TEA/dances

Item data

Title

TEA/dances

Collection

Janis Brenner Video Archive

Names

Brenner, Janis (Voice actor)
Brenner, Janis (Choreographer)
Brenner, Janis (Dancer)
Brenner, Janis (Costume designer)
Taketa, Edward Akio (Choreographer)
Taketa, Edward Akio (Voice actor)
Taketa, Edward Akio (Dancer)
Hammer, Chuck (Composer)
Heschel, Susannah (Writer of accompanying material)
Conte, Zephryn (Composer)
Nelson, Jalalu Kalvert (Voice actor)
Kidd, Barbara (Costume designer)
Shayler, Laurie (Dancer)
Flink, Carl (Dancer)
Hellman, Sherri (Dancer)
Sigler, Cynthia Marie (Dancer)
Janis Brenner & Dancers (Performer)
St. Marks Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.)s Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)
Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1991-06-02

Table Of Contents

Warm up Introduction [begins abruptly] (5 min.) / speaker, Janis Brenner ; dancers, Janis Brenner Dancers. |||| Shekhinah/Voices (1989 Premiere) (12 min.) / Part I (1989): choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, Chuck Hammer ; vocals sung by Janis Brenner Zephryn Conte ; text source, Susannah Heschel (On Being Jewish Feminist) ; performed by Janis Brenner, Edward Akio Taketa -- Part II (Premiere): choreography performance by Janis Brenner Edward Akio Taketa ; music, Zephryn Conte in collaboration with Maat-Raa, Janis Brenner Edward Akio Taketa ; costumes, Janis Brenner. |||| Discussion (4 min.) / by Janis Brenner. |||| Soft Enclave (Premiere) (15 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, sung by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson ; costumes, Barbara Kidd ; performed by Edward Akio Taketa, Laurie Shayler, Cynthia Sigler, Sherri Hellman Carl Lindsay Flink. |||| Discussion (2 min.) / by Janis Brenner. |||| Non-Sinatra Songs (Premiere) (18 min.) / choreography, Janis Brenner ; music, sung by Carmen McRae, Dionne Warwick, Lou Reed, Pia Zadora, Bobby Darin, 3 Dog Night, Jim Nabors, Tom Jones, Sid Vicious ; performed by The Company. |||| Question Answer session (28 min.) / participants, Janis Brenner, Edward Akio Taketa, Laurie Shayler, Cynthia Sigler, Sherri Hellman Carl Lindsay Flink.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-6932

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Interviews

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: performed by Janis Brenner & Dancers ; presented by The Danspace Project.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, N.Y., as part of Danspace Project's TEA/dances 1991 June 2.
Original Version: Original format: 1 videodisc (DVD) ; 4 3/4 in.
Acquisition: Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract

Janis Brenner talks about each piece before it is performed. The Question & Answer session discusses Janis Brenner's process involved with creating these choreographic works and the music used for this performance.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20027226
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0f1e4390-b2b7-0131-aaf0-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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