Mikhail Baryshnikov and White Oak Dance Project perform Past Forward, a retrospective and celebration of Judson Dance. Live performance alternates with video sequences, created by Charles Atlas and narrated by Baryshnikov. This video details how Judson fit within the cultural landscape of the 1960s and includes a comparison of Russia and the United States. Stills and video interviews bracket the performance of each live work, explained in part by its choreographer. Public participation is part of the program; local dancers, students, and community members take part in several works. This recording ends abruptly after Baryshnikov's solo in "Flat", then has a freeze frame of another performance. Poor visual quality, with the camera set far from the stage; individual dancers are difficult to indentify.
Title and date transcribed from videocassette label.
Poor visual quality. Last 16 minutes is blank, bows at 1 hour, 43 minutes.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Simone Forti, David Gordon, Steve Paxton, Trisha Brown, choreographers; Spencer Brown, lighting designer; Robert Rauschenberg, costume designer; John Philip Sousa, composer; David Gordon, director; Charles Atlas, filmmaker.
Source (note)
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, 1960-2010.
Title
White Oak Dance Project : Past Forward program B, Anchorage, Alaska, 2000-10.
Country of producing entity
United States.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
video
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Simone Forti, David Gordon, Steve Paxton, Trisha Brown, choreographers; Spencer Brown, lighting designer; Robert Rauschenberg, costume designer; John Philip Sousa, composer; David Gordon, director; Charles Atlas, filmmaker.