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The doors of perception

Title
The doors of perception [videorecording] / produced and directed by Sandra Wentworth Bradley ; written by R.B. Phillips ; a co-production of WETA-TV and the Smithsonian Institution in association with Wentworth Films, Inc.
Publication
[Arlington, Va.] : Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association and Smithsonian Institution, c1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Bradley, Sandra Wentworth.
  • Phillips, R. B., 1943-
  • McKenzie, Kevin.
  • Moore, Elvi.
  • WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution.
  • Wentworth Films, Inc.
  • National Ballet (Washington, D.C.)
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (56 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • This program looks at the positive and negative effects of altering consciousness through drug use, specifically cocaine, as well as other consciousness-altering techniques such as athletics, dance, art, and meditation.
  • Dance segments include Kevin McKenzie teaching a ballet class for Washington Ballet, a brief interview with Elvi Moore (artistic director, Washington Ballet), and Balinese and Javanese dance piece created by L.G.A. Ngurah Supartha.
Subject
  • Dance > Indonesia > Bali (Province) > Influence
  • Perception
  • Consciousness
  • Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience
  • Meditation
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual works.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • "For Smithsonian World" -- DVD credits.
Credits (note)
  • Narrator, Halo Wines ; cinematography, Erich Roland ; editor, David Petersen music, Bruce Adolphe ; voice of William Blake, Richard Maddocks.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Source (note)
  • Carolyn Slaughter.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3678
OCLC
55881367
Title
The doors of perception [videorecording] / produced and directed by Sandra Wentworth Bradley ; written by R.B. Phillips ; a co-production of WETA-TV and the Smithsonian Institution in association with Wentworth Films, Inc.
Imprint
[Arlington, Va.] : Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association and Smithsonian Institution, c1991.
System Details
DVD.
Credits
Narrator, Halo Wines ; cinematography, Erich Roland ; editor, David Petersen music, Bruce Adolphe ; voice of William Blake, Richard Maddocks.
Performer
Dance class participants, Washington Ballet Company: Kevin McKenzie (teacher), Julie Miles, John Goding, Terace Jones, Beth Bartholomew and Yan Chen, Christopher Doyle, Françoise Thouveny, Glenn Sales (accompanist).
Source
Gift; Carolyn Slaughter. NN-PD
Local Subject
Ballet dancing.
Added Author
Bradley, Sandra Wentworth. Producer
Bradley, Sandra Wentworth. Director
Phillips, R. B., 1943- Author
McKenzie, Kevin. Teacher
Moore, Elvi. Interviewee
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution.
Wentworth Films, Inc.
National Ballet (Washington, D.C.)
Slaughter, Carolyn. Donor NN-PD
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3678
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