Four saints in three acts [videorecording] / [presented by] the Mark Morris Dance Group ; staging and choreography by Mark Morris ; music by Virgil Thomson ; libretto by Gertrude Stein.

Imprint

c2000.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Zellerbach Hall, Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., on September 23, 2000 ; videography, Telepros ; director, editor, lead camera, Niels Melo.

Credits

Set, Maira Kalman ; costumes, Elizabeth Kurtzman ; lighting, Michael Chybowski.

Performer

Conductor: Craig Smith.

Singers: Jayne West, soprano (St. Teresa I) ; Jennifer Lane, alto (St. Teresa II) ; Jennifer Ellis, soprano (St. Settlement) ; William Sharp, baritone (St. Ignatius) ; Scott Whitaker, tenor (St. Chavez, St. Stephen) ; Hugh Davies, baritone (St. Plan) ; Elspeth Franks, mezzo-soprano (Commère) ; David Newman, baritone (Compère).

Danced by the Mark Morris Dance Group: Michelle Yard (St. Teresa) ; John Heginbotham (St. Ignatius) ; Joe Bowie, Charlton Boyd, Seth Davis, Marjorie Folkman, Shawn Gannon, Lauren Grant, David Leventhal, Rachel Murray, June Omura, Mireille Radwan-Dana, Matthew Rose, Julie Worden (assorted saints).

Music played by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.

Chorus: American Bach Soloists ; music director, Jeffrey Thomas.

Funding

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

Added Author

West, Jayne. voc

Lane, Jennifer. voc

Ellis, Jennifer. voc

Sharp, William (Baritone)

Whitaker, Scott. voc

Davies, Hugh. voc

Franks, Elspeth. voc

Newman, David. voc

Smith, Craig (Conductor)

Yard, Michelle, dancer.

Heginbotham, John, dancer.

Bowie, Joe (Dancer)

Boyd, Charlton, dancer.

Davis, Seth, dancer.

Folkman, Marjorie, dancer.

Gannon, Shawn, dancer.

Grant, Lauren, dancer.

Leventhal, David, dancer.

Murray, Rachel, dancer.

Omura, June, dancer.

Radwan-Dana, Mireille, dancer.

Rose, Matthew, dancer.

Worden, Julie, dancer.

Thomas, Jeffrey. Musician

Morris, Mark, 1956- choreographer.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Composer

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Librettist

Kalman, Maira. Designer

Kurtzman, Elizabeth. Costume designer

Chybowski, Michael, lighting designer.

Melo, Niels, videographer.

Mark Morris Dance Group.

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra.

American Bach Soloists.

Telepros (Firm)

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

Added Title

Four saints in three acts (Choreographic work : Morris)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4702