Research Catalog

Breath

Title
Breath [electronic resource] / [choreographed and performed] by Eiko & Koma.
Publication
c1999.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Pantzer, Jerry
  • Poitras, Scott
  • Yokobosky, Matthew
  • Eiko and Koma, choreographer.
  • Eiko and Koma, performer.
  • Eiko and Koma, designer.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 streaming video file (18 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Work originally presented as a "living" installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art, from May 28 through June 21, 1998.
Uniform Title
Breath (Choreographic work : Eiko and Koma)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • For a more cinematic edit of this performance, see *MGZIC 9-5965 Breath.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art, curated by Matthew Yokobosky ; environment and video, Eiko & Koma ; lighting, Eiko & Koma, Scott Poitras ; assistants to Eiko & Koma, Kozue Oshiro, Tetsuma Shimizu.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, on June 8 and 15, 1998 ; video photographed and directed by Jerry Pantzer ; editing, Jerry Pantzer and Eiko & Koma, with AVID supervising editor François Bernadi. Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Funding (note)
  • This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
  • The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 7151
OCLC
NYPY00-F0
Title
Breath [electronic resource] / [choreographed and performed] by Eiko & Koma.
Imprint
c1999.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (Umatic) ; 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, on June 8 and 15, 1998 ; video photographed and directed by Jerry Pantzer ; editing, Jerry Pantzer and Eiko & Koma, with AVID supervising editor François Bernadi. Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Credits
Commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art, curated by Matthew Yokobosky ; environment and video, Eiko & Koma ; lighting, Eiko & Koma, Scott Poitras ; assistants to Eiko & Koma, Kozue Oshiro, Tetsuma Shimizu.
Funding
This project was made possible by a grant from the National Initiative to Preserve America's Dance (NIPAD), a program under the umbrella SAVE AS: DANCE, underwritten by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The assistance of New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-5964.
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Added Author
Pantzer, Jerry, videographer.
Pantzer, Jerry, director.
Pantzer, Jerry, video editor.
Poitras, Scott, lighting designer.
Yokobosky, Matthew, curator.
Eiko and Koma, choreographer.
Eiko and Koma, performer.
Eiko and Koma, designer.
Whitney Museum of American Art.
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
DHCA.
Added Title
Breath (Choreographic work : Eiko and Koma)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 7151
*MGZIDVD 5-6069 (former)
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