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Clowns and other fools

Title
Clowns and other fools [videorecording] / Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus ; presented by Hesse Film-Studio ; directed by Ernst Hesse ; choreography by Lotte Goslar.
Publication
1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Goslar, Lotte
  • Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
  • Ray, Donna
  • Collins, Ray
  • Weiss, Debra
  • Wingrove, Lelia
  • Mateo, José
  • Lee, Andrea
  • Cowan, Gary
  • Lines, Jerri
  • McDonald, Kenneth
  • Osbon, John
  • Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (16 min.) : si., col.; 1/2 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Lotte Goslar Pantomime Circus Foundation.
Uniform Title
Circus scene (Choreographic work : Goslar)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Originally filmed on Super 8mm.
  • Date from original container. Cast from accompanying data sheet.
Event (note)
  • Filmed in Germany in September 1976 on the occasion of the Berliner Festwochen [Berlin Festival].
Language (note)
  • Credits in German. The title "Clowns and other fools" is in English.
Contents
  • Warm-up (ca. 8 min.) / candid footage of Lotte Goslar and the Company, wearing vari-colored costumes and false noses, as they prepare onstage for performance. Goslar (in blue) rehearses a segment from Friendship with a male dancer, and is seen in close-up rehearsing various facial expressions.
  • Greetings (ca. 3 min.) / performed by Goslar and the Company.
  • Circus scene (excerpts) (ca. 5 min.) / filmed in a rehearsal onstage, directed by Goslar. This piece, performed by a clown and a lion (played by four men), is based on an original scenario written by Bertolt Brecht for Goslar in 1947, though it was not publicly performed until 1972.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7330
OCLC
NYPY03-F662
Title
Clowns and other fools [videorecording] / Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus ; presented by Hesse Film-Studio ; directed by Ernst Hesse ; choreography by Lotte Goslar.
Imprint
1977.
Country of Producing Entity
Germany.
Event
Filmed in Germany in September 1976 on the occasion of the Berliner Festwochen [Berlin Festival].
Performer
Performed by Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus: Lotte Goslar, Donna Ray, Ray Collins, Debra Weiss, Lelia Wingrove, José Mateo, Andrea Lee, Gary Cowan, Jerri Lines, Kenneth MacDonald, John Osbon.
Language
Credits in German. The title "Clowns and other fools" is in English.
Local Subject
Comedy in dance.
Added Author
Goslar, Lotte, choreographer, dancer.
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Scenarist
Ray, Donna, dancer.
Collins, Ray, dancer.
Weiss, Debra, dancer.
Wingrove, Lelia, dancer.
Mateo, José, dancer.
Lee, Andrea, dancer.
Cowan, Gary, dancer.
Lines, Jerri, dancer.
McDonald, Kenneth, dancer.
Osbon, John, dancer.
Lotte Goslar's Pantomime Circus.
Added Title
Circus scene (Choreographic work : Goslar)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7330
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