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.

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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
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.
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.
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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
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