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Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-03-13

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David Gordon Video Archive

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Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-03-13

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Title
Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-03-13
Additional title: David Gordon archive
Additional title: Uncivil Wars (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Names
Bither, Philip (Moderator)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Stage director)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Choreographer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Editor)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Speaker)
Feingold, Michael (Translator)
Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962 (Composer)
Leishman, Gina (Musical director)
Tipton, Jennifer (Lighting designer)
Dissette, Alyce (Producer)
Fitzgerald, Ed (Stage manager)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Speaker)
Cohn, Charlotte (Performer)
Duffield, Davis (Performer)
Fire, Norma (Performer)
Kelly, John, 1954- (Performer)
Leishman, Gina (Performer)
Skeist, David (Performer)
Vuolo, Louis (Performer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Performer)
University of Minnesota (Performer)
Walker Art Center (Presenter)
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David Gordon Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2009-03-13
Table of Contents
Uncivil Wars (89 min.) -- Question & Answer session (33 min.) / participants, Valda Setterfield, David Gordon ; moderator, Philip Bither (Curator of Performing Arts, Walker Art Center).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3926
Topics
Gordon, David, 1936-
Setterfield, Valda
Uncivil Wars (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe. English
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by Walker Art Center.
Creation/production credits: A Pick Up Performance Co(S.) production.
Creation/production credits: Translated by Michael Feingold; Music by Hanns Eisler; Music Director: Gina Leishman; Media: Dean Moss/Ed Fitzgerald; Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton; Produced by Alyce Dissette; Stage Manager: Ed Fitzgerald; Company Manager: Sarah Robinson; Assistant Lighting Designer: Burke Brown; Wardrobe Assistant: Hebe Joy.
Performers: Performers, Valda Setterfield (Bertolt Brecht/Judge); Charlotte Cohn (Nana Callas/Mrs. Callas/Isabella De Guzman); Davis Duffield (Vice Viceroy/Hat Knocker/Farmer Lopez/Nun); Norma Fire (Tobacconist/Abbess/Mrs. Lopez/Lawyer); John Kelly (Madam/Mother Superior); Gina Leishman (Hanns Eisler); David Skeist (Farmer Callas/Hat Knocker/Nun); Louis Vuolo (Viceroy/Slumlord/De Guzman); Community and University of Minnesota Cast: Diane Aldis, Bailey Anderson, Jennifer Aubrecht, Stephanie Bertumen, Sheila Casey, Alex Dorman, Jill Foster, Emily Gastineau, Andrew Hein, Sarah Jacobs, Neal Jahren, Sam Johnson, Yui Kanzawa, Shannon Mark Kennedy, Laura Kirkeby, Jin-Ming Lai, Theresa Madaus, Jorge Saavedra F., Chris Schlichting, Tamin Totzke, Leslie Van Duzer, David Wheeler.
Venue: Recorded in performance at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn. on 2009 March 13.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co(s). 2014.
Physical Description
Videodisc
Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
David Gordon and Valda Setterfield discuss the creation of Uncivil Wars, the challenges and how they were dealt with, how they met each other, how the end of the work was discovered, how Gordon made use of the bodies and sounds with the community and university participants, and concludes with a talk about the date September 11th which is mentioned in the Brecht play and how that date brings up memories of the World Trade Center terrorist attack.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 898128691
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20496820
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bf727dd0-9e7f-0132-0b6c-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-03-13" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2009. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0ce92c0-9e7f-0132-1bc6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-03-13" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0ce92c0-9e7f-0132-1bc6-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2009). Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-03-13 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0ce92c0-9e7f-0132-1bc6-3c075448cc4b

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Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-03-13