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"We staged 2010's ELEPHANT ((the second performance in the Unreliable Bestiary, a life-long project presenting a full-length performance for each letter of the alphabet, each letter represented by an endangered species or habitat) in the University of Illinois' cavernous Stock Pavilio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Creative Capital Foundation (sponsoring body,), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Weaver, Deke (Actor, Screenwriter), Allen, Jennifer (Jennifer Grace) (Dancer, Choreographer), Peck, Chris (Composer) (composer (expression)), Cornish, Jessica (Dancer), Kleven, Kyli (Dancer), May, Steve (Dancer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Champaign, Ill.?] : The Unreliable Bestiary, [2016?]
Subjects:
Elephants > Drama.
Elephants > Symbolic aspects > Drama.
Elephants in art > Drama.
Endangered species > Drama.
Human-animal relationships > Drama.
Animals and civilization > Drama.
Filmed performances.
Documentary films.
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Summary:"We staged 2010's ELEPHANT ((the second performance in the Unreliable Bestiary, a life-long project presenting a full-length performance for each letter of the alphabet, each letter represented by an endangered species or habitat) in the University of Illinois' cavernous Stock Pavilion. ELEPHANT was huge: the piece featured video projected on two 90-foot long screens, dance, songs, storytelling, and an enormous twelve-foot-high elephant puppet"--The Unreliable Bestiary project website.
Item Description:Filmed in live performance at the Stock Pavilion on the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, September 2010.
"ELEPHANT was part of the 2010-11 Center for Advanced Study Initiative 'Knowing animals: histories, strategies & frontiers in human/animal relations'"--Credits.
The Unreliable bestiary, an ark of stories about animals, our relationships with them, & the worlds they inhabit."--Container."
Special features include a preview, three animation shorts Anim 01, Anim 02, Anim 03, and gallery of posters made for the show.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color, with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Choreography, Jennifer Allen ; music, songs, sound design, Chris Peck ; cameras, Nathan Adhikari and 4 others ; editing, Luke Boyce, Deke Weaver ; video doc director, Luke Boyce.