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Soda lake

Title
Soda lake [videorecording] / National Resource Centre for Dance, University of Surrey, in collaboration with Rambert Dance Company ; produced for the National Resource Centre for Dance by Television Roehampton (TVR), Roehampton Institute ; produced by Peter Merton ; choreography by Richard Alston ; sculpture by Nigel Hall.
Publication
U.K. : National Resource Centre for Dance, c1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Britton, Amanda
  • Baldwin, Mark
  • Alston, Richard, 1948-
  • Hall, Nigel, 1943-
  • Merton, Peter.
  • Drobinski, Peter.
  • National Resource Centre for Dance (Great Britain)
  • Rambert Dance Company.
  • Television Roehampton.
  • Roehampton Institute.
Description
1 videocassette (39 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Choreographer Richard Alston discusses his solo dance work Soda lake (1981). He begins by describing Nigel Hall's sculpture of the same title (1968), which appears as an element of the piece, and its genesis in Hall's visit to the actual Soda Lake, a dry lake in the Mojave Desert of Nevada. Alston describes the qualities that drew him to the sculpture and inspired him to make a piece around it. After a performance of the solo by Mark Baldwin, Alston analyzes the choreographic structure of the work ; its use of space, shape, weight, and dynamics ; its dual nature as an abstraction and a work redolent with evocative images ; and the relation of the choreography, the sculpture, and the associations of the landscape that inspired the sculpture. The program closes with a second performance of the solo, this time by Amanda Britton.
Uniform Title
Soda lake (Choreographic work : Alston)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Educational/cultural films and programs.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Camera/video editing, Peter Drobinski ; sound, Derek Powell.
Performer (note)
  • Speaker: Richard Alston.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5827
OCLC
NYPY02-F470
Title
Soda lake [videorecording] / National Resource Centre for Dance, University of Surrey, in collaboration with Rambert Dance Company ; produced for the National Resource Centre for Dance by Television Roehampton (TVR), Roehampton Institute ; produced by Peter Merton ; choreography by Richard Alston ; sculpture by Nigel Hall.
Imprint
U.K. : National Resource Centre for Dance, c1990.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Credits
Camera/video editing, Peter Drobinski ; sound, Derek Powell.
Performer
Speaker: Richard Alston.
Danced by Amanda Britton and Mark Baldwin of the Rambert Dance Company.
Local Subject
Sculpture and dance.
Solo dances.
Added Author
Britton, Amanda, dancer.
Baldwin, Mark, dancer.
Alston, Richard, 1948- choreographer. Interviewee
Hall, Nigel, 1943- Sculptor
Merton, Peter. Producer
Drobinski, Peter. Film editor
National Resource Centre for Dance (Great Britain)
Rambert Dance Company.
Television Roehampton.
Roehampton Institute.
Added Title
Soda lake (Choreographic work : Alston)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5827
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