The Resource Restless Creature: A project of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative : Works & Process at the Guggenheim, performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson, (videorecording)

Restless Creature: A project of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative : Works & Process at the Guggenheim, performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson, (videorecording)

Label
Restless Creature: A project of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative : Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Title
Restless Creature: A project of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative
Title remainder
Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Statement of responsibility
performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson
Title variation
  • Works & Process, Wendy Whelan
  • Whendy Whelan: Restless Creature
Contributor
Choreographer
Composer
Dancer
Moderator
Performer
Producer
Speaker
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Panel discussion 1: Wendy Whelan discusses the creation of Shen Wei's Body Study III, adjusting to the music; working in the studio with Shen Wei, this work being his first on pointe, how Whelan began the Restless Creature project, working with four choreographers and how they met, working with Jerome Robbins compared to working with these four young choreographers, and setting up the next piece by Joshua Beamish. Panel discussion 2: The four choreographers and Wendy Whelan discuss the creation process for each of their dances and working with Whelan, Whelan talks about the trust and chemistry needed for a pas de deux and the inner narrative used in a male/female duet, how important women were in Balanchine's works compared to this project, and setting up the next piece by Brian Brooks
Member of
Biographical or historical data
Body Study III premiered in 2005 by Peter Boal & Company.
Cataloging source
NYP
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Art direction, David Michalek ; lighting designer, Joe Levasseur ; costumes, Karen Young ; production manager, Davidson Scandrett ; producer, Ilter Ibrahimof ; producer, David Persky
Date of event
on 2013 April 14 (3 pm)
Other event information
Videotaped in performance
PerformerNote
Panel: Wendy Whelan (dancer), Kyle Abraham (choreographer/dancer), Joshua Beamish (choreographer/dancer), Brian Brooks (choreographer/dancer), Alejandro Cerrudo (choreographer/dancer) ; Ella Baff (executive and artistic director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival)
Place of event
at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1968-
  • 1977-
  • 1977-
  • 1974-
  • 1974-
  • 1974-
  • 1951-
  • 1926-1987
  • 1922-2001
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Cronson, Caroline
  • Baff, Ella
  • Whelan, Wendy
  • Shen, Wei
  • Abraham, Kyle
  • Abraham, Kyle
  • Beamish, Joshua
  • Beamish, Joshua
  • Beamish, Joshua
  • Brooks, Brian
  • Brooks, Brian
  • Brooks, Brian
  • Cerrudo, Alejandro
  • Cerrudo, Alejandro
  • Grant, Cameron
  • Feldman, Morton
  • Xenakis, Iannis
  • Kržišnik, Borut
  • Glass, Philip
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Runtime
77
Series statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Whelan, Wendy
  • Abraham, Kyle
  • Shen, Wei
  • Beamish, Joshua
  • Brooks, Brian
  • Cerrudo, Alejandro
  • Artistic collaboration
Technique
live action
Label
Restless Creature: A project of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative : Works & Process at the Guggenheim, performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Production
Note
  • Widescreen
  • Title and credits taken from house program and DVD label
  • "Restless Creature is the inaugural work of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative, and has been made possible by a creative residency space grant provided by the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." -- Works & Process program notes
  • "Restless Creature will have its World Premiere at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, August 14-18, 2013 and its New York City Premiere at the Joyce Theater, April 2-6, 2014." -- Works & Process program notes
Bar code
  • 31223123983208
  • 31223123983216
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Introduction (2 min.) / by Caroline Cronson
  • Body Study III (6 min.) / choreography, Shen Wei ; music, Morton Feldman (Intermission 6b), Iannis Xenakis (À R (Hommage À Ravel)) ; pianist, Cameron Grant ; dancer, Wendy Whelan
  • Panel discussion 1 (20 min.) / panel: Wendy Whelan (dancer) ; Ella Baff (moderator)
  • Fragments from a New Work (excerpt from Restless Creature) (10 min.) / choreography, Joshua Beamish ; music, Borut Krzisnik (Love Song No. 2, Camillo's Waltz, and Memory Prism) ; dancers, Wendy Whelan and Joshua Beamish
  • Panel discussion 2 (27 min.) / panel: Wendy Whelan, Kyle Abraham, Joshua Beamish, Brian Brooks, Alejandro Cerrudo ; Ella Baff (moderator)
  • First Fall (excerpt from Restless Creature) (12 min.) / choreography, Brian Brooks ; music, Philip Glass (String Quartet No. 3) ; dancers, Wendy Whelan and Brian Brooks
Dimensions
4 3/4 in..
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (77 min.)
Immediate source of acquisition
Mary Sharp Cronson.
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329225681
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
K00235
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)861708618
System details
DVD
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Restless Creature: A project of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative : Works & Process at the Guggenheim, performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson, (videorecording)
Production
Note
  • Widescreen
  • Title and credits taken from house program and DVD label
  • "Restless Creature is the inaugural work of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative, and has been made possible by a creative residency space grant provided by the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." -- Works & Process program notes
  • "Restless Creature will have its World Premiere at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, August 14-18, 2013 and its New York City Premiere at the Joyce Theater, April 2-6, 2014." -- Works & Process program notes
Bar code
  • 31223123983208
  • 31223123983216
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Introduction (2 min.) / by Caroline Cronson
  • Body Study III (6 min.) / choreography, Shen Wei ; music, Morton Feldman (Intermission 6b), Iannis Xenakis (À R (Hommage À Ravel)) ; pianist, Cameron Grant ; dancer, Wendy Whelan
  • Panel discussion 1 (20 min.) / panel: Wendy Whelan (dancer) ; Ella Baff (moderator)
  • Fragments from a New Work (excerpt from Restless Creature) (10 min.) / choreography, Joshua Beamish ; music, Borut Krzisnik (Love Song No. 2, Camillo's Waltz, and Memory Prism) ; dancers, Wendy Whelan and Joshua Beamish
  • Panel discussion 2 (27 min.) / panel: Wendy Whelan, Kyle Abraham, Joshua Beamish, Brian Brooks, Alejandro Cerrudo ; Ella Baff (moderator)
  • First Fall (excerpt from Restless Creature) (12 min.) / choreography, Brian Brooks ; music, Philip Glass (String Quartet No. 3) ; dancers, Wendy Whelan and Brian Brooks
Dimensions
4 3/4 in..
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (77 min.)
Immediate source of acquisition
Mary Sharp Cronson.
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329225681
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
K00235
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)861708618
System details
DVD
Video recording format
DVD

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