Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bensard, Patrick
2. Childs, Lucinda
3. Childs, Lucinda
4. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
5. Rainer, Yvonne, 1934-
6. Michelson, Annette
7. Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.
8. Kisselgoff, Anna
9. Wilson, Robert, 1941-
10. Glass, Philip
11. Glass, Philip
12. Duras, Marguerite
13. Lieurac Productions

Description

1. 1 videodisc (PAL) (52 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This documentary explores the career of Lucinda Childs through interviews with Childs, some conducted at her home on Martha's Vineyard, comments from colleagues and critics, and footage of rehearsals and performances of Childs's choreography. Focusing on the development and innnovations of Childs's work, the film examines the influence of Merce Cunningham on Childs's early choreography; her involvement with the Judson Chuch movement; her minimalist style; her collaborations with Robert Wilson, Philip Glass and Sol Le Witt; the staging and restaging of her works for ballet companies in Europe.

Uniform title

1. Carnation (Choreographic work : Childs)
2. Calico mingling (Choreographic work : Childs)
3. Dance (Choreographic work : Childs)

Subject

1. Dance
2. Carnation (Choreographic work : Childs)
3. Video
4. Dance (Choreographic work : Childs)
5. Choreographers > United States > 20th century
6. Calico mingling (Choreographic work : Childs)
7. Avant-garde dance
8. Judson Dance Theater
9. Filmed dance
10. Documentaries and factual works
11. Childs, Lucinda
12. Glass, Philip > Einstein on the beach

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.
3. Documentaries and factual works.
4. Filmed dance.

Contents

1. Dance excerpts: Chacony / rehearsed by the White Oak Dance Project -- Largo / rehearsed by Mikhail Baryshynikov -- Carnation / performed by Lucinda Childs -- Calico mingling / performed by Childs and Susan Brody, Nancy Fuller, and Judy Padow -- Einstein on the beach / performed by Childs and others -- Dance / performed by Lucinda Childs and dancers of the Ballet de l'Opera de Lyons -- Video 50 / performed by Childs -- La maladie de la mort / performed by Childs -- Chamber symphony / performed by members of Ballet de l'Opera de Lyons -- White raven / rehearsed by Childs.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2794

Event (note)

1. Produced by Lieurac Productions, France, in 2006.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Lucinda Childs;

Title

1. Lucinda Childs [videorecording] : a film / by Patrick Bensard.

Imprint

1. 2006.

Country of producing entity

1. France.

System details

1. DVD.

Event

1. Produced by Lieurac Productions, France, in 2006.

Performer

1. Interviewees include Lucinda Childs, Yvonne Rainer, Annette Michelson, Anna Kisselgoff, Robert Wilson, Philip Glass. Speakers include Susan Sontag.

Source

1. Gift; Lucinda Childs; May 21, 2010. NN-PD

Local subject

1. Avant-garde dance.

Added author

1. Bensard, Patrick. Director
2. Childs, Lucinda, interviewee.
3. Childs, Lucinda, choreographer.
4. Childs, Lucinda. Performer
5. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.
6. Rainer, Yvonne, 1934- Interviewee
7. Michelson, Annette. Interviewee
8. Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. Speaker
9. Kisselgoff, Anna. Interviewee
10. Wilson, Robert, 1941- interviewee.
11. Glass, Philip, interviewee.
12. Glass, Philip. Einstein on the beach.
13. Duras, Marguerite. Maladie de la mort.
14. Lieurac Productions.
15. Childs, Lucinda. Donor

Added title

1. Carnation (Choreographic work : Childs)
2. Calico mingling (Choreographic work : Childs)
3. Dance (Choreographic work : Childs)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2794