Research Catalog

Title

Tanec Praha '97 [videorecording] : 9th international festival of dance / [presented by] Czech Television ; written and directed by Pavel Linhart.

Publication

1997.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cunningham, Merce
• Sesardic, Mare
• Pein, Michaela
• Hargitai, Akos
• Sedláčková, Anna
• Zuska, Petr
• Zuska, Petr.
• Botelho, Guilherme
• Botelho, Guilherme.
• Rebcova, Monica
• Andermatt, Clara
• Andermatt, Clara.
• Kreuzmannová, Yvoná.
• Linhart, Pavel.
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Found In

Merce Cunningham archive.

Description

1 videodisc (PAL) (39 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This documentary presents companies appearing in the Tanec Praha '97 dance festival. The documentary includes excerpts of performances interspersed with commentary by some of the choreographers and by festival director Yvona Kreuzmannova, and footage of Prague. Some comments are in Czech or other languages (translated into English).

Series Statement

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Subject

• Tanec Praha '97 (1997 : Prague, Czech Republic)
• Dance festivals > Czech Republic > Prague

Genre/Form

• Television.
• Documentaries and factual works.
• Video.

Note

• Full credits appear at the end of the disc.

Event (note)

• Filmed during the Tanec Praha Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, June 15-July 2, 1997.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Contents

Event / choreography by Merce Cunningham; music by Takehisa Kosugi; performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company -- Under the rainbow / choreography by Mare Sesardič; music by Henryk Górecky; performed by Studio Mare (Croatia) -- Garlic kiss / choreography by Michaela Pein and Akos Hargitai; music by Astor Piazzolla and Palast Orchester; performed by Company 2 in 1 (Hungary) -- Spinning dance / choreography by Anna Sedlackova; music by Projekt Letokruhy/Grownthrings, Sinead O'Connor; performed by As Project (Slovakia) -- In the mists / choreography by Petr Zuska; music by Leoš Janaček; performed by Prague Chamber Ballet -- Contrecoup / choreography by Guilherme Botelho and dancers; music by Andrés Garcia and Robert Grassi; performed by Alias (Switzerland) -- Theme park / choreography by Monika Rebcova; music by Ladislav Budz; performed by Janoslav Ježek Conservatory (Czech Republic) -- Know your enemy / choreography by Matjaž Prograjc; music by Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar; performed by Betontanc (Slovenia) -- Anomalias magneticas / choreography by Clara Andermatt; music by Vasco Martins; performed by Clara Andermatt and Dancers (Portugal) -- Poemas de amor / choreography by Clara Andermatt; music by Joao Lucas; performed by Clara Andermatt and Dancers (Portugal)

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1378

OCLC

NYPG06-F602

Title

Tanec Praha '97 [videorecording] : 9th international festival of dance / [presented by] Czech Television ; written and directed by Pavel Linhart.

Imprint

1997.

Country of Producing Entity

Czech Republic.

Series

Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection

Event

Filmed during the Tanec Praha Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, June 15-July 2, 1997.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.

Local Subject

Dance -- Europe, Eastern.

Added Author

Cunningham, Merce, choreographer.

Sesardic, Mare, choreographer.

Pein, Michaela, choreographer.

Hargitai, Akos, choreographer.

Sedláčková, Anna, choreographer.

Zuska, Petr, choreographer.

Zuska, Petr. Interviewee

Botelho, Guilherme, choreographer.

Botelho, Guilherme. Interviewee

Rebcova, Monica, choreographer.

Andermatt, Clara, choreographer.

Andermatt, Clara. Interviewee

Kreuzmannová, Yvoná. Interviewee

Linhart, Pavel. Director

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Found In:

Merce Cunningham archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1378