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Awakening Dancing Goddesses : Real and Imagined

Title
Awakening Dancing Goddesses : Real and Imagined / presented by Christine Jowers/Moving Arts Projects, Exploring Dancing Landscapes.
Publication
2004.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Jowers, Christine
  • Tidrick, Chriselle
  • Cohen, Michelle
  • Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
  • Finnerty, Jeanne
  • Hanna, Ed
  • Cohen, Rachel
  • Cobb, Catlin
  • Doyle, Julie
  • Brenner, Janis
  • Oleksiak, Agata, 1976-
  • Gallant, Catherine
  • Lin, Kun-Yang
  • Bleckmann, Theo
  • Carlson, Ann, 1954-
  • Nagata, Naoko
  • Christine Jowers/Moving Arts Projects, presenter.
Description
1 streaming video file (71 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
The first act was dedicated to remembering Isadora Duncan and the second half of the show was dedicated to the dance history fantasy of waking up "imagined" goddesses of dance.
Uniform Title
  • Awakening Dancing Goddesses (Choreographic work : Jowers)
  • Revolutionary (Choreographic work : Duncan)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
Note
  • Title from original VHS label; credits from the Moving Arts Projects website, and Dance Division program, *MGZB Brenner, Janis.
  • Larry Keigwin section entitled Goddess of the Playground was not included on this video.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  • Janis Brenner;
Contents
  • Part 1: Meditations on a Dancing Goddess-Isadora Duncan (35 min.). The Scarf (2004) / choreography, Catlin Cobb, Christine Jowers, and Excerpts of Dance of the Furies by Isadora Duncan arranged by Catherine Gallant ; sound collage, Robert Gould and Catlin Cobb ; text, Catlin Cobb, Christine Jowers, and Isadora Duncan ; additional text, Joseph Mazo (Prime Movers and the Makers of Modern Dance in America) ; costumes, Naoko Nagata (for Christine Jowers) and Julie Doyle (for Dances by Isadora) ; dancers, Christine Jowers (soloist), Catherine Gallant, Michelle Cohen, and Chriselle Tidrick -- Waves (2004) / choreography, Catherine Gallant (based on the water dances of Isadora Duncan ; dancers, Catherine Gallant, Michelle Cohen, and Chriselle Tidrick -- Voice of Light (2001) / choreography, Kun Yang Lin ; music, Janis Brenner and Theo Bleckmann (Mars Cantata) ; costume, Naoko Nagata ; soloist, Christine Jowers -- Three Graces (2004) / choreography, Christine Jowers and Dancers ; music, C. Gluck ; dancers, Catherine Gallant, Michelle Cohen, and Chriselle Tidrick -- Mother/Flesh (2001) / choreography, Ann Carlson ; music, F. Chopin (Opus 64 Waltz in C) ; costume, LaRue Designs ; soloist, Christine Jowers -- Harp (1920) / choreography, Isadora Duncan ; music, F. Chopin (Etude op. 25, no. 1) ; costume, Julie Doyle ; danced and reconstructed by Catherine Gallant.
  • Part 2: Awakening the Dancing Goddesses of NYC (A dance history fantasy in progress) (35 min.). An Old Story About The New City (video, 2004) (8 min.) / author and narrator, Christine Jowers ; video design/direction, Jeanne Finnerty and Ed Hanna -- Goddess of Recycling - looks good on paper (2004) (12 min.) / choreography, Rachel Cohen ; music part I, Toto La Mompasina (La Sombra Negra) ; music part 2, original composition by Chris Becker ; costume, Agata Olek Oleksiak ; soloist, Christine Jowers -- Laugh/Cry-The Goddess of Changing Landscapes (2004) (9 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, composed and performed by Janis Brenner with instrumentals by Theo Bleckmann ; costume, Naoko Nagata ; soloist, Christine Jowers -- ReVOLuTIONary (1923) (5 min.) / choreography, Isadora Duncan ; reconstructed by Catherine Gallant ; music, A. Scriabin (Etude Opus 8, Number 12) ; c ostume, Contemporary Design by Naoko Nagata ; soloist, Christine Jowers.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6971
OCLC
870272925
Title
Awakening Dancing Goddesses : Real and Imagined / presented by Christine Jowers/Moving Arts Projects, Exploring Dancing Landscapes.
Production
2004.
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 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
Performed by Christine Jowers with Catherine Gallant, Chriselle Tidrick and Michelle Cohen (from Catherine Gallant's Dances By Isadora).
Event
Videotaped in performance at Cunningham Dance Studio Theater, New York, N.Y. 2004 November.
Source
Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Jowers, Christine, choreographer.
Jowers, Christine, performer.
Jowers, Christine, writer of added text.
Tidrick, Chriselle, performer.
Cohen, Michelle, performer.
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927, choreographer.
Finnerty, Jeanne, videographer.
Hanna, Ed, videographer.
Cohen, Rachel, choreographer.
Cobb, Catlin, choreographer.
Doyle, Julie, costume designer.
Brenner, Janis, choreographer.
Brenner, Janis, composer.
Oleksiak, Agata, 1976- costume designer.
Gallant, Catherine, dancer.
Gallant, Catherine, choreographer.
Lin, Kun-Yang, choreographer.
Bleckmann, Theo, composer.
Carlson, Ann, 1954- choreographer.
Nagata, Naoko, costume designer.
Christine Jowers/Moving Arts Projects, presenter.
Brenner, Janis, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Awakening Dancing Goddesses (Choreographic work : Jowers)
Container of (work): Revolutionary (Choreographic work : Duncan)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6971
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