Research Catalog

TEA/dances

Title
TEA/dances / performed by Janis Brenner & Dancers ; presented by The Danspace Project.
Publication
1991.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Brenner, Janis
  • Taketa, Edward Akio
  • Hammer, Chuck
  • Heschel, Susannah
  • Conte, Zephryn
  • Nelson, Jalalu-Kalvert, 1951-
  • Kidd, Barbara
  • Shayler, Laurie
  • Flink, Carl
  • Hellman, Sherri
  • Sigler, Cynthia Marie
  • Janis Brenner & Dancers, performer.
  • St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
  • Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
Description
1 streaming video file (83 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Janis Brenner talks about each piece before it is performed. The Question & Answer session discusses Janis Brenner's process involved with creating these choreographic works and the music used for this performance.
Uniform Title
  • Shekhinah/Voices (Choreographic work : Brenner and Taketa)
  • Soft Enclave (Choreographic work : Brenner)
  • Non-Sinatra Songs (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Subject
Brenner, Janis
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Title from handwriting on original DVD and Dance Division program from *MGZB Brenner, Janis.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  • Janis Brenner;
Contents
  • Warm up & Introduction [begins abruptly] (5 min.) / speaker, Janis Brenner ; dancers, Janis Brenner & Dancers.
  • Shekhinah/Voices (1989 & Premiere) (12 min.) / Part I (1989): choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, Chuck Hammer ; vocals sung by Janis Brenner & Zephryn Conte ; text source, Susannah Heschel (On Being Jewish Feminist) ; performed by Janis Brenner, Edward Akio Taketa -- Part II (Premiere): choreography & performance by Janis Brenner & Edward Akio Taketa ; music, Zephryn Conte in collaboration with Maat-Raa, Janis Brenner & Edward Akio Taketa ; costumes, Janis Brenner.
  • Discussion (4 min.) / by Janis Brenner.
  • Soft Enclave (Premiere) (15 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, sung by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson ; costumes, Barbara Kidd ; performed by Edward Akio Taketa, Laurie Shayler, Cynthia Sigler, Sherri Hellman & Carl Lindsay Flink.
  • Discussion (2 min.) / by Janis Brenner.
  • Non-Sinatra Songs (Premiere) (18 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, sung by Carmen McRae, Dionne Warwick, Lou Reed, Pia Zadora, Bobby Darin, 3 Dog Night, Jim Nabors, Tom Jones, Sid Vicious ; performed by The Company.
  • Question & Answer session (28 min.) / participants, Janis Brenner, Edward Akio Taketa, Laurie Shayler, Cynthia Sigler, Sherri Hellman & Carl Lindsay Flink.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6932
OCLC
869472296
Title
TEA/dances / performed by Janis Brenner & Dancers ; presented by The Danspace Project.
Production
1991.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
video
Type of Carrier
online resource
Original Version
Original format: 1 videodisc (DVD) ; 4 3/4 in.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event
Videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, N.Y., as part of Danspace Project's TEA/dances 1991 June 2.
Source
Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Brenner, Janis, choreographer.
Brenner, Janis, dancer.
Brenner, Janis, vocalist.
Brenner, Janis, costume designer.
Taketa, Edward Akio, choreographer.
Taketa, Edward Akio, dancer.
Taketa, Edward Akio, vocalist.
Hammer, Chuck, composer.
Heschel, Susannah, writer of added text.
Conte, Zephryn, composer.
Nelson, Jalalu-Kalvert, 1951- vocalist.
Kidd, Barbara, costume designer.
Shayler, Laurie, dancer.
Flink, Carl, dancer.
Hellman, Sherri, dancer.
Sigler, Cynthia Marie, dancer.
Janis Brenner & Dancers, performer.
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
Brenner, Janis, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Shekhinah/Voices (Choreographic work : Brenner and Taketa)
Container of (work): Soft Enclave (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Container of (work): Non-Sinatra Songs (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6932
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