Desert Widow
2015 - Director : Barnes, Valérie
Choreographer(s) : Guyon, Jil (United States)
Present in collection(s): Centre de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne
Video producer : Jil Guyon
Desert Widow
2015 - Director : Barnes, Valérie
Choreographer(s) : Guyon, Jil (United States)
Present in collection(s): Centre de Vidéo Danse de Bourgogne
Video producer : Jil Guyon
Desert Widow
Created and performed by Jil Guyon
Cinematography: Valerie Barnes
Original Score: Mihoko Suzuki
Opening Title: Frederic Chopin, "Prelude in E minor, Op. 20 No. 4"
Cello: John Popham
Piano: Mihoko Suzuki
Sound Design: Timothy Cramer
Text: Gertrude Stein, "Patriarchal Poetry"
Guyon, Jil
Barnes, Valérie
Desert Widow
Choreography : Jil Guyon
Interpretation : Jil Guyon
Text : Gertrude Stein, "Patriarchal Poetry"
Original music : Mihoko Suzuki - Violoncelle : John Popham - Piano : Mihoko Suzuki
Additionnal music : Frédéric Chopin, "Prelude in E minor, Op. 20 No. 4"
Video conception : Cinématographie : Valerie Barnes
Sound : Timothy Cramer
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