The Catherine wheel / originally produced for the theatre by Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation ; produced by Alan Yentob ; a Catherine Wheel production in association with WNET/Thirteen.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Tharp, Twyla, director, choreographer, interviewee.

Yentob, Alan, producer.

Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Standardized Title:

Catherine wheel (Choreographic work : Tharp)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modern dance.

Genre:

Dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : C Major Entertainment, 1983.

Language Note:

Interviews in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

When Twyla Tharp's The Catherine Wheel was premiered on Broadway, it was described by Arlene Croce of the New Yorker as "a major event in our theatre", with "dancing of astonishing beauty and power". It was then completely refashioned by Twyla Tharp herself specially for television, with computer-generated figures, shadow-play and reverse action - creating a video version that has met with overwhelming praise: "if ever a programme demanded to be viewed again and again with a video recorder, this is it." Financial Times. Set to an original score by David Byrne, the lead singer/composer of Talking Heads, the dance grew out of Twyla Tharp's fascination with Saint Catherine, the 4th-century martyr who was condemned to die on a spiked wheel.

Participant:

Sara Rudner (Leader), Jennifer Way (Mother), Tom Rawe (Father), Katie Glasner (Sister), Raymond Kurshals (Brother), Shelley Washington (Maid), Christine Uchida (Pet), John Carrafa (Poet), Richard Colton, William Whitener, John Malashock, Mary Ann Kellogg, Shelley Freydont, Keith Young, Barbara Hoon (Chorus).

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed February 23, 2022).

Contains:

Music: Byrne, David, 1952- Catherine wheel.

OCLC:

1309919691

Publisher Number:

ASP5195398/marc