Research Catalog
Dance of Darkness
- Title
- Dance of Darkness / a videotape by Edin Velez ; presented by The Voyager Company.
- Publication
- Santa Monica, Calif. : Voyager, 1989.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Holborn, Mark, 1949-
- Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986
- Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010
- Velez, Edin
- Velez, Ethel
- Maro, Akaji
- Ohsuga, Isamu
- Motofuji, Akiko
- Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020
- Dairakudakan (Dance company), performer.
- Electronic Arts Intermix (Organization), sponsoring body.
- Voyager Company, presenter.
- Sept (Firm), producer.
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
- WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (55 min.) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Describes the beginnings of butō, chiefly the work of Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, and shows its development into a dark dance theater that oversteps conventional social behavior and stage to play in underground theater and in the street.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Filmed performances.
- Filmed dance.
- Televised dance.
- Dance films.
- Note
- Title from opening video credits.
- Narration in English; some of interview responses in Japanese, followed by English translation.
- Butō Dances performed include: Tamai Re and The Five Rings by Dai Rakuda Kan ; Parade (Gyo Retsu), The Silver Seed, and Tai Matsu by Byakko Sha ; Tama Jari Hi Me by Byakko Sha's Hiruta Sanae ; Hosotan (1979) by Tatsumi Hijikata ; Admiring La Argentina, and The Dead Sea by Kazuo Ohno.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits (note)
- Project sponsor, Electronic Arts Intermix ; producers, Ethel Velez, Edin Velex, in association with La Sept and New Television WNET/WGBH ; director & camera, Edin Balez ; VTR & audio, Ethel Velez ; videotape operators, Chris James, John Ransome, Stu Oppenheim.
- Source (note)
- James Clark Reigenborn;
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-7367
- OCLC
- 871543231
- Title
- Dance of Darkness / a videotape by Edin Velez ; presented by The Voyager Company.
- Production
- Santa Monica, Calif. : Voyager, 1989.
- Country of Producing Entity
- Japan.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- computervideo
- 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.
- Credits
- Project sponsor, Electronic Arts Intermix ; producers, Ethel Velez, Edin Velex, in association with La Sept and New Television WNET/WGBH ; director & camera, Edin Balez ; VTR & audio, Ethel Velez ; videotape operators, Chris James, John Ransome, Stu Oppenheim.
- Performer
- Narrator, Mark Holborn.Interviewees and performers include: Tatsumi Hijikata, Kazuo Ohno, Yoshito Ohno, Akaji Maro, Isamu Ohsuga, Akiko Motofuji.
- Source
- Gift; James Clark Reigenborn; 2009.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Holborn, Mark, 1949- narrator.Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986, interviewee.Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986, choreographer.Hijikata, Tatsumi, 1928-1986, performer.Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, interviewee.Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, choreographer.Ōno, Kazuo, 1906-2010, performer.Velez, Edin, director.Velez, Edin, videographer.Velez, Edin, producer.Velez, Ethel, producer.Maro, Akaji, performer.Ohsuga, Isamu, performer.Motofuji, Akiko, performer.Ōno, Yoshito, 1938-2020, performer.Dairakudakan (Dance company), performer.Electronic Arts Intermix (Organization), sponsoring body.Voyager Company, presenter.Sept (Firm), producer.WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.Reigenborn, James Clark, donor.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-7367