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Orpheus

Title
  1. Orpheus [videorecording] / [presented by] New York Ballet Experiment ; directed, choreographed and conceived by Robert Streicher ; music by Jon Hassell.
Published by
  1. 1985.

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Additional authors
  1. Streicher, Robert
  2. Hassell, Jon, 1937-2021.
  3. Langdon, Amy
  4. Cooper, Miriam Raphael
  5. Zimberg, Meli
  6. Ventura, Mary Louise
  7. Hogan, Dan
  8. Shapiro, Lynn
  9. Kunhurst, José
  10. Organek, Susanna
  11. Kail, Amy
  12. Tau, Helen
  13. Mendelsohn, Susan
  14. Maslow, David.
  15. Blaine, Dennis.
  16. Munch, Allen.
  17. Ward, Penny
  18. New York Ballet Experiment (Dance company)
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (38 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Two-act ballet based on the myth of Orpheus.
Uniform title
  1. Orpheus (Choreographic work : Streicher)
Subject
  1. Dance
  2. Orpheus (Greek mythological character) > Drama
  3. Video
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
  2. Dance.
Contents
  1. Act I (18 min.) -- Act II (20 min.)
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-3988
Note
  1. The picture quality is dark on some parts of the recording.
  2. The performance of Orpheus lasts 38 min.; the remainder of the tape (18 min.) contains a partial recording of Oedipus rex (presumably the tape was reused.) For a complete recording of Oedipus rex see *MGZIDVD 5-3966.
Credits (note)
  1. Lighting, Dennis Blaine. Set design, David Maslow. Costume design, Alan [i.e. Allen] Munch.
  2. Video, Penny Ward.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded in performance, Nov. 1985, at St. Mark's Church, New York City.
Title
  1. Orpheus [videorecording] / [presented by] New York Ballet Experiment ; directed, choreographed and conceived by Robert Streicher ; music by Jon Hassell.
Imprint
  1. 1985.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Credits
  1. Lighting, Dennis Blaine. Set design, David Maslow. Costume design, Alan [i.e. Allen] Munch.
  2. Video, Penny Ward.
Performer
  1. Performed by Robert Streicher (Orpheus), Amy Langdon (Eurydice), Miriam Cooper, Meli Zimberg, Mary Louise Ventura (three muses), Dan Hogan (great tiger), Lynn Shapiro (Queen of Hades), José Kunhurst (snake), Suzanne [i.e. Susanna] Organek, Amy Kail (poison frogs), Lynn Shapiro, Helen Tau, Susan Mendehlson [i.e. Mendelsohn] (furies).
Event
  1. Recorded in performance, Nov. 1985, at St. Mark's Church, New York City.
Local note
  1. For program notes see *MGZB Streicher, Robert [programs].
Added author
  1. Streicher, Robert, choreographer.
  2. Streicher, Robert, dancer.
  3. Hassell, Jon, 1937-2021. Composer
  4. Langdon, Amy, dancer.
  5. Cooper, Miriam Raphael, dancer.
  6. Zimberg, Meli, dancer.
  7. Ventura, Mary Louise, dancer.
  8. Hogan, Dan, dancer.
  9. Shapiro, Lynn, dancer.
  10. Kunhurst, José, dancer.
  11. Organek, Susanna, dancer.
  12. Kail, Amy, dancer.
  13. Tau, Helen, dancer.
  14. Mendelsohn, Susan, dancer.
  15. Maslow, David. Set designer
  16. Blaine, Dennis. Lighting designer
  17. Munch, Allen. Costume designer
  18. Ward, Penny, videographer.
  19. New York Ballet Experiment (Dance company)
Added title
  1. Orpheus (Choreographic work : Streicher)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-3988
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