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Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-02-27 / Directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by The Skidmore College Dance Departmant

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Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-02-27 / Directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by The Skidmore College Dance Departmant

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Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-02-27 / Directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by The Skidmore College Dance Departmant
Additional title: David Gordon archive
Additional title: Uncivil Wars (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Names
Gordon, David, 1936- (Stage director)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Choreographer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Editor)
Feingold, Michael (Translator)
Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962 (Composer)
Leishman, Gina (Musical director)
Tipton, Jennifer (Lighting designer)
Dissette, Alyce (Producer)
Fitzgerald, Ed (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
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)
Skidmore College (Performer)
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David Gordon Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2009-02-27
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3924
Topics
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe. English
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: Music by Hanns Eisler; Produced by Alyce Dissette; Music Director: Gina Leishman; Media: Dean Moss/Ed Fitzgerald; Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton; Assistant Lighting Designer: Burke Brown; Stage Manager: Ed Fitzgerald; Company Manager: Sarah Robinson; 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); AT SKIDMORE: Natasha Brown, Christian Grunnah, LaChrisha LaSane, Emi Lipcsey-Magyar, Sara Miller-Hornick, Lily Robinson, Sam Szabo.
Venue: Recorded in performance at Skidmore College Dance Theater, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on 2009 February 27.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co(s). 2014.
Physical Description
Videodisc
Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 898129061
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20496824
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a4cc9fb0-9e7f-0132-df57-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-02-27 / Directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by The Skidmore College Dance Departmant" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2009. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6d987f0-9e7f-0132-c4ae-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-02-27 / Directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by The Skidmore College Dance Departmant" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6d987f0-9e7f-0132-c4ae-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2009). Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-02-27 / Directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by The Skidmore College Dance Departmant Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6d987f0-9e7f-0132-c4ae-3c075448cc4b

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Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler, 2009-02-27 / Directed, choreographed and edited by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Performance Co. ; presented by The Skidmore College Dance Departmant