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Leigh Witchel dance Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Leigh Witchel dance [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Witchel, Leigh, 1963-
  • Yatsuhashi Kengyō, 1614-1685.
  • Boal, Peter
  • Ishigure, Masayo
  • Mohr, Matthew
  • Quinn, David
  • Connolly, Camille
  • Pérotin, -1238?
  • Carpenter, Mary
  • Folger, Sarah LaPorte
  • Friedman, Morgan
  • Paolucci, Christina
  • Butterworth, George, 1885-1916.
  • Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
  • Boal, Peter
  • Carpenter, Mary
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Dance As Ever (Dance company)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program includes a panel discussion on choreographer Leigh Witchel and his company Dance As Ever, interspersed with performances of three of Witchel's pieces. The panelists discuss the music and inspiration for each dance, Witchel's basis in the classical idiom, his work on solo dances for Peter Boal, and his collaborative choreographic style.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 202.
Uniform Title
  • Midare (Choreographic work : Witchel)
  • Shropshire lad (Choreographic work : Witchel)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Credits (note)
  • Choreography by Leigh Witchel. Set design by Matthew Mohr. Costume design by David Quinn. Lighting design by Camille Connolly.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 26 and 27, 2003. (Viewer copy is Jan. 26, 2003.)
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Contents
Midare / music by Yatsuhashi Kengyō ; danced by Peter Boal ; koto played by Masayo Ishigure -- Word become flesh / music by Anonymous (Alleluia, Christus resurgens) and Perotinus Magnus, or Pérotin (Sederunt principes) ; danced by Mary Carpenter, Sarah LaPorte Folger, Morgan Friedman, and Christina Paolucci -- A Shropshire lad / music by George Butterworth ; lyrics by A. E. Housman ; danced by Peter Boal.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1205
OCLC
86175249
Title
Leigh Witchel dance [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 202.
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Choreography by Leigh Witchel. Set design by Matthew Mohr. Costume design by David Quinn. Lighting design by Camille Connolly.
Performer
Dances performed by Peter Boal, Mary Carpenter, Sarah LaPorte Folger, Morgan Friedman, and Christina Paolucci. Koto played by Masayo Ishigure. Panelists: Leigh Witchel, Peter Boal, Mary Carpenter. Moderator: Nancy Reynolds.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 26 and 27, 2003. (Viewer copy is Jan. 26, 2003.)
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Witchel, Leigh, 1963- choreographer.
Yatsuhashi Kengyō, 1614-1685. Composer
Boal, Peter, dancer.
Ishigure, Masayo. Instrumentalist
Mohr, Matthew. Set designer
Quinn, David. Costume designer
Connolly, Camille. Lighting designer
Pérotin, -1238? Sederunt principes.
Carpenter, Mary, dancer.
Folger, Sarah LaPorte, dancer.
Friedman, Morgan, dancer.
Paolucci, Christina, dancer.
Butterworth, George, 1885-1916. Songs from A Shropshire lad.
Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936. Shropshire lad.
Witchel, Leigh, 1963- Interviewee
Boal, Peter. Interviewee
Carpenter, Mary. Interviewee
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Dance As Ever (Dance company)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Midare (Choreographic work : Witchel)
Shropshire lad (Choreographic work : Witchel)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1205
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