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Atlas, rehearsal excerpts

Title
  1. Atlas, rehearsal excerpts, 1991-02-21 [videorecording] / by Meredith Monk.
Published by
  1. 1991.

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Additional authors
  1. Monk, Meredith
  2. Vela, Pablo
  3. Yabara, Yoshio
  4. Emmons, Beverly
  5. Meschter, Dave
  6. Yeager, Paul
  7. Chen, Shizheng
  8. Een, Robert
  9. Brenner, Janis
  10. Pauley, Wilbur
  11. Kalm, Stephen
  12. Wong, Randall K.
  13. Boomsma, Victoria
  14. Geissinger, Katie
  15. Hill, Wendy
  16. Easter, Allison
  17. Gonzalez, Ching
  18. Hanchard, Dana
  19. Monk, Meredith
  20. Houston Grand Opera
  21. House Foundation for the Arts. dnr
Found in
  1. Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (14 min) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Excerpt clips: 1. Act I: Alexandra Daniels and her travelling companions Chen Qing and Erik Magnussen encounter an agrarian society in "Agricultural Community." 2. Act II: Expedition member Chen Qing encounters a spirit in "Hungry Ghost." 3. Act II: Alexandra Daniels, her expedition members, and locals (entire ensemble) mingle in the "Arctic Bar." 4. Act II: Expedition member Franco Hartmann encounters Ice Demons. 5. Act II: The Spirit Guides perform the "Desert Tango." 6. Act II: Gwen St. Clair's solo in "Desert Tango" gives way to the expedition members' hardships on the desert, and Erik Magnussen's "Treachery (Temptation)." 7. Act II: Alexandra Daniels and her remaining expedition members fail in their efforts to persuade Erik Magnussen to escape with them from "The Possibility of Destruction."
Uniform title
  1. Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk)
Alternative title
  1. Meredith Monk archive. Moving image materials.
Subject
  1. Music
  2. Theater rehearsals
  3. Operas > Excerpts
  4. Filmed performances
  5. Video
  6. Dance
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Music.
  3. Video.
  4. Filmed performances.
  5. Theater rehearsals.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-6596
Note
  1. Credits information found in program for production, located in the Meredith Monk Archive, call number LPA Mss 2006-001, box 19, folder 5.
Credits (note)
  1. Music composed by Meredith Monk, directed by Meredith Monk with Pablo Vega, art direction and costumes by Yoshio Yabara, lighting design by Beverly Emmons, sound design by David [i.e. Dave] Meschter, choreography by Meredith Monk, photographed by Paul Yeager, audio/tape operation by Laurie McDonald.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded on February 21, 1991 for the Houston Grand Opera in the Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center.
Funding (note)
  1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
System details (note)
  1. DVD.
Source (note)
  1. Meredith Monk and House Foundation for the Arts
Linking entry (note)
  1. Forms part of the Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.
Title
  1. Atlas, rehearsal excerpts, 1991-02-21 [videorecording] / by Meredith Monk.
Imprint
  1. 1991.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Performer
  1. Meredith Monk (Alexandra Daniels) ; Chen Shizheng [i.e. Chen, Shizheng] (Chen Qing) ; Robert Een (Erik Magnussen) ; Janis Brenner, Wilbur Pauley (Spirits) ; Stephen Kalm (Franco Hartmann) ; Randall Wong, Victoria Boomsma, Katie Geissinger, Wendy Hill (Ice Demons) ; Allison Easter, Ching Gonzalez (Spirit Guides) ; Dana Hanchard (Gwen St. Clair).
Credits
  1. Music composed by Meredith Monk, directed by Meredith Monk with Pablo Vega, art direction and costumes by Yoshio Yabara, lighting design by Beverly Emmons, sound design by David [i.e. Dave] Meschter, choreography by Meredith Monk, photographed by Paul Yeager, audio/tape operation by Laurie McDonald.
Event
  1. Recorded on February 21, 1991 for the Houston Grand Opera in the Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center.
System details
  1. DVD.
Original version
  1. Original format: 1 videocassette (U-Matic) ; 3/4 in.
Funding
  1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Linking entry
  1. Forms part of the Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.
Source
  1. Gift; Meredith Monk and House Foundation for the Arts, 2006.
Added author
  1. Monk, Meredith, composer.
  2. Monk, Meredith, choreographer.
  3. Monk, Meredith, director.
  4. Vela, Pablo. Director
  5. Yabara, Yoshio. Set designer
  6. Yabara, Yoshio. Costume designer
  7. Emmons, Beverly. Lighting designer
  8. Meschter, Dave. Sound designer
  9. Yeager, Paul. Videographer
  10. Monk, Meredith, performer.
  11. Chen, Shizheng. Performer
  12. Een, Robert. Performer
  13. Brenner, Janis. Performer
  14. Pauley, Wilbur. Performer
  15. Kalm, Stephen. Performer
  16. Wong, Randall K. Performer
  17. Boomsma, Victoria. Performer
  18. Geissinger, Katie. Performer
  19. Hill, Wendy. Performer
  20. Easter, Allison. Performer
  21. Gonzalez, Ching. Performer
  22. Hanchard, Dana. Performer
  23. Monk, Meredith. Atlas. Selections.
  24. Houston Grand Opera.
  25. Monk, Meredith. Donor
  26. House Foundation for the Arts. Donor
Added title
  1. Atlas (Choreographic work : Monk)
  2. Meredith Monk archive. Moving image materials.
Found in:
  1. Meredith Monk archive, 1959-2006.
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-6596
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