volcanohunter Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 It's not the most Christmassy DVD, but Kultur is releasing the Joffrey Ballet's film of Kurt Jooss' The Green Table on December 17, and that is fantastic news. http://www.kultur.com/The-Green-Table-Kurt-Jooss-p/d4920.htm Link to comment
sandik Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Oh excellent -- this is fabulous news. I'd be thrilled to get this for Christmas!! Link to comment
GianninaM Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I wonder if this is a copy of the Joffrey performance telecast many years ago? It featuring Philip Jerry as Death, Beatriz Rodriguez, Gary Chryst and others. Link to comment
rg Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 below is the NYPL cat. entry for the Dance in American program about THE GREEN TABLE - oddly the pianists are not credited, but the fact that soon-to-be-released video says the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, a name that post-dates the Joffrey Ballet of the '82 telecast and the fact that pianists named in Kultur's promo/credits ring no bells w/ me from the Joffrey of the '80s leads me to suppose that this is a recent filming of THE GREEEN TABLE with the current co. and not a release of the formerly telecast production, etc. << The green table: 1982. 57 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences Notes : Telecast on the Great Performances: Dance in America series by WNET/13, New York on December 13, 1982. Producer: Judy Kinberg. Director: Emile Ardolino. Choreography and scenario: Kurt Jooss. Staged by Anna Markard. Music: F. A. Cohen. Costumes: Hein Heckroth. Masks: Hermann Markard. Performed by the Joffrey Ballet. Cast: Philip Jerry (Death), James Canfield (Standard bearer), Jerel Hilding (Old soldier), Mark Goldweber (Young soldier), Valmai Roberts (Mother), Beatriz Rodriguez (Woman), Carole Valleskey (Young girl), and Gary Chryst (Profiteer). Biographical profile of Kurt Jooss (last 15 min.) Written by Tobi Tobias, narrated by Michael Tolan, includes numerous still photographs and some film clips of other Jooss ballets, and brief excerpts from performances by the Tanzforum Cologne of Jooss' ballets The big city, Pavane on the death of an infanta, and A ball in old Vienna >> Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Amazon is taking pre-orders. From what I can make out on the back cover, the ballet was filmed in 2000, directed by Thomas Grimm, produced by Jane Seymour and made by Reiner Moritz (RM) Associates. Link to comment
Helene Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 I just pre-ordered mine: I can't wait to get this. Link to comment
GianninaM Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I got this for Christmas. It's excellent. But there are always minor quibbles (I'm comparing it to the telecast in the 80's, which I taped). My major gripe is the photography; close ups, "dramatic" angles, close ups. Jeez! It really detracts from the dancing and the story; I read that the scenes at the table were choreographes so that every face could be seen and some of that was lost. The dancing was great tho I thought the mother could have looked older, and the girl in the brothal could have been just a tad more reluctant. All of these are minor quibbles; I highly recomment the DVD.. Link to comment
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