Research Catalog

Title

Wendy Perron Dance Company [and] Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks. July 11, 1987 [videorecording]

Publication

1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Perron, Wendy
• Van Tieghem, David.
• Bush, Lisa
• Hwang, Koosil-ja, 1960-
• O'Rourke, Michael
• Chuma, Yoshiko
• Fleming, Donald
• Sheppard, Harry Whittaker
• Tufts, Gayle
• Tufts, Gayle.
• Zambrano, David
• Waltz, Sasha
• David, Hayo
• Dudek, Tina
• Pickett, Lenny.
• Justice, Jimmy
• Komar, Vitaly.
• Melamid, Aleksandr.
• Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks.
• Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (84 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

This performance is filmed close up from the side. For another performance of this program filmed in wide shot, see *MGZIA 4-6989.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Uniform Title

• Divertissement (Choreographic work : Perron)
• Arena (Choreographic work : Perron)
• Man who never wasn't (Choreographic work : Chuma)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• The picture is dark on some parts of the tape.

Credits (note)

• Decor for Arena by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 11, 1987.

Biography (note)

• Arena and The man who never wasn't were commissioned by Jacob's Pillow and created during residencies by Wendy Perron and Yoshiko Chuma.

Contents

Divertissement / choreography by Wendy Perron; music by David Van Tieghem; performed by Perron and Van Tieghem (13 min.) -- Arena / choreography by Wendy Perron; musical collage by Perron and Van Tieghem (Mongolian folk music, Notorische Reflexe, Kumiko Kimoto, Van Tieghem, Khatchaturian, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky); performed by Lisa Bush, Kumiko Kimoto, Michael O'Rourke, Wendy Perron (24 min.) -- The man who never wasn't / choreography by Yoshiko Chuma; music by Lenny Pickett, with vocals by Jimmy Justice and Gayle Tufts; performed by Yoshiko Chuma, Donald Fleming, Harry Whittaker Sheppard, Gayle Tufts, David Zambrano, Sasha Waltz, Hayo David, Tina Dudek (48 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6990

OCLC

NYPT04-F300

Title

Wendy Perron Dance Company [and] Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks. July 11, 1987 [videorecording]

Imprint

1987.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Decor for Arena by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid.

Performer

Performers include Wendy Perron, David Van Tieghem, Lisa Bush, Kumiko Kimoto, Michael O'Rourke, Yoshiko Chuma, Donald Fleming, Harry Whittaker Sheppard, Gayle Tufts, David Zambrano, Sasha Waltz, Hayo David, Tina Dudek.

Event

Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 11, 1987.

Biography

Arena and The man who never wasn't were commissioned by Jacob's Pillow and created during residencies by Wendy Perron and Yoshiko Chuma.

Added Author

Perron, Wendy, choreographer, dancer.

Van Tieghem, David. Composer

Van Tieghem, David. Performer

Bush, Lisa, dancer.

Hwang, Koosil-ja, 1960- dancer.

Hwang, Koosil-ja, 1960- voc

O'Rourke, Michael, dancer.

Chuma, Yoshiko, choreographer, dancer.

Fleming, Donald, dancer.

Sheppard, Harry Whittaker, dancer.

Tufts, Gayle, dancer.

Tufts, Gayle. voc

Zambrano, David, dancer.

Waltz, Sasha, dancer.

David, Hayo, dancer.

Dudek, Tina, dancer.

Pickett, Lenny. Composer. Instrumentalist

Justice, Jimmy, singer.

Komar, Vitaly. Designer

Melamid, Aleksandr. Designer

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Added Title

Divertissement (Choreographic work : Perron)

Arena (Choreographic work : Perron)

Man who never wasn't (Choreographic work : Chuma)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6990