Research Catalog

Title

Limón Dance Company [videorecording] : [close shot].

Publication

c1997.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Watt, Nina
• Auerbach, Dan.
• Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.
• Glass, Philip.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Magnussen, Jon.
• Kylian, Jiri, 1947-
• Varone, Doug
• Limón, José
• Stackhouse, Sarah.
• Knill, Hans.
• Bannon, Nancy.
• Sullivan, Ted.
• Ferri, David.
• Woods, Steve.
• Steincamp, Lynne.
• Giannini, Christina.
• José Limón Dance Company.

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Limón Dance Company.

Uniform Title

• Evening songs (Choreographic work : Kylián)
• Chaconne (Choreographic work : Limón)
• Possession (Choreographic work : Varone)
• Choreographic offering (Choreographic work : Limón)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Close shot. For wide shot version, see: *MGZIDVD 5-834.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Joyce Theater, Oct. 21, 1997 (close camera).

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Biography (note)

• American and Limón Dance Company world premiere of Evening songs, Sept. 9, 1997, Nederland Dans Theater.
• Chaconne first performed Dec. 27, 1942 at the Humphrey-Weidman Studio Theater, New York City, by José Limón.
• The final section of Possession originally created for Doug Varone and dancers and premiered on Sept. 24, 1994 at the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts.
• A choreographic offering first performed Aug. 15, 1946 at the American Dance Festival, Connecticut College, New Haven, Conn., by the José Limón Dance Company.

Contents

• Disc 1 (ca. 40 min.): Evening songs / choreography, Jiri Kylian ; music, Antonin Dvorak ; staged by Hans Knill ; lighting design, Ted Sullivan ; costume design, Jiri Kylian -- Chaconne / choreography, José Limón ; music, J. S. Bach ; direction, Sarah Stackhouse ; lighting design, Steve Woods ; costume design, A. Christina Giannini ; dancer, Nina Watt ; violinist, Dan Auerbach -- Possession quartet / choreography, Doug Varone ; music, Philip Glass ; staging, Nancy Bannon ; lighting design, David Ferri ; costume design, Lynne Steincamp.
• Disc 2 (54 min.): A choreographic offering / choreography, José Limón ; music, J. S. Bach ; arrangement, Jon Magnussen ; lighting design, Steve Woods ; costume design, A. Christina Giannini.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-833

OCLC

NYPY06-F3

Title

Limón Dance Company [videorecording] : [close shot].

Imprint

c1997.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Performer

Danced by the Limón Dance Company.

Event

Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Joyce Theater, Oct. 21, 1997 (close camera).

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Biography

American and Limón Dance Company world premiere of Evening songs, Sept. 9, 1997, Nederland Dans Theater.

Chaconne first performed Dec. 27, 1942 at the Humphrey-Weidman Studio Theater, New York City, by José Limón.

The final section of Possession originally created for Doug Varone and dancers and premiered on Sept. 24, 1994 at the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts.

A choreographic offering first performed Aug. 15, 1946 at the American Dance Festival, Connecticut College, New Haven, Conn., by the José Limón Dance Company.

Added Author

Watt, Nina, dancer.

Auerbach, Dan. Instrumentalist

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Composer

Glass, Philip. Composer

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Magnussen, Jon.

Kylian, Jiri, 1947- choreographer. Costume designer

Varone, Doug, choreographer.

Limón, José, choreographer.

Stackhouse, Sarah. Director

Knill, Hans. Set designer

Bannon, Nancy. Set designer

Sullivan, Ted. Lighting designer

Ferri, David. Lighting designer

Woods, Steve. Lighting designer

Steincamp, Lynne. Costume designer

Giannini, Christina. Costume designer

José Limón Dance Company.

Added Title

Evening songs (Choreographic work : Kylián)

Chaconne (Choreographic work : Limón)

Possession (Choreographic work : Varone)

Choreographic offering (Choreographic work : Limón)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-833