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Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company

Title: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company [videorecording] / artistic director, Christopher Wheeldon.
Publication: c2008.

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Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Polyphonia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
Six fold illuminate (Choreographic work : Molnar)
Commedia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Films produced and directed by Benjamin Pierce.
Recording made possible by the cooperation of the Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company, New York City Center, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Dancers appear courtesy of New York City Ballet, The Norwegian National Ballet, and The Royal Ballet.
Maria Kowroski only performed on Oct. 1, 2008 in Monotones II.
Six fold illuminate and Commedia are preceded by brief film introductions to these works.

Credits (note)

Video production, Sathya Productions ; camera, David Smith, Gary Jelaso; editor, Molly McBride.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at the New York City Center, New York, on Oct. 2, 2008.

Funding (note)

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

System Details (note)

DVD, transferred from Betacam SP cassette.

Biography (note)

Polyphonia premiered by The New York City Ballet, Jan. 4, 2001. Six fold illuminate premiered at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on Sept. 26, 2008. Commedia premiered at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on Sept. 24, 2008.

Contents

Polyphonia (ca. 29 min.) / choreography, Christopher Wheeldon ; staged by, Christopher Wheeldon and Jason Fowler ; music, György Ligeti ; pianist, Cameron Grant ; costumes, Holly Hynes ; lighting, Mark Stanley ; danced by Wendy Whelan and Tyler Angle, Tiler Peck and Gonzalo Garcia, Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Craig Hall, Teresa Reichlen and Jason Fowler.
Six fold illuminate (ca. 25 min.) / choreography, Emily Molnar ; music, Steve Reich (Variations for winds, strings, and keyboards) ; costumes, Narciso Rodriguez ; lighting, Pierre Lavoie ; costume production, Ellen Stockbridge ; danced by Céline Cassone, Drew Jacoby, Rory Hohenstein, Edwaard Liang, Rubinald Pronk, Edward Watson.
Commedia (ca. 30 min.) / choreography, Christopher Wheeldon ; music, Igor Stravinsky (Pulcinella suite) ; costumes, Isabel Toledo ; scenery, Ruben Toledo ; lighting, Penny Jacobus ; costume production, Angela Kostritzky ; danced by Leanne Benjamin, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Céline Cassone, Drew Jacoby, Rory Hohenstein, Edwaard Liang, Rubinald Pronk, Edward Watson.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4498

OCLC

298348159

Title

Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company [videorecording] / artistic director, Christopher Wheeldon.

Imprint

c2008.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD, transferred from Betacam SP cassette.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the New York City Center, New York, on Oct. 2, 2008.

Credits

Video production, Sathya Productions ; camera, David Smith, Gary Jelaso; editor, Molly McBride.

Performer

Danced by Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company: Tyler Angle, Leanne Benjamin, Céline Cassone, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Jason Fowler, Gonzalo Garcia, Craig Hall, Andreas Heise, Rory Hohenstein, Drew Jacoby, Maria Kowroski, Edwaard Liang, Tiler Peck, Rubinald Pronk, Teresa Reichlen, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Christine Thomassen, Edward Watson, Wendy Whelan.

Music played by the Orchestra of St. Luke's ; conductor, Alan Pierson.

Funding

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Biography

Polyphonia premiered by The New York City Ballet, Jan. 4, 2001. Six fold illuminate premiered at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on Sept. 26, 2008. Commedia premiered at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on Sept. 24, 2008.

Added Author

Wheeldon, Christopher, choreographer.

Wheeldon, Christopher, director.

Angle, Tyler, dancer.

Benjamin, Leanne, 1964- dancer.

Cassone, Céline, dancer.

Danchig-Waring, Adrian, dancer.

Fowler, Jason, dancer.

Garcia, Gonzalo (Dancer)

Hall, Craig, dancer.

Heise, Andreas (Dancer)

Hohenstein, Rory, dancer.

Jacoby, Drew, dancer.

Liang, Edward, dancer.

Peck, Tiler, dancer.

Pronk, Rubinald, dancer.

Reichlen, Teresa, dancer.

Stix-Brunell, Beatriz, 1993- dancer.

Thomassen, Christine, dancer.

Watson, Edward (Dancer)

Whelan, Wendy, dancer.

Pierson, Alan, 1974- Conductor

Molnar, Emily, choreographer.

Hynes, Holly. Costume designer

Stanley, Mark. Lighting designer

Fowler, Jason. Restager

Ligeti, György, 1923-2006. Composer

Reich, Steve, 1936- Variations, orchestra.

Rodriguez, Narciso. Costume designer

Lavoie, Pierre. Lighting designer

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Pulcinella. Suite.

Toledo, M. Isabel. Costume designer

Toledo, Ruben. Lighting designer

Jacobus, Penny. Lighting designer

McBride, Molly. Videographer

McBride, Molly. Editor

Tschantre, Jason. Editor

New York City Center.

Sathya Production Services (Firm)

New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company.

Added Title

Polyphonia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)

Six fold illuminate (Choreographic work : Molnar)

Commedia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4498

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