Series: New Television Workshop
Date: 1981-01-01
Subject: Modern dance; Landscape
People: Costa, Sam; Goldbas, Stephen; Jones, Gwyneth; McClure, Molly T.; Salmon, Nancy; Vanhorne, Larry Lee
Copyright Holder: WGBH

Clip Description
This short work, by choreographer Sam Costa and the Ram Island Dance Company, features the rocky seaside landscape of Maine, into which dancers make brief appearances. They are seen hanging from boulders, leaping through the woods, and jumping atop rocks. Atmospheric original music by F. Karl Boyle accompanies the work.

This was originally created for "Frames of Reference" and was broadcast as a segment of "Dance Journeys" and "Landscape in Motion." It also appeared as a segment of Episode 502 of the 1989 season of "New Television."

Series Description
The New Television Workshop originated at WGBH, a public broadcasting station in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1974 to support the creation and development of experimental video art. This experimental programming included dance, drama, music, performance and visual arts on video and film. As early as 1968, WGBH was committed to the development of video art through residency programs, with artists such as Nam June Paik, and the "Rockefeller Artists-in-Television" project. Many of these early works (pre-1974) were broadcast both locally and nationally.

As an umbrella for arts related programming, the Workshop included "Artist's Showcase, " "Frames of Reference, " "Dance for Camera, " "Poetry Breaks," and "New Television," as well as acquired arts programming. Individual works were created for "Visions," a series produced by WNET (New York), and "Alive From Off Center," a series produced by KTCA (St. Paul - Minneapolis). The Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund was co-founded by the Workshop and Boston's Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) in the 1980's, to commission works by video artists. In 1993 the Workshop ceased production at WGBH.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/wgbh/NTW/FA/TITLES/Inhabitant58.HTML