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Janis Brenner's The Memory Project

Title
Janis Brenner's The Memory Project / choreography, Janis Brenner ; presented by Florida International University Dance Department.
Publication
2004.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Brenner, Janis
  • Richman, Howard
  • Florida International University, performer.
Description
1 streaming video file (61 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
The Memory of All That, a voice/movement/text-based work, is an on-going exploration of the interactive dynamic between the power of movement and the power of words and what occurs when both are employed simultaneously.
Uniform Title
Memory of All That (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Alternative Title
Memory Project
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
Note
  • Title from opening video credits ; additional credits taken from the Dance Division's *MGZIDVD 5-6916 The Memory of All That.
  • Formerly entitled The Memory of All That.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Music, Howard Richman with excerpts from J.S. Bach (Cello Suite no. 1 in G Major), Meredith Monk (Jade, from Songs from the Hill), Zephryn Conte (Card Memory section), and Henry Purcell (Death is a long, long Sleep) ; opening text, Marcel Proust (Remembrance of Things Past) ; poem adapted by Roger Von Oech (A Whack on the Side of the Head).
Source (note)
  • Janis Brenner;
Biography (note)
  • Premiered in its original version at UCLA as a commission from the Dance/World Arts & Cultures Department in April 1994. It premiered with its New York cast in a full-length version at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris on March 25, 1999.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6967
OCLC
864175455
Title
Janis Brenner's The Memory Project / choreography, Janis Brenner ; presented by Florida International University Dance Department.
Production
2004.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
video
Type of Carrier
online resource
Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Florida International University Dance Department theater, Miami, Fla. 2004 January 31.
Credits
Music, Howard Richman with excerpts from J.S. Bach (Cello Suite no. 1 in G Major), Meredith Monk (Jade, from Songs from the Hill), Zephryn Conte (Card Memory section), and Henry Purcell (Death is a long, long Sleep) ; opening text, Marcel Proust (Remembrance of Things Past) ; poem adapted by Roger Von Oech (A Whack on the Side of the Head).
Performer
Performed by Florida International University Dance Department dancers and community members.
Biography
Premiered in its original version at UCLA as a commission from the Dance/World Arts & Cultures Department in April 1994. It premiered with its New York cast in a full-length version at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris on March 25, 1999.
Source
Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
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Added Author
Brenner, Janis, choreographer.
Richman, Howard, composer.
Florida International University, performer.
Brenner, Janis, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Memory of All That (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6967
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