Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kaufmann, Kathy.
2. Mullins, Carol.
3. Steiner, Charlie.
4. Oberfelder, Jody
5. Munisteri, Ben
6. New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (105 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Kathy Kaufmann (lighting designer) discusses her career and background; her freshman year attending Northwestern University; studying at Lester Polakov's Studio and Forum of Stage Design; designers that inspired her including Eddie Greenberg, Patrick O'Rourke, Arden Fingerhut and Paul Gallo; beginning of her career she worked with choreographers, Adrienne Altenhaus, Betsy Hulton, David Parker and Mark Franko; process of working with choreographers multiple times including longtime relationships with choreographers David Parker and Gina Gibney; how she became a dance lighting designer; how the scale of each venue affects her process; John Hickey and Mary Jo Dondlinger's influences on her as lighting designers; more about her education background; discussion of various lighting design terms including production manager, shop order, light plot, hook-up, channels/dimmers, magic sheet, systems, and specials; how art affects her lighting; how critics have received her work; how being a woman has affected her career; and concludes with a discussion of her upcoming projects over the next five to six weeks.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Oral History Project Video Series.

Subject

1. Artistic collaboration > New York (State) > New York
2. Interviews
3. Parker, David, 1959-
4. Polakov, Lester
5. Stage lighting > New York (State) > New York
6. Dance > Stage-setting and scenery
7. Stage lighting designers > New York (State) > New York
8. Dance > Production and direction
9. Stage lighting > Terminology
10. Theaters > Stage-setting and scenery
11. Kaufmann, Kathy
12. Video
13. Gibney, Gina

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2622

Note

1. Includes photographs of Kathy Kaufmann's lighting designs for Ben Munisteri Dance Projects and Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects.
2. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Kathy Kaufmann, Carol Mullins, and The Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Credits (note)

1. Video, Charles Steiner, Vagabond Video.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the home of Kathy Kaufman in New York City, on Nov. 3, 2008.

Funding (note)

1. The recording of this interview was made possible by an American Masterpieces grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Interview with Kathy Kaufmann [videorecording] / interviewer, Carol Mullins.

Imprint

1. c2008.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD.

Event

1. Videotaped at the home of Kathy Kaufman in New York City, on Nov. 3, 2008.

Credits

1. Video, Charles Steiner, Vagabond Video.

Funding

1. The recording of this interview was made possible by an American Masterpieces grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Added author

1. Kaufmann, Kathy. Interviewee
2. Mullins, Carol. Interviewer
3. Steiner, Charlie. Videographer
4. Oberfelder, Jody, choreographer.
5. Munisteri, Ben, choreographer.
6. New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5596