The Catherine Wheel (modern dance) - Twyla Tharp (choreographer) and David Byrne (composer) (1982)(no video link)
Title
The Catherine Wheel (modern dance) - Twyla Tharp (choreographer) and David Byrne (composer) (1982)(no video link)
Subject
Modern dance
Family relationships
Allegory
Catholicism
Description
Broadway show illustrating the modern world, redesigned for television to incorporate computerized special effects.
Content description from Worldcat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/catherine-wheel/oclc/1084293251):
An extraordinary choreographic vision of the modern world and modern life taking the martyrdom of Saint Catherine on the wheel as a point of departure. When Twyla Tharp's The Catherine Wheel premiered on Broadway, it was described by Arlene Croce--dance critic for The New Yorker magazine--as "A major event in our theater," with "dancing of astonishing beauty and power." It was then completely refashioned by Tharp especially for television, with computer-generated figures, shadow-play, and reverse action - creating a wholly separate video version that has also met with overwhelming praise. The work is set to an original score written and performed by David Byrne of Talking Heads, and grew out of Tharp's fascination with Saint Catherine, the 4th-century martyr who was condemned to die on a spiked wheel. Preceded by rehearsal footage and an interview with Tharp and leading members of her dance troupe as they explain the theme and preparations for the production.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Clipping from program guide: The Catherine Wheel - A poetic fantasy, choreographed by Twyla Tharp, which, through, the use of mime, dance, music and theatre, plots the deterioration of the American family unit. The program incorporates the use of computer graphics, animation and post production video technologies.
Handwritten on folder: Under Cover March 1983.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Content description from Worldcat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/catherine-wheel/oclc/1084293251):
An extraordinary choreographic vision of the modern world and modern life taking the martyrdom of Saint Catherine on the wheel as a point of departure. When Twyla Tharp's The Catherine Wheel premiered on Broadway, it was described by Arlene Croce--dance critic for The New Yorker magazine--as "A major event in our theater," with "dancing of astonishing beauty and power." It was then completely refashioned by Tharp especially for television, with computer-generated figures, shadow-play, and reverse action - creating a wholly separate video version that has also met with overwhelming praise. The work is set to an original score written and performed by David Byrne of Talking Heads, and grew out of Tharp's fascination with Saint Catherine, the 4th-century martyr who was condemned to die on a spiked wheel. Preceded by rehearsal footage and an interview with Tharp and leading members of her dance troupe as they explain the theme and preparations for the production.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Clipping from program guide: The Catherine Wheel - A poetic fantasy, choreographed by Twyla Tharp, which, through, the use of mime, dance, music and theatre, plots the deterioration of the American family unit. The program incorporates the use of computer graphics, animation and post production video technologies.
Handwritten on folder: Under Cover March 1983.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Twyla Tharp (director and choreographer)
David Byrne (composer)
Sara Rudner (performer)
Rhoda Grauer (executive producer)
Dave Jervis (visual effects)
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
WNET Channel 13 New York
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Date
1982
Citation
“The Catherine Wheel (modern dance) - Twyla Tharp (choreographer) and David Byrne (composer) (1982)(no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/81.