Research Catalog

Title

Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle [electronic resource] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop.

Publication

c1993.

Details

Additional Authors

• Colton, Richard, 1951-
• Doyle, Timothy
• Spencer, Amy
• Coyoc, Josie
• Feigenbaum, Brian
• LeBeau, Andy
• Mostacci, Denise
• Rizzo, Carlo
• Gelfand, Jennifer
• Schmitz, Peter
• Cage, John.
• Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
• Trenet, Charles, 1913-2001.
• Paley, Grace.
• West, Peter.
• Joly, Christine.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
• Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
• Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
• Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
• Spencer/Colton (Company)
• Dance Theater Workshop.
• Video D Studios.
• DHCA.

Found In

Dance Theater Workshop Archive.

Description

2 streaming video files (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance Theater Workshop.

Uniform Title

• Hospitable remarks (Choreographic work : Colton, Doyle and Spencer)
• Current be the pilot (Choreographic work : Colton and Spencer)
• Five nights and a day (Choreographic work : Colton and Spencer)
• Vagabond (Choreographic work : Colton, Doyle and Spencer)

Alternative Title

Pursuing the Pleiades

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Program title on accompanying house program: Pursuing the Pleiades.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

• Lighting, Peter West.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Out-of-Towners series, on September 10, 1993, by Video D Studios.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Contents

• Reel 1. Hospitable remarks (ca. 16 min.) / conceived, choreographed and performed by Richard Colton, Timothy Doyle and Amy Spencer ; music, John Cage (Dream), Frédéric Chopin (Prelude No. 4 in E minor), Charles Trenet (Moi, j'aime le music-hall) ; based on Wants, a short story by Grace Paley ; costumes, Backbay.
• Current be the pilot (ca. 22 min.) / choreography, Richard Colton and Amy Spencer ; music, J.S. Bach (Cantata 178) ; costumes, Christine Joly de Lotbiniere ; danced by Richard Colton, Josie Coyoc, Brian Feigenbaum, Andrew Lebeau, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Carlo Rizzo, Amy Spencer.
• Reel 2. Five nights and a day (premiere) (ca. 21 min.) / choreography, Richard Colton and Amy Spencer ; music, Ludwig van Beethoven (Six bagatelles, Op. 126) ; costumes, Christine Joly de Lotbiniere ; cast: I, Jennifer Gelfand ; II, Amy Spencer ; III, Carlo Rizzo with Denise Mostacci Sklar and Brian Feigenbaum ; IV, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Brian Feigenbaum ; V, Brian Feigenbaum, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Carlo Rizzo, Amy Spencer, with Jennifer Gelfand ; VI, Carlo Rizzo, Amy Spencer, with Jennifer Gelfand.
• The vagabond (ca. 21 min.) / conceived, directed and choreographed by Richard Colton, Timothy Doyle and Amy Spencer ; music, anonymous (Spanish song), Claude Debussy (Minstrels, Preludes Book 1, No. 12), Serge Rachmaninoff (Danse orientale, Op. 2, No. 2), Dmitri Shostakovich (Cello concerto No. 1, second movement) ; based on Daydreams, a short story by Anton Chekhov ; costumes, Christine Joly de Lotbiniere ; cast: Timothy Doyle (vagabond) ; Richard Colton, Jon David Weigand (constables) ; Carlo Rizzo (carpenter) ; Donna La Brecque (wife) ; Jennifer London (mother) ; Erin McMurtry (child) ; Christopher Mattox (baron) ; Amy Spencer (wayfarer) ; with Josie Coyoc, Brian Feigenbaum, Andrew Lebeau, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Peter Schmitz.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 4016

OCLC

NYPY99-F700

Title

Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle [electronic resource] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop.

Imprint

c1993.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Out-of-Towners series, on September 10, 1993, by Video D Studios.

Credits

Lighting, Peter West.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-6052.

Additional Copy: none.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Literature and dance.

Added Author

Colton, Richard, 1951- choreographer.

Colton, Richard, 1951- director.

Colton, Richard, 1951- dancer.

Doyle, Timothy, choreographer, dancer.

Spencer, Amy, choreographer.

Spencer, Amy, dancer.

Coyoc, Josie, dancer.

Feigenbaum, Brian, dancer.

LeBeau, Andy, dancer.

Mostacci, Denise, dancer.

Rizzo, Carlo, dancer.

Gelfand, Jennifer, dancer.

Schmitz, Peter, dancer.

Cage, John. Composer

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer

Trenet, Charles, 1913-2001. Composer

Paley, Grace. Author

West, Peter. Lighting designer

Joly, Christine. Costume designer

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Composer

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Author

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Composer

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Composer

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Composer

Spencer/Colton (Company)

Dance Theater Workshop.

Video D Studios.

DHCA.

Added Title

Hospitable remarks (Choreographic work : Colton, Doyle and Spencer)

Current be the pilot (Choreographic work : Colton and Spencer)

Five nights and a day (Choreographic work : Colton and Spencer)

Vagabond (Choreographic work : Colton, Doyle and Spencer)

Found In:

Dance Theater Workshop Archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-6052 (former)