Research Catalog

Title

KoKoRo Dance [electronic resource]

Publication

c1991.

Details

Additional Authors

• Bourget, Barbara.
• Hirabayashi, Jay.
• Burke, Alan.
• Rosen, Robert.
• Kokoro Dance.

Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (20 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.

Summary

Documentary on KoKoRo Dance Company, the only Butō dance company in Canada. Archival footage taken during World War II in Japan accompanies a summary of the origin and development of Butō. Company directors Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, who are seen rehearsing in the studio and preparing for performance, talk about the Butō aestheic and their company's aims. They are seen performing their work Aeon, to music by Robert Rosen.

Subjects

• Television > KoKoRo Dance
• Choreographers > Canada
• Dance > Japan
• Butō

Note

• Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer/director: Alan Burke. Executive producer: Adrienne Clarkson. Performance director: Wayne Moss.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 3229

OCLC

NYPY936040423-F

Title

KoKoRo Dance [electronic resource]

Imprint

c1991.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3862.

Additional Copy: None.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Television. KoKoRo Dance.

Added Author

Bourget, Barbara. spk, choreographer, dancer.

Hirabayashi, Jay. spk, choreographer, dancer.

Burke, Alan. Producer. Director

Rosen, Robert. Composer

Kokoro Dance.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 3229

*MGZIC 9-3862 (former)