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Three Ballets : Peregrinata, Evolution, Oasi

Title: Three Ballets : Peregrinata, Evolution, Oasi / by Shelagh McKenna.
Publication: [2011?]

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Description

3 streaming video files (31 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

Perigrinata: three journeys in life: from need to nurture, from grief to acceptance, from fear to transcendence ; Evolution: the first touch in a primeval sea, the ruthless progress of cannibalistic predators, the sad parade of dying species.

Uniform Title

Peregrinata (Choreographic work : McKenna)
Evolution (Choreographic work : McKenna)
Oasi (Choreographic work : McKenna)

Alternative Title

Peregrinata, Evolution, Oasi

Genre/Form

Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Video.
Dance.

Note

Title from original videocassette label ; additional credit information from Shelagh McKenna's production credits on Angelfire.com.
"Performed live, the first scene would be quite different. Each dancer would wear an illuminated, trailing white costume and would be grounded on one pointe, hanging from an overhead rail which was pulled from the wings." -- Shelagh McKenna statement on Vimeo regarding her work, Evolution.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming videos online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Choreography, Shelagh McKenna.

Source (note)

Shelagh McKenna;

Contents

Peregrinata (10 min.). Section I, Lullaby [filmed at The Dance Gallery] / music, Franz Schubert ; music performed by Mischa Dichte ; cinematography, Terry Gallie ; dancers, Janette Silverthorne, Rita Vendetti, Deborah Castello, Hedy Minten -- Section II, Harvest of Sorrow [filmed at Rye Soundstage] / music, Sergei Rachmaninoff ; music performed by Suzanne Murphy, Scottish National Orchestra ; cinematography, Giovanni Sampogna, Lila Pine ; dancers, Tija Coules, Meredith Wreda -- Section III.
Evolution (7 min.). Section I, Slow Water [filmed at Rye Soundstage] / music created and performed by Brian Eno ; cinematography, Salvatore Greco ; dancers, Helen Corbett, Anne Marie Hooa (those who touch) ; Tija Coules, Vivian Ho, Shelagh McKenna (those who do not) -- Section II, Umbilica [filmed at Fairview Theatre] / music created and performed by Radiohead ; cinematography, Salvatore Greco ; dancers, Stacey Danchuk, Elaine Savail, Rita Vendetti, Deborah Castello (first predator) ; Michelle McTaggart, Bill Stephen, Lorna Reddick (second predator) ; Stephanie Milford, Shawn Essiambre (third predator) -- Section III, The Ark [filmed at Vancouver Light and Movement Productions] / music created and performed by Jean Michel Jarre ; cinematography, Paul Fowlek ; dancers, anonymous by request (despairing species) ; Suzane Philippe, Sean Delaney (human beings).
Oasi (14 min.) [filmed at The Kay Meek Centre] / music, Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano Concerto, no. 2 in C minor, Op. 18) ; cinematography, Garth Fowlie ; dancers, Su-Yin Macdonnell, Andre Bienvenu, Jean-Kyle Bienvenu.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 1252

OCLC

903591268

Title

Three Ballets : Peregrinata, Evolution, Oasi / by Shelagh McKenna.

Production

[2011?]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Access

Patrons can access streaming videos online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits

Choreography, Shelagh McKenna.

Event

Videotaped in various locations in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2011?

Original Version

Original format: 1 DVD ; 4 3/4 in.

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Local Subject

Videodance.

Added Author

McKenna, Shelagh, choreographer.

McKenna, Shelagh, dancer.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828, composer.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, composer.

Eno, Brian, 1948- composer.

Jarre, Jean-Michel, composer.

Gallie, Terry, cinematographer.

Sampogna, Giovanni, cinematographer.

Pine, Lila, cinematographer.

Greco, Salvatore, cinematographer.

Fowlek, Paul, cinematographer.

Silverthorne, Janette, dancer.

Vendetti, Rita, dancer.

Castello, Deborah, dancer.

Minten, Hedy, dancer.

Coules, Tija, dancer.

Wreda, Meredith, dancer.

Corbett, Helen, dancer.

Hooa, Anne Marie, dancer.

Ho, V. (Vivian), dancer.

Danchuk, Stacey, dancer.

Savail, Elaine, dancer.

McTaggart, Michelle, dancer.

Stephen, Bill, dancer.

Reddick, Lorna, dancer.

Philippe, Suzane, dancer.

Delaney, Sean, dancer.

Bienvenu, Andre, dancer.

Bienvenu, Jean-Kyle, dancer.

Macdonnell, Su-Yin, dancer.

Radiohead (Musical group), composer.

McKenna, Shelagh, donor.

Added Title

Container of (work): Peregrinata (Choreographic work : McKenna)

Container of (work): Evolution (Choreographic work : McKenna)

Container of (work): Oasi (Choreographic work : McKenna)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 1252

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