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The Improvisation project, Jacob's Pillow dance festival

Title
The Improvisation project, Jacob's Pillow dance festival, 1998-08-08.

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Additional Authors
  • Aiken, Chris
  • Chung, Ray
  • Paxton, Steve
  • Rustler, Ka
  • Simson, Kirstie
  • Washburn, Jessica E.
  • Jacob's Pillow, producer.
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Found In
Mikhail Baryshnikov archive, 1960-2010.
Description
1 streaming video file (50min.) : sound, color.
Summary
The Improvisation Project perform at Jacob's Pillow, followed by an audience Q&A. Steve Paxton talks about contact improvisation while the remaining dancers demonstrate this concept through movement. The group refer to this as their third performance (another is captured on *MGZIDF 406); this improvisation begins as a group work that evolves into pair and solo pieces. Overall visual quality fine; audio captures distant highway noise and audience activity.
Alternative Title
Mikhail Baryshnikov archive. Moving image materials.
Genre/Form
  • Filmed dance.
  • Dance.
  • Music.
  • Video.
  • Filmed performances.
Note
  • Title and date transcribed from videocassette label.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Chris Aiken, Ray Chung, Steve Paxton, Ka Rustler, Kirstie Simson, choreographers; Jessica E. Washburn, videographer; Jacob's Pillow, producer.
Source (note)
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, 1960-2010.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 407
OCLC
893633069
Title
The Improvisation project, Jacob's Pillow dance festival, 1998-08-08.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Chris Aiken, Ray Chung, Steve Paxton, Ka Rustler, Kirstie Simson, dancers; Steve Paxton, speaker.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Chris Aiken, Ray Chung, Steve Paxton, Ka Rustler, Kirstie Simson, choreographers; Jessica E. Washburn, videographer; Jacob's Pillow, producer.
Event
Recorded 1998 August 8 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, Massachusetts.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (Hi 8) ; 8mm.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, 1960-2010.
Source
Gift; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2011.
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NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Aiken, Chris, dancer.
Aiken, Chris, choreographer.
Chung, Ray, dancer.
Chung, Ray, choreographer.
Paxton, Steve, dancer.
Paxton, Steve, choreographer.
Paxton, Steve, speaker.
Rustler, Ka, dancer.
Rustler, Ka, choreographer.
Simson, Kirstie, dancer.
Simson, Kirstie, choreographer.
Washburn, Jessica E., videographer.
Jacob's Pillow, producer.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- donor.
Added Title
Mikhail Baryshnikov archive. Moving image materials.
Found In:
Mikhail Baryshnikov archive, 1960-2010.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 407
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