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The Dying Swan

Laurie McDonald

1975 | 00:03:30 | United States | English | B&W | Mono | 4:3 | 1/2" open reel video

Collection: Early Video Art, Single Titles

Tags: Dance

The Dying Swan is a recreation of the acclaimed ballet — Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova's most famous role — borrowed from its theatrical context and taken back to the lake.  A frozen pond and fifteen-degree weather is the stage and setting for this version of the ballet, and the dancer (Laurie McDonald) in traditional costume of pointe shoes and tutu performs the death throes of the swan on the ice. The music is from "Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens.

Assisted by Alan Powell.

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Exhibitions + Festivals

The Third International Open Encounter on Video, Palazzo dei diamanti, Ferrara, Italy, 1975

Centro de arte y comunicación, Buenos Aires, 1975

The Third Annual Ithaca Video Festival, 1977

Herbert Johnson Museum, Ithaca, 1977

Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, 1977

Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library, 1977 

Video/TV: Humor/Comedy, Media Study/Buffalo, 1984 

Broadcast on Worcester, Massachusetts, PBS, 1979

ISCAF Film/Video Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 1992

Directors Guild of America, West, 2000 

Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, California, 2000 

“Independent Exposure: The Women’s Edition", Microcinema International, Houston, Texas, 2002

Gallery Z, Providence, Rhode Island, 2009

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