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American Ballet Theatre & Seán Curran Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
American Ballet Theatre & Seán Curran [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson] ; music by George Frederick Handel ; choreography by Seán Curran.
Publication
2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Curran, Sean
  • Curran, Sean.
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
  • Nolan, Charles.
  • Moore, Kathleen.
  • Boylston, Isabella
  • Davis, Gray
  • Forster, Thomas, 1986-
  • Graniero, Nicole
  • Mack, Brooklyn
  • Miller, Allison
  • Stearns, Cory
  • Tamm, Eric
  • Underwood, Leann
  • American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (79 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Kathleen Moore moderates a panel discussion, interspersed with selections from an untitled work in progress, later titled Aria, choreographed by Seán Curran to recorded apologies and arias of Handel. The program opens with a solo (not connected to Aria) performed by Curran, without music. Moderator Kathleen Moore speaks about ABT's tradition of presenting new choreography and gives a brief biography of Curran. Curran speaks about his choreographic methods and ideas and discusses the origins of his current work in progress, and how his background in postmodern dance contrasts with the ballet training of the ABT Studio Company dancers. After the first excerpt from Aria, Curran demonstrates his working process, developing choreography with the dancers. In the final dicussion segment, Charles Nolan speaks about his design ideas, his reactions to the piece and his plans for the costumes; slides of his sketches are shown.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 280
Uniform Title
  • Aria (Choreographic work : Curran)
  • Better to be looking at it, than to be looking for it (Choreographic work : Curran)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
ABT & Sean Curran
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 20, 2005.
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.
Contents
Performance content: Better to be looking at it, than to be looking for it / choreographed and danced by Seán Curran -- Choreographic discussion / Curran and Kathleen Moore -- Exposition / danced by Isabella Boylston, Gray Davis, Thomas Forster, Nicole Graniero, Brooklyn Mack, Leann Underwood -- Choreographic demonstration / Curran and dancers -- Counterpoint duet / danced by Allison Miller and Eric Tamm -- Design discussion / Curran, Moore and Charles Nolan -- New solo / danced by Brooklyn Mack -- Partnering duet / danced by Cory Stearns and Leann Underwood -- Waltz / danced by Isabella Boylston, Gray Davis, Thomas Forster, Nicole Graniero, Brooklyn Mack, Allison Miller.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2923
OCLC
174557327
Title
American Ballet Theatre & Seán Curran [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson] ; music by George Frederick Handel ; choreography by Seán Curran.
Imprint
2005.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 280
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Host, Mary Sharp Cronson ; moderator, Kathleen Moore ; panelists, Sean Curran and Charles Nolan.
Danced by Sean Curran and ABT Studio Company: Isabella Boylston, Gray Davis, Thomas Forster, Nicole Graniero, Brooklyn Mack, Allison Miller, Cory Stearns, Eric Tamm, Leann Underwood.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 20, 2005.
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.
Added Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Curran, Sean, choreographer.
Curran, Sean, dancer.
Curran, Sean. Interviewee
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Composer
Nolan, Charles. Interviewee
Moore, Kathleen. Moderator
Boylston, Isabella, dancer.
Davis, Gray, dancer.
Forster, Thomas, 1986- dancer.
Graniero, Nicole, dancer.
Mack, Brooklyn, dancer.
Miller, Allison, dancer.
Stearns, Cory, dancer.
Tamm, Eric, dancer.
Underwood, Leann, dancer.
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Aria (Choreographic work : Curran)
Better to be looking at it, than to be looking for it (Choreographic work : Curran)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2923
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