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Title

Lecture by Regine Astier [videorecording].

Publication

c1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Astier, Régine.
• Goetting, Jay.
• Holub, Johannes.
• Jarvis Conservatory.
• New York Public Library. Dance Division.
• Pew Charitable Trusts.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (49 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

In the first lecture Regine Astier discusses Baroque dance and the choreographic work, With sword drawn he dances; the type of research needed to create this work and how it helps the performers; the similarities between Baroque dance and fencing; and includes a reading about gentlemen of the 17th century. In the second lecture Astier discusses the similarities between Baroque dance and fencing including the manipulation of energy, the terminology and the bows; the education of a gentleman in the 17th century from childhood beginning with instruction from a dancing master.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation

Alternative Title

With sword drawn he dances (Choreographic work : Turocy)

Subjects

• Dance
• Dance > History > 17th century
• Fencing > Europe > History
• Video
• Lecture
• Baroque dancing

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Lecture.

Note

• Recording made possible by the cooperation of Regine Astier, New York Baroque Dance Company, Jarvis Conservatory in Napa, Calif., and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
• Lectures include several slides which are not visible on this DVD.
• This lecture was given in connection with the performance of With sword drawn he dances by the New York Baroque Dance Company.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Johannes Holub.

Event (note)

• Videotaped before dress rehearsal and performance at the Jarvis Conservatory, Napa, Calif., on Aug. 7 & 8, 1998.

Funding (note)

• The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
• This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

System Details (note)

• DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Contents

Introduction (ca. 2 min.) / by Jay Goetting (administrative director, Jarvis Conservatory) -- Dress rehearsal lecture (ca. 23 min.) / by Regine Astier -- Introduction (ca. 2 min.) / by Jay Goetting (administrative director, Jarvis Conservatory) -- Pre-concert lecture (ca. 22 min.) / by Regine Astier.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5873

OCLC

704984782

Title

Lecture by Regine Astier [videorecording].

Imprint

c1999.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation

System Details

DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Event

Videotaped before dress rehearsal and performance at the Jarvis Conservatory, Napa, Calif., on Aug. 7 & 8, 1998.

Credits

Videographer, Johannes Holub.

Performer

Speaker, Regine Astier.

Funding

The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Local Subject

Baroque dancing.

Added Author

Astier, Régine. Speaker

Goetting, Jay. Speaker

Holub, Johannes. Videographer

Jarvis Conservatory.

New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Pew Charitable Trusts.

Added Title

With sword drawn he dances (Choreographic work : Turocy)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5873