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Light rehearsals

Title
Light [videorecording] : rehearsals / choreography by Kei Takei.
Publication
1980.

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Additional Authors
  • Takei, Kei
  • Balliett, Julie
  • Boulanger, Lori
  • Chin, Kiken
  • Johnstone, Richmond
  • Lashinsky, Karen
  • Miranda, Elsi
  • Pate, Maldwyn
  • Vichinsky, Howard
  • Moving Earth Company.
  • Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts.
Description
6 videodiscs (NTSC) (138 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
These discs contain unedited excerpts from rehearsals and preparations for a performance of Light by Kei Takei and the Moving Earth Company at Yellow Springs. In addition to rehearsals, the discs contain footage of company members assembling costumes, classroom exercises directed by Takei, footage of an outdoor improvisatory workshop, and comments by Takei on her thought about nature and its relation to her choreography.
Series Statement
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Uniform Title
Light (Choreographic work : Takei)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Poor sound quality.
  • Donor inventory numbers: V3-800606-1 through V3-800606-6.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester, Pa., on June 6, 1980.
Biography (note)
  • Light is a continuing series of dances, sometimes performed separately. Parts 12 and 15 were performed as part of the program The mind, part two of the series Six Saturdays: explorations in six archetypal themes.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for the papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Contents
Disc 1: classroom exercises (23 min.) -- Disc 2: sewing room scenes; outdoor dance workshop; Kei Takei interview; dress rehearsal for Light (23 min.) -- Disc 3: dress rehearsal for Light (23 min) -- Disc 4: dress rehearsal for Light (23 min.) -- Disc 5: dress rehearsal for Light (23 min.) -- Disc 6: dress rehearsal for Light (23 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1251
OCLC
NYPG06-F114
Title
Light [videorecording] : rehearsals / choreography by Kei Takei.
Imprint
1980.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of the Moving Earth Company: Julie Balliett, Lori Boulanger, Kiken Chin, Richmond Johnstone, Karen Lashinsky, Elsi Miranda, Maldwyn Pate, Kei Takei, Howard Vichinsky.
Event
Recorded at Yellow Springs Institute, Chester, Pa., on June 6, 1980.
Biography
Light is a continuing series of dances, sometimes performed separately. Parts 12 and 15 were performed as part of the program The mind, part two of the series Six Saturdays: explorations in six archetypal themes.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Yellow Springs Institute records; for the papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 2004-007.
Local Note
Material from these discs was excerpted for the 30-min. documentary Six Saturdays at the Yellow Springs Fellowship for the Arts. For the documentary, see *MGZIDVD 5-255.
House program available through the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
Added Author
Takei, Kei, choreographer, dancer.
Balliett, Julie, dancer.
Boulanger, Lori, dancer.
Chin, Kiken, dancer.
Johnstone, Richmond, dancer.
Lashinsky, Karen, dancer.
Miranda, Elsi, dancer.
Pate, Maldwyn, dancer.
Vichinsky, Howard, dancer.
Moving Earth Company.
Yellow Springs Institute for Contemporary Studies and the Arts.
Added Title
Light (Choreographic work : Takei)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1251
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