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Opiate d'Amour - Stage Video 3: The Bellboy (1080)
Opiate d’Amour – Stage Video 3: The Bellboy Filmed in residence at MASS MoCA in 2021, for inclusion in an impending theater installation, which will incorporate 10 videos into the structure of the installation. Script/Direction/Video Design: John Jahnke Cinematography: Kyle Parsons Featuring: Craig Dolezel, Sean Donovan, Andrew Schneider, Hwalan Shub Edited by Guy Holling and John Jahnke Produced by Karla Brom and Hotel Savant Associate Director: Jill Samuels Stage Manager: Karen Oughtred Costume Design: Ramona Ponce Costume Contributions: John Jahnke and Italo Zucchelli Focus Puller: Steven Tong Music by Black Polygons Watercolor by Barbara Ernst Prey © 2021 John Jahnke/Hotel Savant
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Opiate d'Amour - Stage Video 4: Love Lesson No. 2 (Partial Dialogue) FX 1080
Opiate d’Amour – Stage Video 4: Love Lesson #2 Filmed in residence at MASS MoCA in 2021, for inclusion in an impending theater installation, which will incorporate 10 videos into the structure of the installation. Script/Direction/Video Design: John Jahnke Cinematography: Kyle Parsons Featuring: Craig Dolezel, Sean Donovan, Andrew Schneider, Hwalan Shub Edited by Guy Holling and John Jahnke Produced by Karla Brom and Hotel Savant Associate Director: Jill Samuels Stage Manager: Karen Oughtred Costume Design: Ramona Ponce Costume Contributions: John Jahnke and Italo Zucchelli Focus Puller: Steven Tong Music by Ian William Craig © 2021 John Jahnke/Hotel Savant
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Opiate d'Amour - Stage Video 5: The Dining Room (4K)
Filmed in residence at MASS MoCA in 2021, for inclusion in an impending theater installation, which will incorporate 10 videos into the structure of the installation. Script/Direction/Video Design: John Jahnke Cinematography: Kyle Parsons Featuring: Craig Dolezel, Sean Donovan, Andrew Schneider, Hwalan Shub Edited by Guy Holling and John Jahnke Produced by Karla Brom and Hotel Savant Associate Director: Jill Samuels Stage Manager: Karen Oughtred Costume Design: Ramona Ponce Costume Contributions: John Jahnke and Italo Zucchelli Focus Puller: Steven Tong Music by Ian William Craig Watercolor by Barbara Ernst Prey © 2021 John Jahnke/Hotel Savant
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Opiate d'Amour - Stage Video #1: Pool Scene
Opiate d’Amour Stage Video Excerpt: The Pool (Work-in-Progress) Filmed on Roosevelt Island: Sportspark 2019. For inclusion in a installation theater work at MASS MoCA in 2021. Script/Direction/Design: John Jahnke Music: Ian William Craig Videography: Kyle Parsons Costumes: John Jahnke Stage Manager: Jill Samuels Produced by Hotel Savant Supported in part through Chashama and The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Actors: Melody Bates, Bruno Llos, Alessandro Magania, TL Thompson, and Jonah Udall. Swim Team: Andrew Anson, Nora Cronin, Kirsten Kramer, Eugene Skorodinsky. Synopsis: At a public pool, a couple, Orso and Denby, engage in a silent struggle of love and animosity, as Orso recovers from an illness. Their Caretaker, Ado-Baba, plays intermediary, as their adopted child Fairchild observes. Coral, a lover from Denby’s past, hovers over him offering spiritual support. Length: 9:24
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Hotel Savant - Alas, The Nymphs... BAM Next Wave Excerpt
