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Nijinsky : Sriwhana Spong /

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Clouds & Michael Lett, 2010.Description: 109, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780958298186
  • 0958298181
Other title:
  • Sriwhana Spong
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • N7408.S67 A4 2010
Contents:
Palms facing skyward / Sarah Hopkinson -- Pale blue bars and gold chains / Gwynneth Porter -- Nature of influences / Keith Money -- Camille / Sriwhana Spong.
Summary: "Nijinsky relates to a series of Sriwhana Spong films that are a re-imagining of a George Balanchine ballet, The Song of the Nightingale, originally choreographed in 1925 for the itinerant Ballet Russes. Based on the only fragments remaining of the original (the Stravinsky score and documentation of the Matisse designs for set and costumes, and some of the costumes themselves) Spong{u2019}s films and the book{u2019}s contents exhort the Balanchine maxim, "Before is over. Performance is now". Nijinsky channels the presence of the famous chimeric dancer for whom the book is named, and involves stills from the films along with collage works that overlay geometric forms onto ballet photographs cut from picture books. It also features writing by Sarah Hopkinson, Gwynneth Porter, ballet photographer and author Keith Money, and the artist herself. This book project has been supported by Creative New Zealand"--Publisher description.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library NZ & Pacific NZ & Pacific NZ&P N 7408 SPO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0009290

Includes essays by Sarah Hopkinson and Keith Money.

Includes bibliographical references (page 110).

Palms facing skyward / Sarah Hopkinson -- Pale blue bars and gold chains / Gwynneth Porter -- Nature of influences / Keith Money -- Camille / Sriwhana Spong.

"Nijinsky relates to a series of Sriwhana Spong films that are a re-imagining of a George Balanchine ballet, The Song of the Nightingale, originally choreographed in 1925 for the itinerant Ballet Russes. Based on the only fragments remaining of the original (the Stravinsky score and documentation of the Matisse designs for set and costumes, and some of the costumes themselves) Spong{u2019}s films and the book{u2019}s contents exhort the Balanchine maxim, "Before is over. Performance is now". Nijinsky channels the presence of the famous chimeric dancer for whom the book is named, and involves stills from the films along with collage works that overlay geometric forms onto ballet photographs cut from picture books. It also features writing by Sarah Hopkinson, Gwynneth Porter, ballet photographer and author Keith Money, and the artist herself. This book project has been supported by Creative New Zealand"--Publisher description.

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