Research Catalog

Title

Escaras [electronic resource] / choreography and design by Manuel Alum ; music by Zygmunt Krauze (Polychromie) and Witold Szalonek (Improvisations sonoristiques).

Publication

1974.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bruce, Christopher, 1945-
• Blaikie, Julia
• Burge, Lucy
• Williams, Marilyn
• Yamada, Sylvia
• Brown, Blake
• Hodiak, Keith
• Scoglio, Joseph
• Alum, Manuel
• Krauze, Zygmunt.
• Szalonek, Witold.
• Anderton, John.
• Ballet Rambert.
• DHCA.

Description

2 streaming video file (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., b&w

Summary

Two rehearsals of a work first performed by Ballet Rambert at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter, England, on November 7, 1974. In the studio rehearsal, the sections are rehearsed out of sequence, and some are repeated.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Estate of Manuel Alum.

Uniform Title

Escaras (Choreographic work : Alum)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from information provided by donor.
• Image copied from a video monitor; numerous technical problems (poor focus, darkness, tracking flaws, jumpiness) occur on that monitor and cannot be corrected.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

• Lighting, John Anderton.

Performer (note)

• Danced by Ballet Rambert: Christopher Bruce, Julia Blaikie, Lucy Burge, Marilyn Williams, Sylvia Yamada, Blake Brown, Keith Hodiak, and Joseph Scoglio.

Event (note)

• First segment (ca. 22 min.): videotaped in stage rehearsal, partly in costume and partly in rehearsal clothes, with lighting, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, in November 1974.
• Second segment (ca. 38 min.): videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in London, England, in November 1974.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 9635

OCLC

NYPY96-F62

Title

Escaras [electronic resource] / choreography and design by Manuel Alum ; music by Zygmunt Krauze (Polychromie) and Witold Szalonek (Improvisations sonoristiques).

Imprint

1974.

Country of Producing Entity

U.K.

Performer

Danced by Ballet Rambert: Christopher Bruce, Julia Blaikie, Lucy Burge, Marilyn Williams, Sylvia Yamada, Blake Brown, Keith Hodiak, and Joseph Scoglio.

Credits

Lighting, John Anderton.

Event

First segment (ca. 22 min.): videotaped in stage rehearsal, partly in costume and partly in rehearsal clothes, with lighting, at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, in November 1974.

Second segment (ca. 38 min.): videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in London, England, in November 1974.

Restricted Access

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

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4864.

Additional Copy 1: 2 3/4" cassettes, copied from A.O., 6/93; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage.

Additional Copy 2: 2 3/4" cassettes, copied from A.O., 1994; Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage; was vid. viewing copy until 4/2017.

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Added Author

Bruce, Christopher, 1945- dancer.

Blaikie, Julia, dancer.

Burge, Lucy, dancer.

Williams, Marilyn, dancer.

Yamada, Sylvia, dancer.

Brown, Blake, dancer.

Hodiak, Keith, dancer.

Scoglio, Joseph, dancer.

Alum, Manuel, choreographer.

Krauze, Zygmunt. Composer

Szalonek, Witold. Composer

Anderton, John. Lighting designer

Ballet Rambert.

DHCA.

Added Title

Escaras (Choreographic work : Alum)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 9635

*MGZIC 9-4864 (former)