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Armitage Gone! Dance, The elegant universe Works & process at the Guggenheim
- Title
- Armitage Gone! Dance, The elegant universe [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Publication
- 2008.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- This program was presented in collaboration with the World Science Festival. An excerpt from Connoisseurs of chaos and a series of excerpts from the work-in-progress The elegant universe are interspersed with discussions of physics. Karole Armitage speaks about how her choreography was inspired by and reflects the ideas of relativity, quantum mechanics and string theory, drawn from the book The elegant universe by Brian Greene. Theoretical physicist Jim Gates gives a talk on Einstein's theory of special relativity and discusses the nature of science and its relationship to the arts.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
- Series Statement
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
- Uniform Title
- Connoisseurs of chaos (Choreographic work : Armitage)
- Elegant universe (Choreographic work : Armitage)
- Works and process at the Guggenheim.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Video.
- Dance.
- Credits (note)
- Choreography: Karole Armitage. Music: Lukas Ligeti, performed by Ligeti (marimba and electronics), Marco Cappelli (guitar), Ha-Yang Kim (cello).
- Event (note)
- Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 30, 2008.
- Biography (note)
- Program note: "The elegant universe is scheduled to premiere in New York City in 2009."
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-4205
- OCLC
- 247970210
- Title
- Armitage Gone! Dance, The elegant universe [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
- Imprint
- 2008.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Series
- Works & process at the Guggenheim collectionWorks and process at the Guggenheim.
- Credits
- Choreography: Karole Armitage. Music: Lukas Ligeti, performed by Ligeti (marimba and electronics), Marco Cappelli (guitar), Ha-Yang Kim (cello).
- Performer
- Speakers: Karole Armitage, Jim Gates.Dance performed by Armitage Gone! Dance: Leonides Arpon, Matthew Branham, Frances Chiaverini, Megumi Eda, William Isaac, Mei-Hua Wang; and guest dancers: Leah Barsky, Giorgia Bovo, Kristin Draucker, Meredith Fages, Rie Kiyomiya, Jennifer Lott, Luke Manley, Rachel McLaren, Adele LeRoi Nickel, Ally Taylor Sacks, Jenny Sandler, Masayo Yamaguchi.
- Event
- Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 30, 2008.
- Biography
- Program note: "The elegant universe is scheduled to premiere in New York City in 2009."
- Local Note
- For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs]
- Added Author
- Armitage, Karole, choreographer.Armitage, Karole. SpeakerLigeti, Lukas. ComposerLigeti, Lukas. InstrumentalistGates, S. James, Jr. SpeakerCronson, Mary Sharp. ProducerArmitage Gone! Dance.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
- Added Title
- Connoisseurs of chaos (Choreographic work : Armitage)Elegant universe (Choreographic work : Armitage)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-4205