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Alternative title
Ode
Interview with Ze'eva Cohen
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Contents
CONTENTS: Out of wilderness (approx. 22 min.). Music: Ernest Bloch. Costumes: Laura Drawbaugh. Lighting: Steve Wheeldon. Perf. by Ballet Omaha: Rachel Adair, Nicole Brun, Juliette Burket, Deborah Carr, Susan Chowning, Nancy Rose, Robin Welch, Eugene Chua, Alfredo Marenco, Eric Otte, Reed Scott, Celeste Amos, Elena Fasan, Wendy Fish, Robyn Robbins, and Kristen Wolfe. -- Ode (approx. 23 min.). Music: Vangelis Papathanassiou, with vocals by Irene Papas. Scenery: Nancy Goldring. Costumes: Larry Prospero. Lighting: Ken Bowen. Perf. by Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble: Mary Ward, with Christina Ernst, Sherry Clarke, Sherry Zunker, Sam Watson, April Siegfried, and Kenneth Comstock. -- Interview with Ze'eva Cohen (approx. 14 min.). Interviewer: Philip Guerrard. Cohen discusses various aspects of her choreography for Ode: its use of folk dance qualities; the inspiration provided by its music, especially the singing of Irene Papas; and its use of ancient Greek art as a source of movement ideas. Her comments are interspersed with rehearsal and performance footage of Ode. At the end of the interview, artistic director Tara Mitton offers a few comments on the company and its work with Cohen.
Call number
*MGZIDF 2773
Note
Compilation of two works and an interview. Out of wilderness recorded onstage at the Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Nebraska, in April 1991. Ode recorded onstage at Weinstein Center for the Performing Arts, Evanston, Illinois, in January 1985. Interview with Ze'eva Cohen recorded in 1985 by Mark Robison; directed and edited by Michael Schwartz.
Choreography: Ze'eva Cohen.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Source (note)
Ze'eva Cohen.
Title
Out of wilderness [and] Ode [and] Interview with Ze'eva Cohen [electronic resource]
Imprint
1985-1991.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.