Alas, The Nymphs… Excerpt: ‘Water. For Dinner’. Part of the BAM Next Wave Festival 2015. Script/Direction/Design Concept: John Jahnke Presented by Hotel Savant. Synopsis: Following a Greek king, Endymion of Elis, who abandons his war torn country for the safety of a cliff-side cave, the Men Go Down trilogy time-travels through the extended lifespan of the tormented ruler, a man who simply will not make a decision about how to handle his human responsibilities, and until he does so, cannot die. Alas, The Nymphs…, Part 1 of the trilogy, focuses on this initial abandonment, and the violent consequences of the king’s catastrophic disappearance. Pursued by his forsaken fiancée, the Naiad Dryope, the disguised king seeks shelter aboard the Argonaut’s ship. Suspecting his presence aboard the ship the nymph threatens the Argonauts, warning them that if one of their men dares enter she and her fellow nymphs sanctuary, he will be captured in lieu of the king. Fearful, the king orders Hylas, a young squire of Heracles, to the nymph’s cave for water, where he meets an uncertain fate. Length: 6:37. Featuring: Tanisha Thompson, Hillary Spector, Alexander Borinsky, LeeAnne Hutchison, Melody Bates, Hwalan Shub and Sebastian Quinn. Original Score: Fennesz. Set: Gordon Landenberger. Sound: Kristin Worrall. Costumes: Ramona Ponce. Video: John Jahnke and Andrew Schneider. Stage Video Design: Josh Higgason. Lighting: Laura Mroczkowowski. Stage Management: Karen Oughtred. Assistant Stage Management: KJ Morton. Production Management: James Fry. Video Document (c) 2016: Hotel Savant/Dancing Camera. Created in part through residencies at The MacDowell Colony, The Park Avenue Armory, Abrons Art Center and The Hermitage.
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Hotel Savant - Alas, The Nymphs. Excerpt: Hylas Enters
Video Excerpt: Hylas Enters The Cave of The Nymphs. Filmed in residence at The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council for usage onstage in the impending production of Alas, The Nymphs, the third section of the Men Go Down trilogy. Shot and edited specifically to feel discontinuous, with the actors lip-syncing inconsistently with voices that are not theirs, the excerpt represents the way video will be used onstage to portray the vagaries of the character’s memories. © 2014. 5 minutes
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Hotel Savant - Men Go Down - EXCERPT - The Blowphone
Part of Performance Space 122's COIL Festival. At 3LD Art and Technology Center. Script/Direction/Design Concept: John Jahnke Presented by Hotel Savant. Synopsis: Diana, Queen of the Moon, confronts the former King Endymion about a mysterious array of dishes that keep appearing in their hotel room. A call on the blowphone reveals the arrival of an unexpected guest. Length: 5:13 Featuring: Hillary Spector, Alexander Borinsky, Tanisha Thompson. Set: Peter Ksander. Sound: Kristin Worrall. Costumes: Ramona Ponce. Video: Taili Wu. Lighting: Bruce Steinberg. Video (c) 2011: Hotel Savant/Dancing Camera. Created in part through residencies at The MacDowell Colony, The Park Avenue Armory, Abrons Art Center and 3LD Art and Technology Center.
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Hotel Savant - Men Go Down - EXCERPT - The Pumpkin Dish
Men Go Down (Part 3) - Black Recollections. Excerpt: ‘The Pumpkin Dish’. Part of Performance Space 122's COIL Festival. At 3LD Art and Technology Center. Script/Direction/Design Concept: John Jahnke Presented by Hotel Savant. Synopsis: Diana is confronted by the pregnant nymph Dryope about Endymion's mental state. Diana reveals that she believes he is able to conjure fantasies that appear as reality. She reveals to Dryope a story of an odd encounter with a pumpkin dish, that may or may not have truly taken place. They then discuss with Endymion the death of Hylas, a symbol of Endmyion's long forgotten war. Length: 6:00 Featuring: Hillary Spector, Alexander Borinsky, Tanisha Thompson, Liz Santoro, Melody Bates, Michael Ingle, Tim Eliot. Set: Peter Ksander. Sound: Kristin Worrall. Costumes: Ramona Ponce. Video: Taili Wu. Lighting: Bruce Steinberg. Video (c) 2011: Hotel Savant/Dancing Camera. Created in part through residencies at The MacDowell Colony, The Park Avenue Armory, Abrons Art Center and 3LD.
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