Research Catalog

Title

Cursive II [videorecording] / a ballet by Lin Hwai-min for the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan ; an RM Creative production.

Publication

Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lin, Huaimin
• Lin, Huaimin.
• Cage, John.
• MacGibbon, Ross.
• Moritz, Reiner E., 1938-
• Yun men wu ji.
• Zürcher Ballett.
• RM Creative Fernseh- und Film-GmbH.
• Opus Arte (Firm)

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (147 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Floating on the ground: a documentary by Reiner E. Moritz, portraying Lin Hwai-min, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan and "Cursive II" in the context of the company's history, including interviews with the choreographer, dancers and creative team.

Uniform Title

Cursive II (Choreographic work: Lin)

Alternative Title

Cursive two

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Documentaries and factual works.

Note

• Floating on the ground dance excerpts: Songs of the wanderers (1994); The tale of the white serpent (1975); Legacy (1978); My nostalgia, my songs (1986); Nine songs, Portrait of the families (1997); Moonwater (1998); Bamboo dream (rehearsal and performance, 2001); Cursive I (2001); Cursive II (2003); Cursive III (2005).
• Program notes in English, French and German in container, see; *MGZIDVD 5-4439 [Notes].

Credits (note)

• Music, John Cage ; set design, Austin Wang; lighting design, Lin Keh-hua; costume design, Lin Jing-ru; television director, Ross MacGibbon ; television executive producer, Reiner E. Moritz ; editing, James Bicknell.

Event (note)

• Originally recorded for television in 2005.

System Details (note)

• DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.

Language (note)

• In English with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian (extra features only).

Contents

• Introduction. Dragon flying and phoenix dancing: an introduction to Cursive II (ca. 23 min.) / by Reiner E. Moritz ; interviewees: Lin Hwai-min (choreographer, artistic director), Cheng Tsung-lung (dancer), Lee Ching-chun (dancer), Ross MacGibbon (director), Shen Yi-wen (dancer).
• Performance. Cursive II (ca. 66 min.).
• Documentary. Lin Hwai-min, Floating on the ground (ca. 58 min.) / a film by Reiner E. Moritz ; light, Jackson Liu ; interviewees: Sabine Mouscardès (Zurich Ballet), Ana Carolina Quaresma (Zurich Ballet), Dirk Segers (Zurich Ballet), Yen Han (Zurich Ballet), Heinz Spoerli (Zurich Ballet), Lee Ching-chun (rehearsal director/solo dancer), Wen Kate (president, Cloud Gate Dance School), Jochen Schmidt (dance critic), Hsiung Wei (tai chi dao yin master), Adam Chi Hsu (kung fu master).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4439

LCCN

809478009528

OCLC

70912995

Title

Cursive II [videorecording] / a ballet by Lin Hwai-min for the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan ; an RM Creative production.

Imprint

Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, c2006.

System Details

DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.

Performer

Dancers, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: 1. Chiu I-wen, Lin Tzu-chun, Wen Ching-ching, Yang I-chun ; 2. Cheng Tsung-lung and Lin Chia-liang, Tang Kuo-feng, Tsai Ming-yuan, Wang Chih-hao, Wong Lap-cheong ; 3. Huang Pei-hua, Wang Chih-hao ; 4. Lee Ching-chun ; 5. Cheng Tsung-lung, Huang Hsu-hui, Lin Chia-liang, Sung Chao-chiun, Tang Kuo-feng, Tsai Ming-yuan, Tsao Kuei-hsing, Wang Chih-hao, Wong Lap-cheong ; 6. Cheng Tsung-lung, Chiu I-wen, Huang Hsu-hui, Shen Yi-wen, Su I-ping, Tang Kuo-feng, Tsai Ming-yuan, Wen Ching-ching ; 7. Chou Wei-ping, Sung Chao-chiun ; 8. Chou Chang-ning, Su I-ping, Tang Kuo-feng, Wen Ching-ching and Chiu I-wen, Chou Wei-ping, Tsai Hui-chen, Tsai Ming-yuan, Tsao Kuei-hsing, Wang Chih-hao, Wong Lap-cheong ; 9. Lin Chia-liang ; 10. Liu Hui-ling, Su I-ping, Tsai Ming-yuan ; 11. The company.

Credits

Music, John Cage ; set design, Austin Wang; lighting design, Lin Keh-hua; costume design, Lin Jing-ru; television director, Ross MacGibbon ; television executive producer, Reiner E. Moritz ; editing, James Bicknell.

Event

Originally recorded for television in 2005.

Language

In English with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian (extra features only).

Added Author

Lin, Huaimin, choreographer.

Lin, Huaimin. Interviewee

Cage, John. Composer

MacGibbon, Ross. Director

Moritz, Reiner E., 1938- Director

Yun men wu ji.

Zürcher Ballett.

RM Creative Fernseh- und Film-GmbH.

Opus Arte (Firm)

Added Title

Cursive II (Choreographic work: Lin)

Other Standard Identifier

809478009528

Publisher No.

OA 0952 D Opus Arte

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4439 Notes in file