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Limón Dance Company in celebration of the life of Carlos Orta

Title: Limón Dance Company [videorecording] : in celebration of the life of Carlos Orta / presented by José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. in association with the Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. ; artistic director, Carla Maxwell.
Publication: 2004.

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Description

1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Evening-length performance of modern dance.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Limón Dance Company.

Uniform Title

Evening songs (Choreographic work : Kylián)
Chaconne (Choreographic work : Limón)
Songs of the disinherited (Choreographic work : McKayle)
Phantasy quintet (Choreographic work : Hougland)
Psalm (Choreographic work : Limón)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Program B.
Accompanied by house program.

Credits (note)

Artistic mentor, Donald McKayle ; artistic associates, Roxane D'Orléans Juste and Nina Watt; music director, David LaMarche.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on Sept. 28, 2004; video production, Video D Studios; director, Dennis Diamond; camera, Thomas Kennedy, Dennis Diamond; AVID editor, David Quinn.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Contents

Evening songs (ca. 13 min.) / choreography, Jiri Kylian; staged by Hans Knill; music, Antonín Dvořák (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor, Op. 29, nr. 1 & 3; In der Natur, Op. 63, nr. 4 & 2); costumes, Jiri Kylian; lighting, Ted Sullivan; danced by Kristen Foote, Ryoko Kudo, Brenna Monroe-Cook, Roxane D'Orléans Juste, Francisco Ruvalcaba, Charles Scott, Kurt Douglas.
Chaconne (ca. 11 min.) / choreography, José Limón; staging and direction, Sarah Stackhouse; music, J.S. Bach (Chaconne from Partita no. 2 in D minor for unaccompanied violin); rehearsal direction, Carla Maxwell; lighting, Steve Woods; danced by Jonathan Riedel; violinist, Robin Zeh.
Angelitos negros (company premiere) (ca. 8 min.) / part of the dance suite Songs of the disinherited; choreography, Donald McKayle; piano and vocals, Roberta Flack; music, Manuel Alvarez Maciste; lyrics, Andres Eloy Blanco; costume, Lea Vivante; lighting, Ted Sullivan; danced by Roxane D'Orléans Juste.
Phantasy quintet (ca. 18 min.) / choreography, Adam Hougland; music, Ralph Vaughan Williams; rehearsal direction, Roxane D'Orléans Juste; costumes, Marion Williams; lighting, Clifton Taylor; danced by Brenna Monroe-Cook, Francisco Ruvalcaba, Kristen Foote, Ryoko Kudo, Charles Scott, Roel Seeber, Kurt Douglas; musicians, Ronald Oakland, Robin Zeh, Joe Gottesman, Sarah Adams, Amy Ralske.
Psalm (ca. 33 min.) / choreography, José Limón (1967); restaging and direction, Carla Maxwell (2002); music, Jon Magnussen (2002); costumes, Marion Williams; lighting, Steve Woods; danced by Robert Regala (the Just Man); Kristen Foote and Roxane D'Orléans Juste (expiatory figures); the Company (psalmists). This work was first performed by the Limón Dance Company at the American Dance Festival, New London, Conn., on Aug. 19, 1967. A restaged version with newly commissioned score was first performed at the Winter Olympics at Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, on Feb. 13, 2002.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-87

OCLC

NYPY05-F58

Title

Limón Dance Company [videorecording] : in celebration of the life of Carlos Orta / presented by José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. in association with the Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. ; artistic director, Carla Maxwell.

Imprint

2004.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Artistic mentor, Donald McKayle ; artistic associates, Roxane D'Orléans Juste and Nina Watt; music director, David LaMarche.

Performer

Danced by the Limón Dance Company: Kathryn Alter, Raphaël Boumaïla, Kurt Douglas, Kristen Foote, Roxane D'Orléans Juste, Ryoko Kudo, Brenna Monroe-Cook, Robert Regala, Jonathan Riedel, Francisco Ruvalcaba, Charles Scott, Roel Seeber, Ruping Wang.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on Sept. 28, 2004; video production, Video D Studios; director, Dennis Diamond; camera, Thomas Kennedy, Dennis Diamond; AVID editor, David Quinn.

Added Author

Kylian, Jiri, 1947- choreographer. Costume designer

Limón, José, choreographer.

McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, choreographer.

Hougland, Adam, choreographer.

Maxwell, Carla. Director. Restager

Knill, Hans. Director. Restager

Stackhouse, Sarah. Director. Restager

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Composer

Sullivan, Ted. Lighting designer

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Woods, Steve. Lighting designer

Flack, Roberta. Instrumentalist. voc

Alvarez Maciste, Manuel. Composer

Blanco, Andrés Eloy, 1898-1955. Lyricist

Vivante, Lea. Costume designer

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Composer

Williams, Marion, costume designer. Costume designer

Taylor, Clifton. Lighting designer

Magnussen, Jon. Composer

Alter, Kathryn, dancer.

Boumaïla, Raphaël, dancer.

Douglas, Kurt, dancer.

Foote, Kristen, dancer.

Juste, Roxane d'Orleans, dancer.

Kudo, Ryoko, dancer.

Monroe-Cook, Brenna, dancer.

Regala, Robert, dancer.

Riedel, Jonathan, dancer.

Ruvalcaba, Francisco, dancer.

Scott, Charles, dancer.

Seeber, Roel, dancer.

Wang, Ru-Ping, dancer.

Zeh, Robin. Instrumentalist

Diamond, Dennis. Videographer

José Limón Dance Company.

José Limón Dance Foundation.

Joyce Theater Foundation.

Video D Studios.

Added Title

Evening songs (Choreographic work : Kylián)

Chaconne (Choreographic work : Limón)

Songs of the disinherited (Choreographic work : McKayle)

Phantasy quintet (Choreographic work : Hougland)

Psalm (Choreographic work : Limón)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-87

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