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Title: ECONOMY IN STRAIGHTJACKET BUT STILL ROOM FOR MOVEMENT - STUDIO REHEARSAL

Reference number: 11293

Date: 1987, May

Sound: sound

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 19.43 mins

Description: A recording of a studio rehearsal for Economy in a Straightjacket but Still Room for Movement. This performance was first choreographed in 1978, and a reworked version was performed on 21 May 1987 as part of the Perth Festival of Arts.

'This challenging ballet takes its title from a financial headline in The Times. A provocative and satirical piece.' (www.peterdarrell.org/cdeveloped

[The end of the tape cuts to a sports report on American television].

Please note this is a copy of the raw capture of the original analogue video for preservation and as such may display defects such as dropout, washed out colour and sound fluctuation.

Credits: [Choreographer: Peter Darrell
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (Preludes and Fugues from The Welltempered Clavier)
Designers: Peter Darrell and Terry Jacobs (Scottish Ballet workshop, 1978); Peter Darrell and Caro Harkness (The Scottish Ballet, 1987)

Cast: Elaine McDonald, Judy Mohekey, Eleanor Moore,Christopher Gillard, Tristan Borrer]

Shotlist: Rehearsal footage: 00.07-18.59

[Television footage: 19.01-19.42]