Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cronson, Mary Sharp
2. Makishi, Stanford
3. Phuon, Emmanuèle
4. Sargis, Eric J.
5. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (approximately 73 min.) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Emmanuéle Phuon and Eric J. Sargis discuss their backgrounds and how they began working together on this project, Phuon talks about Khmeropédies I & II and why she decided to work with Cambodian dancers, where the title originated, how her task for this project involved using the Cambodian language and taking it in a new western direction, the juxtaposition of the traditional monkey role with the natural monkey movement, how the Cambodian training of the dancers helped in this creative process, the process involved with transferring the movement to the dancers, Phuon's choreographic process, and what she gave the dancers and what she took away from the experience.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform title

1. Khmeropédies III (Choreographic work : Phuon)
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Alternative title

1. Works & Process, Season of Cambodia

Subject

1. Dance
2. Animal dances > Cambodia
3. Sargis, Eric J
4. Dance > Cambodia
5. Filmed panel discussions
6. Primates > Cambodia
7. Choreography
8. Phuon, Emmanuèle
9. Monkeys > Locomotion
10. Filmed performances
11. Monkeys > Behavior
12. Video
13. Filmed dance
14. Dancers > Cambodia

Genre/Form

1. Filmed performances.
2. Panel discussions.
3. Filmed dance.
4. Video.
5. Dance.
6. Nonfiction films.

Contents

1. Introduction (1 min.) / by Mary Sharp Cronson.
2. Panel discussion (18 min.) / panelists, Emmanuéle Phuon (choreographer) and Eric J. Sargis (scientific advisor) ; Stanford Makishi (moderator).
3. Khmeropédies III: Source/Primate (51 min.) / choreographed by Emmanuéle Phuon ; produced by Amrita Performing Arts.
4. Audience exiting (3 min.)

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7878

Note

1. Widescreen.
2. Title and credits taken from house program and DVD label.
3. Presented by Amrita Performing Arts and Season of Cambodia ; Season of Cambodia is an initiative of Cambodian Living Arts.
4. "Khmeropédies III is the continuation of a project that seeks to develop a specifically Cambodian contemporary language in dance, based on Cambodian cultural elements and Cambodian Classical Dance." -- Works & Process program notes from choreographer.

Credits (note)

1. Scientific advisor, Eric J. Sargis ; assistant to the choreographer and rehearsal director, Phon Sopheap ; lighting/production designer, Kate Ashton ; costume design and construction, Vong Vannak ; dramaturge, Lim How Ngean.

Source (note)

1. Mary Sharp Cronson.

Title

1. Season of Cambodia, Khmeropédies III: Source/Primate : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson.

Production

1. 2013.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD video

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Original version

1. Original format: 1 DV cassette.

Credits

1. Scientific advisor, Eric J. Sargis ; assistant to the choreographer and rehearsal director, Phon Sopheap ; lighting/production designer, Kate Ashton ; costume design and construction, Vong Vannak ; dramaturge, Lim How Ngean.

Performer

1. Panel: Emmanuéle Phuon (choreographer) and Eric J. Sargis (scientific advisor) ; moderator, Stanford Makishi (Director of Programs at the Asian Cultural Council).
2. Dancers: Chey Rithear, Khieu Sovannarith, Khon Chansethyka, Khon Chansina, Nget Rady, Noun Savitou, Hing Seng Hong, Chy Ratana (understudy).
3. Singer, Kamala Kankaram.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York on 2013 April 28 (7:30 pm).

Local note

1. For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Source

1. Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Local subject

1. Animal dances -- Cambodia.

Added author

1. Cronson, Mary Sharp, speaker.
2. Cronson, Mary Sharp, producer.
3. Makishi, Stanford, moderator.
4. Phuon, Emmanuèle, choreographer.
5. Phuon, Emmanuèle, interviewee.
6. Sargis, Eric J., interviewee.
7. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
8. Cronson, Mary Sharp, donor.

Added title

1. Khmeropédies III (Choreographic work : Phuon)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7878