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Women Hitting the Wall : Stories from the Dance World

Title
Women Hitting the Wall : Stories from the Dance World / directed by Joanna Mendl Shaw ; co-sponsored by The Gender Project and The Crystal Quilt.
Publication
2001.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Shaw, JoAnna Mendl
  • Rapp, Rayna
  • Marks, Linda
  • Wood, Ellis
  • Brenner, Janis
  • Nebrida, Tessa
  • Shick, Vicky
  • Marcotty, Fiona
  • Porter, Claire, 1942-
  • Latsky, Heidi
  • Kaufman, Kathy
  • Bogard, Mitchell
  • Gender Project (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 streaming video file (123 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Panel answers questions from the audience and discusses the realities of gender disparity in the dance community including issues regarding coping mechanisms, career strategies, and funding.
Uniform Title
  • Secret History of Water (Choreographic work : Nebrida)
  • Hindsight (Choreographic work ; Shick)
  • Default Setting (Choreographic work : Marcotty)
  • Ordering Greens (Choreographic work : Porter)
  • For Charlotte (Choreographic work : Latsky)
Alternative Title
Gender Project : Women Hitting the Wall
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
Note
  • Titles from original cassette label; some credits from Dance Division's *MGZB Brenner, Janis [programs].
  • Janis Brenner reads gender statistics between each solo performance.
  • The Gender Project started in 1998 out of an informal conversation that JoAnna Mendl Shaw had with Ellis Wood. We launched a research project that choreographer Janis Brenner initiated, to look at both New York and national statistics and compare male and female representation. Wishing to disseminate these statistics in an unusual and very visible way, we created a performance project titled Women Hitting the Wall and featuring Janis Brenner as Narrator. Reading of statistics became the thread that wove together a series of solos. We did four versions of Women Hitting the Wall in New York, one in Chicago, and one in Philadelphia. The performances always concluded with a facilitated discussion. -- Joanna Mendle Shaw: The Gender Project, New York Foundation for the Arts (www.nyfa.org).
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Lighting design, Kathy Kaufman ; video, Mitchell Bogard.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator, Janis Brenner (text taken from research done by Janis Brenner).
Source (note)
  • Janis Brenner;
Contents
Introduction (9 min.) / by JoAnna Mendl Shaw (co-founder, The Gender Project), Linda Marks (director, Crystal Quilt) -- The Secret History of Water (excerpt) (8 min.) / choreography and performance, Tessa Nebrida -- Hindsight (excerpts) (8 min.) / choreography and performance, Vicky Shick -- Default Setting (7 min.) / choreography and performance, Fiona Marcotty -- Ordering Greens (13 min.) / choreography and performance, Claire Porter -- For Charlotte (8 min.) / choreography and performance, Heidi Latsky with daughter Charlotte -- Conclusion with all the performers (3 min.) -- Post Performance discussion (ends abruptly) (61 min.) / moderator, Dr. Rayna Rapp (NYU Professor, Anthropology & Women's Studies) ; panel, Tessa Nebrida, Vicky Shick, Fiona Marcotty, Claire Porter, Heidi Latsky, Janis Brenner, JoAnna Mendl Shaw.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6923
OCLC
864828541
Title
Women Hitting the Wall : Stories from the Dance World / directed by Joanna Mendl Shaw ; co-sponsored by The Gender Project and The Crystal Quilt.
Production
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
video
Type of Carrier
online resource
Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (Hi8) ; 3/4 in.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Lighting design, Kathy Kaufman ; video, Mitchell Bogard.
Cast
Narrator, Janis Brenner (text taken from research done by Janis Brenner).
Event
Videotaped in performance possibly at Construction Company, New York, N.Y. 2001 March 19.
Source
Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
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Added Author
Shaw, JoAnna Mendl, creator.
Shaw, JoAnna Mendl, speaker.
Shaw, JoAnna Mendl, stage director.
Rapp, Rayna, moderator.
Marks, Linda, speaker.
Wood, Ellis, creator.
Brenner, Janis, narrator.
Nebrida, Tessa, performer.
Nebrida, Tessa, speaker.
Nebrida, Tessa, choreographer.
Shick, Vicky, performer.
Shick, Vicky, speaker.
Shick, Vicky, choreographer.
Marcotty, Fiona, performer.
Marcotty, Fiona, speaker.
Marcotty, Fiona, choreographer.
Porter, Claire, 1942- performer.
Porter, Claire, 1942- speaker.
Porter, Claire, 1942- choreographer.
Latsky, Heidi, performer.
Latsky, Heidi, speaker.
Latsky, Heidi, choreographer.
Kaufman, Kathy, lighting designer.
Bogard, Mitchell, videographer.
Gender Project (New York, N.Y.)
Brenner, Janis, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Secret History of Water (Choreographic work : Nebrida)
Container of (work): Hindsight (Choreographic work ; Shick)
Container of (work): Default Setting (Choreographic work : Marcotty)
Container of (work): Ordering Greens (Choreographic work : Porter)
Container of (work): For Charlotte (Choreographic work : Latsky)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6923
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