Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Wolken, Jonathan
2. Barnett, Robby
3. Tracy, Michael, 1952-
4. Sendak, Maurice.
5. Yorinks, Arthur.
6. Anderson, Rebecca.
7. Louis, Gaspard.
8. Pring, Benjamin.
9. Teachout, Terry.
10. Cook, Otis.
11. Coyoc, Josie.
12. Kent, Matt.
13. Krása, Hans, 1899-1944.
14. Haas, Pavel.
15. Bielecki, Bob
16. Bielecki, Bob.
17. Stanley, Mark.
18. Reinhart, Charles.
19. Reinhart, Stephanie.
20. Shelton, Linda.
21. Bank, Mirra.
22. Losick, Vic.
23. Pilobolus Dance Theatre.
24. Night Kitchen Theater.
25. Hawthorne String Quartet.
26. Nobody's Girls (Firm)
27. First Run/Icarus Films. dst

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (84 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Documentary on the genesis of A selection, a dance work created in collaboration by Pilobolus Dance Theatre and Maurice Sendak and Arthur Yorinks of the Night Kitchen Theater. Beginning with the first rehearsals for the work, the film explores the complex and occasionally troubled interaction between the dance company, known for its innovative collaborative approach to choreography, and Sendak, an eminent author and illustrator. Archival footage from Nazi Germany depicts the inspiration for the work, a dance of death evoking the evils of the Jewish Holocaust. The film follows A selection from its presentation as a work-in-progress at Purchase College's Performing Arts Center to its world premiere at the American Dance Festival in Durham, N.C., and its New York premiere at the Joyce Theater. A sequence of performance excerpts from the work conclude the film.

Uniform title

1. Selection (Choreographic work : Pilobolus Dance Theatre)

Subject

1. Documentaries and factual films and programs
2. Artistic collaboration > United States
3. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in dance
4. Dance rehearsals
5. Dance
6. Motion pictures
7. Video
8. Features

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
3. Features.
4. Motion pictures.
5. Video.
6. Dance rehearsals.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6742

Note

1. Letterbox format.

Credits (note)

1. Editing, Mirra Bank, Axuve Espinosa; director of photography, Vic Losick.
2. Credits for A selection: created by Pilobolus Dance Theatre (Robby Barnett, Michael Tracy, Jonathan Wolken) and the Night Kitchen Theater (Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks) in collaboration with the Pilobolus dancers Rebecca Anderson, Otis Cook, Josie Coyoc, Matt Kent, Gaspard Louis, and Benjamin Pring; music, Hans Krása and Pavel Haas; sets and costumes, Maurice Sendak; sound design, Bob Bielecki; lighting, Mark Stanley.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewees: Jonathan Wolken, Robby Barnett, Michael Tracy, Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, Rebecca Anderson, Ela Weissberger, Gaspard Louis, Benjamin Pring, Terry Teachout, Otis Cook, Josie Coyoc, Matt Kent, Bob Bielecki, Michael Hagen, Mark Stanley, Charles Reinhart, Stephanie Reinhart, Linda Shelton.

Title

1. Last dance [videorecording] / a production of Vic Losick, Inc. [and] Nobody's Girls, Inc. ; directed by Mirra Bank ; produced by Mirra Bank and Vic Losick.

Imprint

1. Brooklyn, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, c2002.

Credits

1. Editing, Mirra Bank, Axuve Espinosa; director of photography, Vic Losick.
2. Credits for A selection: created by Pilobolus Dance Theatre (Robby Barnett, Michael Tracy, Jonathan Wolken) and the Night Kitchen Theater (Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks) in collaboration with the Pilobolus dancers Rebecca Anderson, Otis Cook, Josie Coyoc, Matt Kent, Gaspard Louis, and Benjamin Pring; music, Hans Krása and Pavel Haas; sets and costumes, Maurice Sendak; sound design, Bob Bielecki; lighting, Mark Stanley.

Performer

1. Interviewees: Jonathan Wolken, Robby Barnett, Michael Tracy, Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, Rebecca Anderson, Ela Weissberger, Gaspard Louis, Benjamin Pring, Terry Teachout, Otis Cook, Josie Coyoc, Matt Kent, Bob Bielecki, Michael Hagen, Mark Stanley, Charles Reinhart, Stephanie Reinhart, Linda Shelton.
2. Danced by Pilobolus Dance Theatre: Rebecca Anderson, Otis Cook, Josie Coyoc, Matt Kent, Gaspard Louis, and Benjamin Pring.
3. Music for A selection played by the Hawthorne String Quartet: Ronan Lefkowitz (violin), Si-jing Huang (violin), Mark Ludwig (viola), Sato Knudsen (cello).

Local subject

1. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in dance.

Added author

1. Wolken, Jonathan, choreographer. Interviewee
2. Barnett, Robby, choreographer. Interviewee
3. Tracy, Michael, 1952- choreographer. Interviewee
4. Sendak, Maurice. Set designer
5. Sendak, Maurice. Costume designer
6. Sendak, Maurice. Interviewee
7. Yorinks, Arthur. Designer
8. Yorinks, Arthur. Interviewee
9. Anderson, Rebecca. Performer. Interviewee
10. Louis, Gaspard. Performer. Interviewee
11. Pring, Benjamin. Performer. Interviewee
12. Teachout, Terry. Interviewee
13. Cook, Otis. Performer. Interviewee
14. Coyoc, Josie. Performer. Interviewee
15. Kent, Matt. Performer. Interviewee
16. Krása, Hans, 1899-1944. Composer
17. Haas, Pavel. Composer
18. Bielecki, Bob, sound designer.
19. Bielecki, Bob. Interviewee
20. Stanley, Mark. Lighting designer
21. Stanley, Mark. Interviewee
22. Reinhart, Charles. Interviewee
23. Reinhart, Stephanie. Interviewee
24. Shelton, Linda. Interviewee
25. Bank, Mirra. Director. Producer. Film editor
26. Losick, Vic. Producer
27. Pilobolus Dance Theatre.
28. Night Kitchen Theater.
29. Hawthorne String Quartet.
30. Nobody's Girls (Firm)
31. First Run/Icarus Films. Distributor

Added title

1. Selection (Choreographic work : Pilobolus Dance Theatre)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6742