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2nd chapter in Deke Weaver's life-long project The Unreliable Bestiary
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color, with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
"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.
written by Deke Weaver ; co-directed by Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen ; a project of Creative Capital ; with support from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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.
Deke Weaver ; dancers: Jennifer Allen, Jessica Cornish, Kyli Kleven, Steve May.
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.