Research Catalog

Title

The works. Part 1 [videorecording] / choreography by Joel Schnee.

Publication

1979-1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schnee, Joel
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
• Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
• Reich, Steve, 1936-
• Czerniawski, Jerzy.
• Vermehren, Karin.
• Ruth, Edgar.
• Zeumer, Christiane.
• Osnabrück (Germany). Städtische Bühne. Ballet.
• Staatstheater Kassel. Ballet.

Description

2 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (123 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequence; 1/2 in.

Summary

Compilation of dance works by Joel Schnee, an American-born choreographer who has spent most of his career in Europe, particularly in Germany.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Joel Schnee.

Uniform Title

• Strawinskij: Profan und Sakral (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Let's dance (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Danzón cubano (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Albumblätter (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Garten der Sinne, oder die Reise nach Kythera (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Traumfabrik, oder Bewegte Bilder aus Hollywood (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Four seasons (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from original container. Additional data supplied by Joel Schnee.

Contents

• Cassette 1. Mass [part of the program Strawinskij: Profan und Sakral] (ca. 40 min.) / recorded at the Kirche St. Katharinen, Osnabrück, Germany, in Jan. 1986; music, Igor Stravinsky (Elegy for solo viola; Wind symphonies; Mass); scenery, Edgar Ruth; costumes: Christiane Zeumer; danced by the Tanztheater Osnabrück: John Dalay, Geneviève Coffee-Watkins, Ruth Egerton, Tommy Hakansson, Andrea Ingram, Vivien Lai, Howard M. Maduro, Beatrice Scherz, Prue Sheridan, Doris Spuhler, Jonathan Rant, Ron Rubey, Charles Watkins.
• Duo [part of Let's dance] (ca. 3 min.) / recorded in Osnabrück, Germany, on Oct. 17, 1985; music, Aleksandr Scriabin; danced by the Tanztheater Osnabrück.
• Men's dance [German title: Männertanz; part of Let's dance] (ca. 13 min.) / recorded in Osnabrück, Germany, on Oct. 17, 1985; music, Lurie; danced by the Tanztheater Osnabrück.
• [Italienisches Konzert (Italian concerto)] [part of Let's dance] (ca. 16 min.) / recorded in Osnabrück, Germany, on Oct. 17, 1985; music, J.S. Bach; danced by the Tanztheater Osnabrück.
• Danzón cubano (ca. 8 min.) / recorded in Osnabrück, Germany, date not identified; music, Aaron Copland; probably danced by the Tanztheater Osnabrück. Performed by eight dancers, this is a new version of the dance work of the same title performed by four dancers of the Ballett des Staatstheaters Kassel in 1977.
• Cassette 2. Albumblätter (ca. 17 min., b&w) / recorded at the Staatstheater Kassel, Germany, on Feb. 4, 1979; music, Franz Schubert; danced by the Ballett des Staatstheaters Kassel. The title refers to pages from an album of music or poetry.
• [Finale from Let's dance] (ca. 2 min.) / probably recorded in Osnabrück, Germany, on Oct. 17, 1985; music, George Gershwin ("Strike up the band"); danced by the Tanztheater Osnabrück.
• [Television report on Der Garten der Sinne, oder die Reise nach Kythera (The garden of the senses, or the voyage to Cythera)] (ca. 4 min.) / in German; includes performance excerpts with voice-over narration, and brief offstage interviews with audience members (including American choreographer Dick Price) and the choreographer of the piece, Joel Schnee. The work, which combines dance, pantomime, and theater, was presented by the Tanztheater Osnabrück in 1985. Set aboard a cruise ship, it depicts interpersonal interactions in a highly charged emotional atmosphere.
• [Traumfabrik, oder Bewegte Bilder aus Hollywood (Dream factory, or Moving pictures from Hollywood)] (excerpt) (ca. 8 min.). / recorded in performance in 1983; choreography, text, and staging, Joel Schnee; set, Jerzy Czerniawski; costumes, Christiane Zeumer; dramaturgy, Reingard Frohlich; performed by the Tanztheater Osnabrück. Poor focus.
• Sommerlandschaft, from Vier Jahreszeiten [Summer, from the Four seasons] (ca. 5 min.) / recorded in studio rehearsal in Osnabrück, in rehearsal clothes, in 1984; music, Steve Reich (Octet).
• Sommerlandschaft, from Vier Jahreszeiten [Summer, from the Four seasons] (ca. 7 min.) / recorded in performance, from the wings, at the Städtischen Bühnen Osnabrück on March 2, 1984; music, Steve Reich (Octet); scenery, Jerzy Czerniawski, Joel Schnee; costumes, Karin Vermehren; danced by the Tanztheater Osnabrück: Iris Tenge, Lisa Kohl, Nicole Howard-Williams, Enzo Fornaro, Tommy Hakansson, James Isbell, Vivien Lai, Ronald Rubey, Beatrice Scherz, Doris Spühler, Charles Watkins, Badr el Ramah.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7525

OCLC

NYPY04-F191

Title

The works. Part 1 [videorecording] / choreography by Joel Schnee.

Imprint

1979-1986.

Country of Producing Entity

Germany.

Added Author

Schnee, Joel, choreographer. Interviewee

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Composer

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Composer

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Composer

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer

Reich, Steve, 1936- Composer

Czerniawski, Jerzy. Set designer

Vermehren, Karin. Costume designer

Ruth, Edgar. Set designer

Zeumer, Christiane. Costume designer

Osnabrück (Germany). Städtische Bühne. Ballet.

Staatstheater Kassel. Ballet.

Added Title

Strawinskij: Profan und Sakral (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Let's dance (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Danzón cubano (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Albumblätter (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Garten der Sinne, oder die Reise nach Kythera (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Traumfabrik, oder Bewegte Bilder aus Hollywood (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Four seasons (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7525