Research Catalog

Title

Medea [videorecording] / choreography by John Butler ; music by Samuel Barber.

Publication

[1975 or later]

Details

Additional Authors

• Butler, John, 1920-1993
• Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981
• DHCA.
• Butler, John, 1920-1993

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Estate of John Butler.

Subject

• Mythology, Greek
• Pas de deux

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from original container.

Event (note)

• Videotaped onstage, location and date not identified [first performed in 1975].

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-5808

OCLC

NYPY98-F3232

Title

Medea [videorecording] / choreography by John Butler ; music by Samuel Barber.

Imprint

[1975 or later]

Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (33 min.) : sd. and si., col. ; 3/4 in.

Event

Videotaped onstage, location and date not identified [first performed in 1975].

Performer

Dancers not identified. Original container is labeled "Misha" (i.e., Mikhail Baryshnikov), but this identification is uncertain.

Summary

Three repetitions of the work, the first a close shot, slightly abridged in the man's first solo and the first duo section; the second and third are wide shots without audio.

Added Author

Butler, John, 1920-1993, choreographer.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Medea.

DHCA.

Container of (work): Butler, John, 1920-1993. Medea.

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-5808