Research Catalog

Title

Parsons Dance [videorecording] / Parsons Dance Company ; artistic direction and choreography, David Parsons.

Publication

c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Parsons, David, 1959 October 29-
• Koeppen, Elizabeth
• McSwain, Mia.
• McSwain, Mia
• Skarpetowska, Katarzyna
• Silva, Abby
• McGinnis, Brian
• Smith, Jeremy
• Martinez, David F., 1979-
• Sardou, Marvina
• Quinones, Miguel
• Blume, Julie
• Scrivens, Tommy
• Cynova, Tim.
• Binkley, Howell
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Woolard, David C.
• Wilmore, Burke J.
• Davis, Miles.
• Bunch, Kenji, 1973-
• Giannini, Christina.
• Mazzola, Michael.
• Murin, David.
• Locarro, Joseph.
• Dave Matthews Band.
• Turtle Island String Quartet.
• Parsons Dance Company.
• Suspension Productions (Firm)
• New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (98 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3.4 in.

Uniform Title

• Bachiana (Choreographic work : Parsons)
• Kind of blue (Choreographic work : Parsons)
• Swing shift (Choreographic work : Parsons)
• Slow dance (Choreographic work : Parsons)
• Hand dance (Choreographic work : Parsons)
• In the end (Choreographic work : Parsons)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.
• The final choreographic work on program was entitled DMB in the house program, but on the title frame credits entitled In the end.
• Recording made possible by the cooperation of The Parsons Dance Company, The Joyce Theater, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Credits (note)

• Associate artistic director, Elizabeth Koeppen ; executive director, Tim Cynova ; video documentation, Suspension Productions ; director and editor, Joe Locarro; camera, Duncan Pettigrew, James Weber, Nathan Milford, Joe Locarro; sound, Bobby Moorhead; assistant editor, Alfred DeGrand.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at The Joyce Theater, New York, on Oct. 27, 2005.

Funding (note)

• This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
• Recorded with the assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• [Introduction] montage (ca. 2 min.).
• Bachiana / commissioned by Ruth Eckerd Hall at the Richare B. Baumgardner Center for the Performing Arts, Clearwater, Fl. and the Center for the Performing Arts at the Univ. of Florida and Florida Arts Celebration, Gainsville, Fl. ; lighting design by Howell Binkley ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach ("Orchestral Suites" selections) ; arranged by The Turtle Island String Quartet ; costume design by David C. Woolard ; performed by Elizabeth Koeppen, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Abby Silva, Malvina Sardou, Brian McGinnis, Jeremy Smith, David Martinez, Miguel Quinones (ca. 24 min.).
• Kind of blue / commissioned by the Umbria Jazz Festival ; lighting design by Burke J. Wilmore ; music by Miles Davis (So what) ; costume design by Mia McSwain ; performed by Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Abby Silva, Brian McGinnis, Jeremy Smith (ca. 11 min.).
• Swing shift / commissioned in celebration of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial by the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana ; lighting design by Howell Binkley ; music by Kenji Bunch (original music was composed for the Ahn Trio by Kenji Bunch) ; costume design by Mia McSwain ; performed by Mia McSwain, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Abby Silva, Malvina Sardou, Brian McGinnis, Jeremy Smith, David Martinez, Miguel Quinones (ca. 25 min.).
• Slow dance / lighting design by Howell Binkley ; music by Kenji Bunch ; costume design by A. Christina Giannini ; performed by Elizabeth Koeppen, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Abby Silva, Brian McGinnis, Jeremy Smith, David Martinez (ca. 10 min.).
• Hand dance / music arranged for the Ahn Trio by Kenji Bunch ; performed by five company members (ca. 6 min.).
• In the end / commissioned by The Ferguson Center for the Arts at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Va. ; lighting design by Michael Mazzola and David Parsons ; music by Dave Matthews Band (Satellite, Pantala Naga Pampa, When the world ends, Out of my hands, and Stay (Wasting time)) ; costume design by David Murin ; performed by Elizabeth Koeppen, Mia McSwain, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Abby Silva, Malvina Sardou, Brian McGinnis, Tommy Scrivens, Jeremy Smith, with Miguel Quinones and Julie Blume (ca. 22 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1679

OCLC

NYPY06-F89

Title

Parsons Dance [videorecording] / Parsons Dance Company ; artistic direction and choreography, David Parsons.

Imprint

c2006.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Associate artistic director, Elizabeth Koeppen ; executive director, Tim Cynova ; video documentation, Suspension Productions ; director and editor, Joe Locarro; camera, Duncan Pettigrew, James Weber, Nathan Milford, Joe Locarro; sound, Bobby Moorhead; assistant editor, Alfred DeGrand.

Performer

Dancers: Elizabeth Koeppen, Mia McSwain, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Abby Silva, Brian McGinnis, Jeremy Smith, David Martinez, Malvina Sardou, Miguel Quinones, Julie Blume, Tommy Scrivens.

Event

Videotaped in performance at The Joyce Theater, New York, on Oct. 27, 2005.

Funding

This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Recorded with the assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added Author

Parsons, David, 1959 October 29- choreographer.

Koeppen, Elizabeth, dancer.

McSwain, Mia. Costume designer

McSwain, Mia, dancer.

Skarpetowska, Katarzyna, dancer.

Silva, Abby, dancer.

McGinnis, Brian, dancer.

Smith, Jeremy, dancer.

Martinez, David F., 1979- dancer.

Sardou, Marvina, dancer.

Quinones, Miguel, dancer.

Blume, Julie, dancer.

Scrivens, Tommy, dancer.

Cynova, Tim. Director

Binkley, Howell, lighting designer.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Woolard, David C., costume designer.

Wilmore, Burke J. Lighting designer

Davis, Miles. Composer

Bunch, Kenji, 1973- Composer

Giannini, Christina. Costume designer

Mazzola, Michael. Lighting designer

Murin, David. Costume designer

Locarro, Joseph. Videographer

Dave Matthews Band.

Turtle Island String Quartet.

Parsons Dance Company.

Suspension Productions (Firm)

New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Added Title

Bachiana (Choreographic work : Parsons)

Kind of blue (Choreographic work : Parsons)

Swing shift (Choreographic work : Parsons)

Slow dance (Choreographic work : Parsons)

Hand dance (Choreographic work : Parsons)

In the end (Choreographic work : Parsons)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1679