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William Forsythe Just dancing around? [and] From a classical position

Title: William Forsythe [videorecording] : Just dancing around? [and] From a classical position / producer, Sophie Gardiner ; series producer, Debra Hauer.
Publication: [S.l.] : Warner Music Vision, 2007.

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Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (77 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"From a classical position" constitutes a single experience of William Forsythe and Dana Caspersen's work, giving a vision of their art as choreographers, dancers and now film-makers. The piece is performed to an original score by Thomas Willems, a composition for a single piano. Just dancing around? is a documentary that focuses on the build-up to the first performance of Forsythe's "The loss of small detail" with rehearsal and performance excerpts, the soundtrack features the avant-garde music of Thomas Willems and Handel's Concerti grossi, and William Forsythe's choreographic process.

Uniform Title

Loss of small detail (Choreographic work : Forsythe)
From a classical position (Choreographic work : Caspersen and Forsythe)

Alternative Title

Just dancing around?
From a classical position

Subjects

Genre/Form

Documentaries and factual works.
Dance.
Video.

Note

Euphoria Films productions for NVC Arts and Channel Four Television in association with Ovation, The Arts Network.
Just dancing around? includes dance excerpts: Loss of small detail (in Montpellier, on July 7, 1995) ; rehearsals including segment with dancer Thomas McManus.

System Details (note)

DVD, NTSC, regions 2-5, 4:3 format; linear-PCM stereo.

Language (note)

In English with optional English or French subtitles.

Contents

Just dancing around? (1996) (ca. 51 min.) / photographed & directed by Mike Figgis ; interviewees, William Forsythe, Leigh Matthews (ballet trainer), Martin Steinhoff (general director, Frankfurt Ballet), Ana Catalina (dancer), Alan Barnes (dancer), Antony Rizzi (dancer/choreographer) -- From a classical position (1992) (ca. 26 min.) / choreographed, directed and danced by Dana Caspersen and William Forsythe.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4465

LCCN

5051442217124

OCLC

181342785

Title

William Forsythe [videorecording] : Just dancing around? [and] From a classical position / producer, Sophie Gardiner ; series producer, Debra Hauer.

Imprint

[S.l.] : Warner Music Vision, 2007.

System Details

DVD, NTSC, regions 2-5, 4:3 format; linear-PCM stereo.

Language

In English with optional English or French subtitles.

Added Author

Forsythe, William, 1949- choreographer.

Forsythe, William, 1949- Interviewee

Forsythe, William, 1949- Director

Forsythe, William, 1949- dancer.

Caspersen, Dana, choreographer.

Caspersen, Dana. Director

Caspersen, Dana, dancer.

McManus, Thomas, 1963- dancer.

Steinhoff, Martin. Interviewee

Willems, Tom. Composer

Figgis, Mike. Director

Figgis, Mike. Photographer

Gardiner, Sophie. Producer

Hauer, Debra. Producer

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Concerti grossi. Selections.

Frankfurter Ballett.

Warner Music Vision (Firm)

NVC Arts (Firm)

Channel Four (Great Britain)

Ovation (TV network)

Added Title

Loss of small detail (Choreographic work : Forsythe)

From a classical position (Choreographic work : Caspersen and Forsythe)

Other Standard Identifier

5051442217124

Publisher No.

50-5144 22171-2-4 Warner Music Vision

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4465

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