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Publisher
The Wooster Group
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte, TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (Phèdre) is The Wooster Group's **OBIE**-winning production of Paul Schmidt's version of Racine's Phèdre, re-set in a mobile modernist landscape of sliding plexiglass panels, omnipresent monitors, and hidden cameras. Winner of 2002 **OBIE** and **BESSIE** awards for Best Production and Best Performer (Kate Valk)! *An "exhilarating dissection of Racine’s tragedy"* - **The New York Times**
2) King Lear
Publisher
Stage Russia
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (167 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Russian
Description
Yury Butusov's brilliant, award-winning staging of KING LEAR tells us a story in which the collapse of a family, the collapse of a country, and the collapse of an individual are all connected to each other. In Shakespeare's classic work, Lear imagined himself to be God's equal - and so he divided his kingdom between his daughters just to see what would happen. Featuring four time Golden Mask Award-winning actor Konstantin Raikin as Lear.
Publisher
Illuminations Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
MATTHEW BOURNE’S THE CAR MAN is one of modern dance’s most thrilling and entertaining shows and a signature production for New Adventures. First seen in 2000, when it won the Evening Standard Award for “Musical Event of the Year”, it has proved to be a smash-hit in the UK and around the world. This recording for Sky Arts was made at Sadler’s Wells during the production’s most recent revival. The show is loosely based on Bizet’s popular...
4) Hamlet
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (192 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A film of the ground-breaking Royal Exchange Theater production of Hamlet, with renowned British actress Maxine Peake in the title role. *"Peake's delicate ferocity, her particular mixture of concentration and lightness, ensure that you to follow her whenever she appears." - Susannah Clapp, **The Guardian***
Publisher
Illuminations Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (110 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
MATTHEW BOURNE'S CINDERELLA is a thrilling and evocative love story told in dance. A reinterpretation of the classic fairy tale, it features heart-stopping choreography and vivid, truthful characters. Originally mounted in 1997 but recreated as a completely fresh production for its most recent run, this is one of New Adventures’ most popular and beloved creations. Set in London during the Second World War, the drama features Cinderella and a dashing...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (146 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From the mind of award-winning director Julie Taymor (The Lion King on Broadway, Frida, Titus) comes a Shakespeare adaptation like none other, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Rich with Taymor's trademark creativity, this immersive and darkly poetic cinematic experience brings the play's iconic fairies, spells and hallucinatory lovers to life. Filmed at her sold-out stage production with cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto (Argo, Frida) and music by Academy...
Publisher
Illuminations
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO + JULIET is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic story of love and conflict. Set in the not-too-distant future in ‘The Verona Institute’ and mysteriously confined against their will by a society that seeks to divide and crush their youthful spirits, our two young lovers must follow their hearts as they risk everything to be together. A timeless story about repressed emotions and teenage...
Publisher
Stage Russia
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (168 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Russian
Description
Rimas Tuminas' adaptation of two novels by Grigory Kanovich, is a dreamy, ruminative, comedic road trip, centering around the parlous fortunes of Eastern European Jews at the start of the 20th century. A period piece that carries a modern conscious, Smile Upon Us, is a Becket-like "Waiting for Jehovah" featuring three towering figures from the Russian stage, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksei Guskov and Vladimir Simonov.
Author
Publisher
Journeyman Pictures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Nepali
Description
The incredible story of Saraswoti and Sheetal, trafficking survivors who reclaim skills that once came at a high cost: they were slaves in Indian circuses - sold as children. Now freed, together they form Nepal's first circus. An intimate, beautiful film that harnesses the visual power of circus to give a unique perspective into the complex world of human trafficking.
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (71 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Classic performances from America’s top comics….before any of us knew who they were. With nothing more than a punch line and a dream, these (then) struggling young artists transformed themselves into comedy legends. Here is a rare opportunity to see some of the world’s greatest African American stars perform the routines that would someday make them Kings of Comedy.
Publisher
Unity Productions Foundation
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
ALLAH MADE ME FUNNY features live stand-up performances by Azhar Usman, Preacher Moss and Mohammed Amer as well as behind the scenes sequences highlighting the individual comedians. The trio poke fun at Muslims and non-Muslims alike and their comedic material plays with stereotypes to invite people to think outside of their fixed cultural perceptions.
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (11 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A reflexive, first-person narrative by Captain Don Leslie, a sideshow sword-swallower, human blockhead, tattooed man, and fire eater. Recounting everything from childhood feelings of being an “oddball” to his injuries as a sword-swallower, Captain Don spews flames, lights his tongue on fire, and sings about the circus and tattooing.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A feature-length documentary, exploring the growing musical and social phenomenon of chanting, MANTRA: SOUNDS INTO SILENCE shares the stories of people who are finding healing and a sense of inner peace by singing mantras together. It’s a film about spirituality not religion, about people reconnecting with their true selves and with others. The film shows that chanting can have beneficial effects on the brain and in turn, on practitioners’ well-being....
14) Anna Karenina
Publisher
Stage Russia
Language
Russian
Description
A spectacular, breathtaking, high-tech musical production based on the masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy. The dramatic and tumultuous love story between the married ANNA KARENINA and a dashing military officer, Alexey Vronsky, takes place amidst the glitter and luxury of the Russian nobility in the second half of the 19th century. The musical’s characters struggle with overwhelming of love and betrayal, passion and duty, hope and desperation. Although...
Publisher
Stage Russia
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (123 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A remarkable tale of love and betrayal based on one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of the Russian Empire. Brilliantly told by renowned playwright and poet July Kim with music composed by Roman Ignatyev (the same team behind Anna Karenina Musical and The Count of Monte Cristo), Filmed before a live audience from the Moscow Operetta Theatre.
Publisher
Planet Group Entertainment
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A festive tribute to legendary Black American jazz and blues artists. The tony award winning Broadway show recreates the sizzle of the cotton club reviews that galvanized Harlem audiences in the 20s, 30s and 40s. A cultural legacy.
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (41 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Featuring over 40 minutes of vintage performances by the world’s greatest gospel singer, this is Mahalia at her most powerful, singing the beloved songs of the holiday season. Originally intended as musical vignettes for CBS’s 1960-61 television season, this beautiful footage has been digitally remastered for optimum sound and picture quality form the original 16mm Kinescopes.
Publisher
Illuminations
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (127 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After causing an immediate sensation when it premiered at Sadler’s Wells in 1995, MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE returns with a fresh look for the 21st century. Still retaining the iconic elements of the original production loved by millions around the world, award-winning designers, Lez Brotherston and Paule Constable, alongside Bourne, have created an exciting re-imagining of the classic production. Thrilling, audacious, witty and emotive, this...
19) Gallant Indies
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Based on Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet that was directed by Clément Cogitore for the Opéra National de Paris. This is a premiere for 30 dancers of hip-hop, krump, break, voguing… A first for the Director Clément Cogitore and for the choreographer Bintou Dembélé. And a first for the Paris’ Opera Bastille. By bringing together urban dance and opera singing, they reinvent Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque masterpiece, Les Indes Galantes....
20) Standing Up
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (77 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Three unlikely aspiring stand-up comedians – an ultra-Orthodox Jew, a couchsurfing custodian, and a personal injury lawyer – risk everything to find their voices on the cutthroat New York comedy scene. Official Selection at **DOC NYC**.
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