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Acis and Galatea : (World Premiere)

Title: Acis and Galatea : (World Premiere), 2014 April 26 / direction and choreography, Mark Morris ; performed by Mark Morris Dance Group.
Publication: 2014.

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Description

1 streaming video file (101 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

Synopsis: Acis is in love with Galatea. The monster, Polyphemus, also loves her. In a jealous rage, and spurned by Galatea, Polyphemus hurls a boulder at Acis and mortally wounds him. Galatea uses her magic powers to change her dead lover into a stream that will flow eternally.

Uniform Title

Acis and Galatea (Choreographic work : Morris)
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Widescreen.
The recording of this work was made possible by the cooperation of Mark Morris Dance Group, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, Cal Performances-Zellerbach Hall, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Choreography, Mark Morris ; music, George Frideric Handel (arr. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) ; libretto, John Gay with Alexander Pope and John Hughes ; scenic design, Adrianne Lobel ; costume design, Isaac Mizrahi ; lighting design, Michael Chybowski ; cast, Sherezade Panthaki (Galatea), Thomas Cooley (Acis), Zach Finkelstein (Damon), Douglas Williams (Polyphemus) ; videography, Teleprose ; director/editor/lead camera, Niels Melo ; second camera/assistant editor, Brad Seals ; audio for video, Chris Voltz.

Funding (note)

This recording is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Contents

Act I (42 min.) -- Act II (59 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2044

OCLC

914239080

Title

Acis and Galatea : (World Premiere), 2014 April 26 / direction and choreography, Mark Morris ; performed by Mark Morris Dance Group.

Production

2014.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Series

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.

Access

Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Zellerbach Hall, in Berkeley, Calif., as part of the Cal Performances series, on 2014 April 26.

Credits

Choreography, Mark Morris ; music, George Frideric Handel (arr. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) ; libretto, John Gay with Alexander Pope and John Hughes ; scenic design, Adrianne Lobel ; costume design, Isaac Mizrahi ; lighting design, Michael Chybowski ; cast, Sherezade Panthaki (Galatea), Thomas Cooley (Acis), Zach Finkelstein (Damon), Douglas Williams (Polyphemus) ; videography, Teleprose ; director/editor/lead camera, Niels Melo ; second camera/assistant editor, Brad Seals ; audio for video, Chris Voltz.

Performer

Danced by Mark Morris Dance Group (artistic director, Mark Morris): Chelsea Lynn Acree, Sam Black, Rita Donahue, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Benjamin Freedman (apprentice), Lesley Garrison, Lauren Grant, Brian Lawson, Aaron Loux, Laurel Lynch, Stacy Martorana, Dallas McMurray, Maile Okamura, Brandon Randolph (apprentice), Billy Smith, Noah Vinson, Jenn Weddel, Michelle Yard.

Music performed by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Choral (music director, Nicholas McGegan) and Sherezade Panthaki (soprano), Thomas Cooley (tenor), Zach Finkelstein (tenor), Douglas Williams (bass-baritone).

Funding

This recording is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

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Added Author

Morris, Mark, 1956- artistic director.

Morris, Mark, 1956- choreographer.

Morris, Mark, 1956- stage director.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Acis and Galatea. HWV 49a.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, arranger of music.

Gay, John, 1685-1732, librettist.

Chybowski, Michael, lighting designer.

Lobel, Adrianne, set designer.

Mizrahi, Isaac, costume designer.

Melo, Niels, videographer.

Melo, Niels.

Seals, Brad, videographer.

Voltz, Chris, production personnel.

Panthaki, Sherezade, performer.

Cooley, Thomas, 1970- performer.

Finkelstein, Zach, performer.

Williams, Douglas, 1982- performer.

Acree, Chelsea Lynn, dancer.

Black, Sam (Dancer), dancer.

Donahue, Rita, dancer.

Estrada, Domingo, dancer.

Freedman, Benjamin, dancer.

Garrison, Lesley, dancer.

Grant, Lauren, dancer.

Lawson, Brian (Dancer), dancer.

Loux, Aaron, dancer.

Lynch, Laurel, dancer.

Martorana, Stacy, dancer.

McMurray, Dallas, dancer.

Okamura, Maile, dancer.

Randolph, Brandon, dancer.

Smith, Billy, dancer.

Vinson, Noah, dancer.

Weddel, Jenn, dancer.

Yard, Michelle, dancer.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, musicians.

New York Public Library. Dance Division, presenter.

Mark Morris Dance Group, performer.

Cal Performances (Organization), presenter.

Added Title

Container of (work): Acis and Galatea (Choreographic work : Morris)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2044

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