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El penitente

Title
El penitente [videorecording] / [presented by] the Martha Graham Dance Company ; choreography and costumes by Martha Graham.
Publication
1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  • Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009
  • Sparling, Peter
  • Graham, Martha
  • Graham, Martha
  • Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
  • Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-
  • Fitzgerald, Gerald
  • Martha Graham Dance Company
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (23 min.) : si., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Modern dance work set to the music of Louis Horst. This tape combines footage of two performances featuring Rudolf Nureyev in the role of the Penitent, with two different women as the Mary figure. The camera generally focuses on Nureyev, sometimes excluding the dancing of the other two cast members. The final section of the work, with all three dancers in white, is filmed twice. Nureyev is seen with both casts and conductors Stanley Sussman and Robert Irving in the ensuing bows and curtain calls ; Martha Graham herself also appears for a bow.
Series Statement
Gerald Fitzgerald Collection.
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
Note
  • Originally filmed on Super 8mm.
  • Date from original film box.
Credits (note)
  • Set, Isamu Noguchi ; lighting, Jean Rosenthal.
Performer (note)
  • Rudolf Nureyev (the Penitent), Pearl Lang (Mary as Virgin--Magdalen--Mother), Peter Sparling (the Christ figure). In some of the footage, another woman (Phyllis Gutelius?) appears as the Mary figure.
Event (note)
  • Filmed in performance at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York, N.Y., in May 1977 ; camera, Gerald Fitzgerald.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5537
OCLC
NYPY01-F1023
Title
El penitente [videorecording] / [presented by] the Martha Graham Dance Company ; choreography and costumes by Martha Graham.
Imprint
1977.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Gerald Fitzgerald Collection.
Event
Filmed in performance at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York, N.Y., in May 1977 ; camera, Gerald Fitzgerald.
Credits
Set, Isamu Noguchi ; lighting, Jean Rosenthal.
Performer
Danced by the Martha Graham Dance Company.
Guest artist: Rudolf Nureyev.
Cast
Rudolf Nureyev (the Penitent), Pearl Lang (Mary as Virgin--Magdalen--Mother), Peter Sparling (the Christ figure). In some of the footage, another woman (Phyllis Gutelius?) appears as the Mary figure.
Added Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009, dancer.
Sparling, Peter, dancer.
Graham, Martha, choreographer.
Graham, Martha. Costume designer
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988. Designer
Rosenthal, Jean, 1912- Designer
Fitzgerald, Gerald.
Martha Graham Dance Company.
Graham, Martha. Penitente
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5537
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