Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Restless Creature: A project of the Wendy Whelan New Works Initiative

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

861708618

Responsibility statement

performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson

Runtime

Series statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Sub title

Works & Process at the Guggenheim

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction (2 min.) / by Caroline CronsonBody Study III (6 min.) / choreography, Shen Wei ; music, Morton Feldman (Intermission 6b), Iannis Xenakis (À R (Hommage À Ravel)) ; pianist, Cameron Grant ; dancer, Wendy WhelanPanel 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 BeamishPanel 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

Technique

live action

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Works & Process, Wendy WhelanWhendy Whelan: Restless Creature

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