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Shen Wei Dance Arts Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Shen Wei Dance Arts [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Shen, Wei, 1968-
  • Pärt, Arvo.
  • Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
  • Say, Fazıl, 1970-
  • Taverner, John.
  • Kung, Chi-shing.
  • Bursey, Bob.
  • Broussard, Brooke M.
  • Harris, Jessica
  • Hawkins, Kennis
  • Healey, James
  • Kershner, Alexa
  • Orrico, Tony
  • Procopio, Sara
  • Sato, Kana
  • Skinner, Vicki
  • Ying, Hou
  • Zaritt, Jesse
  • Zhou, Nian-Nian
  • Foster, Kenneth J.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Shen Wei Dance Arts.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (81 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program focuses on the work of Chinese-born choreographer Shen Wei and his company, Shen Wei Dance Arts. A conversation with Shen Wei is interspersed with excerpts from three of the choreographer's dances. Shen Wei discusses his background in Chinese opera, painting, and calligraphy, and the ways in which those disciplines have informed his work as a choreographer. He also talks about the arrival of modern dance in China during the 1980s, and explains the widely varied impulses that inspired the work on view in the program, from the emotional, improvisatory character of Near the terrace, to the more structural, musically guided process that created The rite of spring. Live performances of excerpts from The rite of spring and Folding are preceded by brief film clips of other sections from the dances.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 215
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Credits (note)
  • Choreography: Shen Wei. Lighting: Bob Bursey.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 11 and 12, 2003. (Viewer copy is May 12, 2003.)
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Biography (note)
  • Near the terrace and The rite of spring were commissioned by and received their world premieres at American Dance Festival, in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Folding was created for China's Guangdong Dance Academy, where it premiered in 2000.
Contents
Near the terrace [excerpt] / music by Arvo P̄ärt ; costume, set, and makeup design by Shen Wei -- The rite of spring [excerpt] / music by Igor Stravinsky, four-hand piano version by Fazil Say ; costume design by Shen Wei -- Folding [excerpt] / music by John Tavener, with Tibetan Buddhist chants edited by Kung Chi-shing ; costume and makeup design by Shen Wei.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1218
OCLC
85763667
Title
Shen Wei Dance Arts [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 215
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Choreography: Shen Wei. Lighting: Bob Bursey.
Performer
Dance excerpts performed by Brooke M. Broussard, Jessica Harris, Kennis Hawkins, James Healey, Alexa Kershner, Tony Orrico, Sara Procopio, Kana Sato, Vicki Skinner, Shen Wei, Hou Ying, Jesse Zaritt, and Nian-Nian Zhou. Interviewee: Shen Wei. Interviewer: Ken Foster.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 11 and 12, 2003. (Viewer copy is May 12, 2003.)
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Biography
Near the terrace and The rite of spring were commissioned by and received their world premieres at American Dance Festival, in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Folding was created for China's Guangdong Dance Academy, where it premiered in 2000.
Added Author
Shen, Wei, 1968- choreographer.
Shen, Wei, 1968- Designer
Shen, Wei, 1968- dancer.
Shen, Wei, 1968- Interviewee
Pärt, Arvo. Composer
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer
Say, Fazıl, 1970- Composer
Taverner, John. Composer
Kung, Chi-shing.
Bursey, Bob. Lighting designer
Broussard, Brooke M., dancer.
Harris, Jessica, dancer.
Hawkins, Kennis, dancer.
Healey, James, dancer.
Kershner, Alexa, dancer.
Orrico, Tony, dancer.
Procopio, Sara, dancer.
Sato, Kana, dancer.
Skinner, Vicki, dancer.
Ying, Hou, dancer.
Zaritt, Jesse, dancer.
Zhou, Nian-Nian, dancer.
Foster, Kenneth J. Interviewer
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Shen Wei Dance Arts.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1218
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