Research Catalog

Title

15 days of dance [videorecording] : the making of "Ghost light" / Picture Start Films and Center for the Moving Image, University of Buffalo present ; a film by Elliot Caplan ; producer/director, Elliot Caplan ; choreographer, Brian Reeder.

Publication

[New York] : Picture Start Films, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Caplan, Elliot
• Reeder, Brian
• Alekzander, Aria
• Doble, Roddy
• Sebastian, José
• Gorak, Joseph
• Thomas, Mary Mills
• Bittencourt, Yannick
• Gaj, Owen
• Gurfein, Ty
• Teuscher, Devon
• Warren, Faye Hideko
• Williams, Katherine
• Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
• McFadden, Kevin
• DuBois, Donald F.
• Ballard, Dennis
• Reeder, Brian
• American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, dancer
• State University of New York at Buffalo. Center for the Moving Image, presenter
• Picture Start Films, presenter

Description

20 videodiscs (1,375 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"American Ballet Theatre Studio Company and choreographer Brian Reeder were commissioned by the Center for the Moving Image, University of Buffalo to create a new dance. This film documents the making of the dance, day-by-day."--Container.

Alternative Title

• Fifteen days of dance
• Making of "Ghost Light"
• Ghost light

Subjects

• Dance
• Reeder, Brian
• Reeder, Brian > Ghost light
• Feature films > United States
• Dance films
• Documentary films
• Video
• Ballet > Production and direction > New York (State)
• Nonfiction films
• Dance rehearsals
• Filmed dance
• Choreography > New York (State)
• Dance > Production and direction > New York (State)

Genre/Form

• Filmed dance.
• Video.
• Dance.
• Dance films.
• Documentary films.
• Nonfiction films.
• Feature films.
• Feature films – United States.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Originally produced in 2010.
• "Special Thanks, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Jan Schmidt, Alan Pally, Mike Diekmann." -- Closing credits, DVD.

Credits (note)

• Music, Aaron Copland (Music for the Theatre) ; performed by Leonard Bernstein ; camera, Elliot Caplan, Donald DuBois ; editors, Elliot Caplan, Donald DuBois ; costumes, Dennis Ballard.

System Details (note)

• DVD-R; NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0.

Contents

Day 1, morning (71 min.) -- Day 1, afternoon (70 min.) -- Day 2 (97 min.) -- Day 3, morning (69 min.) -- Day 3, afternoon (94 min.) -- Day 4 (39 min.) -- Day 5 (63 min.) -- Day 6 (57 min.) -- Day 7 (75 min.) -- Day 8, morning (69 min.) -- Day 8, afternoon (76 min.) -- Day 8, evening (75 min.) -- Day 9 (81 min.) -- Day 10, afternoon (60 min.) -- Day 10, evening (71 min.) -- Day 11, afternoon (49 min.) -- Day 11, evening (72 min.) -- Days 12 & 13 (56 min.) -- Days 14 & 15 (83 min.) -- Rehearsal compilation (26 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4959

OCLC

665073069

Title

15 days of dance [videorecording] : the making of "Ghost light" / Picture Start Films and Center for the Moving Image, University of Buffalo present ; a film by Elliot Caplan ; producer/director, Elliot Caplan ; choreographer, Brian Reeder.

Imprint

[New York] : Picture Start Films, c2010.

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

System Details

DVD-R; NTSC; 16:9 widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0.

Performer

Dancers, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company: Aria Alekzander, Roddy Doble, José Sebastian, Joseph Gorak, Mary Mills Thomas, Yannick Bittencourt, Owen Gaj, Ty Gurfein, Devon Teuscher, Faye Hideko Warren, Katherine Williams ; accompanist, Kevin McFadden.

Credits

Music, Aaron Copland (Music for the Theatre) ; performed by Leonard Bernstein ; camera, Elliot Caplan, Donald DuBois ; editors, Elliot Caplan, Donald DuBois ; costumes, Dennis Ballard.

Event

Videotaped during rehearsal at ABT Studios, New York, N.Y. and at the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., 2007.

Added Author

Caplan, Elliot, producer.

Caplan, Elliot, filmmaker.

Caplan, Elliot, director.

Caplan, Elliot, videographer.

Reeder, Brian, choreographer.

Alekzander, Aria, dancer.

Doble, Roddy, dancer.

Sebastian, José, dancer.

Gorak, Joseph, dancer.

Thomas, Mary Mills, dancer.

Bittencourt, Yannick, dancer.

Gaj, Owen, dancer.

Gurfein, Ty, dancer.

Teuscher, Devon, dancer.

Warren, Faye Hideko, dancer.

Williams, Katherine, dancer.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Music for the theatre.

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990, musician.

McFadden, Kevin, instrumentalist.

DuBois, Donald F., videographer.

DuBois, Donald F.

Ballard, Dennis, costumes designer.

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, dancer.

State University of New York at Buffalo. Center for the Moving Image, presenter.

Picture Start Films, presenter.

Container of (work): Reeder, Brian. Ghost light.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4959