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MG opening night gala

Title: MG opening night gala, February 2, 1999 / performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce Theater in New York, NY ; choreography by Martha Graham.
Publication: 1999.

Details

Additional Authors

Found In

Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.

Description

1 online resource (1 video file) (140 min., 32 sec.) : sound, color

Summary

A video recording of a performance by the Martha Graham Dance company at the Joyce Theater in New York, NY on February 2, 1999. The performance begins with a short introduction and dedication to Martha Graham. Between the Ritual to the sun and Prelude to action performances, Tony Randall, Pearl Lang, Eli Wallach, and Anne Jackson all speak about their experiences with Martha Graham.

Alternative Title

Martha Graham opening night gala

Genre/Form

Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Title from videocassette label.
Cast and production credits from the program dated for the week of February 2, 1999.
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

Recorded at the Joyce Theater in New York, NY on February 2, 1999.

Contents

Introduction (starts at 00:00, 2 min.) -- Frontier / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Louis Horst ; costumes by Martha Graham ; set by Isamu Noguchi ; lighting by Jean Rosenthal ; Musicians: Aaron Sherber, conductor; Alison Potter, flute; Ariana Ghez, oboe; Laura Koepke, bassoon; Hiro Noguchi, trumpet; Peter Wilson, snare drum; Alan Moverman, piano (performed by Denise Vale)(starts at 04:22, 6 min.) -- Deep song / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Henry Cowell ; costumes by Martha Graham ; lighting by David Finley ; Pianist: Alan Moverman(performed by Christine Dakin)(starts at 13:42, 6 min.) -- Satyric festival song / choreography by Martha Graham ; original music by Imre Weisshaus ; costumes by Martha Graham ; music for reconstruction by Fernando Palacios ; lighting by David Finley ; music arranged by Aaron Sherber ; reconstructed 1994 by Diane Gray & Janet Eilber ; Flute: Alison Potter (performed by Fang Yi Sheu)(starts at 21:50, 4 min.) -- Primitive mysteries / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Louis Horst ; costumes by Martha Graham ; lighting by Beverly Emmons ; special guest direction by Yuriko ; Musicians: Alan Sherber, conductor; Alison Potter, flute; Ariana Ghez, oboe; Alan Moverman, piano (performed by Rika Okamoto, Elizabeth Auclair, Miriam Barbosa, Jennifer Binford, Katherine Crockett, Theresa Da Silva, Erica Dankmeyer, Jennifer DePalo, Alyssa Dodson, Sandra Kaufmann, Nai-Yu Kuo, Kristin Lödöen, Virginie Mécène, Alessandra Prosperi)(starts at 27:17, 21 min.) -- Intermission (starts at 48:35, 25 min.) -- Ritual to the sun from Acts of light / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Carl Neilsen ; costumes by Halston and Martha Graham ; lighting by Beverly Emmons (performed by Katherine Crockett, Martin Lofsnes, Miriam Barbosa, Jennifer Binford, Theresa Da Silva, Erica Dankmeyer, Jennifer DePalo, Alyssa Dodson, Sandra Kaufmann, Nai-Yu Kuo, Kristin Lödöen, Alessandra Prosperi, Ariel Bonilla, Tadej Brdnik, Daniel Cardoso, Gary Galbraith, Christophe Jeannot)(starts at 1:13:27, 13 min.) -- Speeches by Tony Randall, Pearl Lang, Eli Wallach, and Anne Jackson (starts at 1:29:36, 31 min.) -- Prelude to action from Chronicle / choreography by Martha Graham ; music by Wallingford Riegger ; costumes by Martha Graham ; music arranged and orchestrated by Stanley Sussman ; lighting by Steven L. Shelley (performed by Terese Capucilli, Miki Orihara, Jennifer Binford, Theresa Da Silva, Erica Dankmeyer, Jennifer DePalo, Alyssa Dodson, Sandra Kaufmann, Nai-Yu Kuo, Kristin Lödöen, Virginie Mécène, Alessandra Prosperi, Fang-Yi Sheu)(starts at 2:04:04, 11 min.).

OCLC

1370226903

Title

MG opening night gala, February 2, 1999 / performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce Theater in New York, NY ; choreography by Martha Graham.

Production

1999.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

022032

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Event

Recorded at the Joyce Theater in New York, NY on February 2, 1999.

Added Author

Graham, Martha, choreographer, costume designer.

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Frontier.

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Deep song.

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Satyric festival song.

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Primitive mysteries.

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Acts of light. Ritual to the sun.

Container of (work): Graham, Martha. Chronicle. Prelude to action.

Container of (work): Horst, Louis. Frontier.

Container of (work): Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Sinister resonance.

Container of (work): Nielsen, Carl, 1865-1931. Helios.

Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009, speaker.

Jackson, Anne, 1925-2016, speaker.

Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014, speaker.

Randall, Tony, speaker.

Vale, Denise, dancer.

Dakin, Christine, dancer.

Sheu, Fang Yi, dancer.

Okamoto, Rika (Dancer), dancer.

Auclair, Elizabeth, dancer.

Barbosa, Miriam, dancer.

Binford, Jennifer, dancer.

Crockett, Katherine, dancer.

Da Silva, Theresa, dancer.

Dankmeyer, Erica, dancer.

DePalo, Jennifer, dancer.

Dodson, Alyssa, dancer.

Kaufmann, Sandra (Dancer), dancer.

Kuo, Nai-Yu, dancer.

Lödöen, Kristin, dancer.

Mécène, Virginie, dancer.

Prosperi, Alessandra, dancer.

Lofsnes, Martin, dancer.

Bonilla, Ariel, dancer.

Brdnik, Tadej, dancer.

Cardoso, Daniel, dancer.

Galbraith, Gary, dancer.

Jeannot, Christophe, dancer.

Capucilli, Terese, dancer.

Orihara, Miki, dancer.

Gray, Diane, 1941- restager.

Eilber, Janet, restager.

Yuriko, 1920-2022, director.

Sherber, Aaron, conductor, arranger.

Sussman, Stanley, arranger.

Potter, Alison (Musician), musician.

Ghez, Ariana, musician.

Koepke, Laura, musician.

Noguchi, Hiro, musician.

Wilson, Peter (Drummer), musician.

Moverman, Alan, musician.

Arma, Paul, 1905-1987, composer.

Horst, Louis, composer.

Palacios, Fernando, composer.

Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961, composer.

Halston, 1932-1990, costume designer.

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, set designer.

Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-1969, lighting designer.

Finley, David, lighting designer.

Emmons, Beverly, lighting designer.

Shelley, Steven, lighting designer.

Martha Graham Dance Company, dancer.

Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.), event place.

Martha Graham Dance Company, donor.

Found In:

Contained in (manifestation): Martha Graham Dance Company collection.

Other Form:

Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): MG opening night gala. 1 videocassette (140 min., 32 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)528362 (OCoLC)1370237836

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