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The Gender Project : Women Hitting the Wall

Title
The Gender Project : Women Hitting the Wall, 2002 February 22-23.
Publication
2002.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Shaw, JoAnna Mendl
  • Wood, Ellis
  • Brenner, Janis
  • Gender Project (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 streaming video file (90 min.) : sound, color.
Alternative Title
Women Hitting the Wall
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
Note
  • Title from original cassette label.
  • The Gender Project started in 1998 out of an informal conversation that Joanna Mendl Shaw had with Ellis Wood. We launched a research project that choreographer Janis Brenner initiated, to look at both New York and national statistics and compare male and female representation. Wishing to disseminate these statistics in an unusual and very visible way, we created a performance project titled Women Hitting the Wall and featuring Janis Brenner as Narrator. Reading of statistics became the thread that wove together a series of solos. We did four versions of Women Hitting the Wall in New York, one in Chicago, and one in Philadelphia. The performances always concluded with a facilitated discussion. -- Joanna Mendle Shaw: The Gender Project, New York Foundation for the Arts (www.nyfa.org).
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator, Janis Brenner ; performers, women choreographers and dancers from Chicago.
Source (note)
  • Janis Brenner;
Contents
Women Hitting the Wall performance (February 22, 2002) (44 min.) -- Women Hitting the Wall performance (February 23, 2002) (46 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6965
OCLC
864828196
Title
The Gender Project : Women Hitting the Wall, 2002 February 22-23.
Production
2002.
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.
Cast
Narrator, Janis Brenner ; performers, women choreographers and dancers from Chicago.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Links Hall, Chicago, Ill. 2002 February 22-23.
Source
Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
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Added Author
Shaw, JoAnna Mendl, creator.
Wood, Ellis, creator.
Brenner, Janis, narrator.
Gender Project (New York, N.Y.)
Brenner, Janis, donor.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-6965
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