Research Catalog

Title

Kei Takei's Moving Earth [videorecording] / choreography by Kei Takei.

Publication

c1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Takei, Kei
• Bowers, Faubion, 1917-1999
• Brezer, Laz
• Cerniglia, Linda
• Kurtz, Vicki
• Olivier, Yvonne
• Winthrop, Nina
• Yip, Sam
• Caraballo, Robert
• De Marco, John
• Dorfman, David
• Eden, Mor
• Lane, Richard
• Laurier, Brian
• Madrona, Marisa
• Miranda, Elsi
• Rodriguez, Rosa
• Takase, Takako
• Urreta, Pilar
• Fried, Nimrod
• Miglietta, John
• Roo, Michael de.
• Coumbs, Richard.
• Blakeslee, Ruth.
• Harris, Hilary.
• Edelstein, Bruce.
• Johnstone, Richmond.
• Maeda, Tetsuhiko.
• Moss, David.
• Kei Takei's Moving Earth (Company)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (38 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Promotional videotape consisting of three recordings on the work of Japanese-born choreographer Kei Takei and her company Moving Earth.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Barbara Barker.

Uniform Title

Light (Choreographic work : Takei)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Additional data from program insert.

Contents

• Kei Takei's Moving Earth (n.d., ca. 18 min.) / edited and directed by John Miglietta ; original music for Light, Part 23, section 1, Michael de Roos ; lighting, Richard Coumbs ; performed by Kei Takei, Laz Brezer, Linda Cerniglia, John Dixon, Vicki Kurtz, Yvonne Olivier, Elizabeth Rolland, Nina Winthrop, Sam Yip ; narrator, Faubion Bowers. Includes excerpts from Light, Part 23, section I ; Light, Part 8 ; Light, Part 23, Pilgrimage through the stream ; Light, Part 15, The second windfield ; and Light, Part 25, One woman's pilgrimage. Faubion Bowers' narration provides brief descriptions of each work, as well as factual material on Takei and her company.
• Excerpt from Light, Part 10, The first stone field (1984 ; ca. 4 min.) / excerpt from a telecast on PBS-TV's Great Performances: Dance in America series ; danced by Kei Takei and two men.
• A time with Kei Takei's Moving Earth (c1983 ; ca. 17 min.) / directed by Ruth Blakeslee ; camera, Hilary Harris ; sound score, David Moss ; sets, Bruce Edelstein, Richmond Johnstone, Tetsuhiko Maeda ; lighting, Richard Coumbs ; performed by Kei Takei, Lazuro Brezer, Robert Caraballo, John de Marco, David Dorfman, Mor Eden, Mayumi Isshiki, Richard Lane, Brian Laurier, Marisa Madrona, Elsi Miranda, Rosa Rodriguez, Takako Takase, Pilar Urreta, Nimrod Fried ; narrator, Faubion Bowers. Includes excerpts from Light, Part 16, Daikon field (Vegetable fields solo) ; Light, Part 18, Wheat field ; Light, Part 12, The second stone field.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5930

OCLC

NYPY02-F488

Title

Kei Takei's Moving Earth [videorecording] / choreography by Kei Takei.

Imprint

c1988.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Added Author

Takei, Kei, choreographer, dancer.

Bowers, Faubion, 1917-1999, narrator.

Brezer, Laz, dancer.

Cerniglia, Linda, dancer.

Kurtz, Vicki, dancer.

Olivier, Yvonne, dancer.

Winthrop, Nina, dancer.

Yip, Sam, dancer.

Caraballo, Robert, dancer.

De Marco, John, dancer.

Dorfman, David, dancer.

Eden, Mor, dancer.

Lane, Richard, dancer.

Laurier, Brian, dancer.

Madrona, Marisa, dancer.

Miranda, Elsi, dancer.

Rodriguez, Rosa, dancer.

Takase, Takako, dancer.

Urreta, Pilar, dancer.

Fried, Nimrod, dancer.

Miglietta, John, film director.

Miglietta, John, editor of moving image work.

Roo, Michael de. Composer

Coumbs, Richard. Lighting designer

Blakeslee, Ruth. Director

Harris, Hilary. Videographer

Edelstein, Bruce. Designer

Johnstone, Richmond. Designer

Maeda, Tetsuhiko. Designer

Moss, David. Composer

Kei Takei's Moving Earth (Company)

Added Title

Light (Choreographic work : Takei)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5930