Performances

Performance descriptors - -animals -comic/parodic reworking -costumes -dance -free adaptation -illustrations -instruments -mime -modern technology -performers, multiple -performers, solo -props -puppets -reading aloud -recitation from memory -song -theatrical staging
Musical instruments -aerophones -chordophones -idiophones -mechanical & electrical -membranophones -multiple instruments -recorded music -without musical accompaniment
Performer categories -academic & professional -academic/teacher -professional performer -student/alumni -other
Name of performers/ensemble -Abd aj-Jalil Ali,Awadallah -Alvarez,Andrea -Bagby,Benjamin -Bates,Ryan -Bazarov,Jumabay -Becker,Peter -Bernstein,Catesby -Beyer,Elyse -Bjornsti,Karen -Bleeke,Mark -Blyweiss,Jessica Bay -Boyle,Giarcarla -Brodsky,Jordan -Broman,Brad -Brown,Tiffany -Burt,Vanessa -Butnik,Brian -Caliendo,Kevin -Carlton,Abigail Blythe -Cerino,Stephanie -Chavez,George -Chilana,Meetinder -Collett,Mark -Cook,Ron -Couvillion,Adriene -Cristi,Andrew -Davis-Dyer,Diana -Dialogos -DiConcetto,Andrew -Diker,Tacettin -Dotson,Christina Norman -Duda,Emily -Dutton,Elisabeth -Elliott,Andrew -Espinosa,Amanda -Esposito,Joe -Fair,Justin -Fithian,Zach -Folan,Andrea -Funaro,Jeff -Gallas,Sydney -Gargan,Amy -Germain,Kelly -Giancola,Eric -Goldstein,Holly -Green,Lee -Guadagnino,Gina -Guillett,Amanda -Hambel,Kristin -Heinlein,Kurt -Hernandez,Michelle -Houlihan,Kelly -Hubshman,Samantha -Hughes,Laura -Hughes,Tim -Huiett,Erin -Imbrogno,Zack -Jarrell,Julian -Jefferson,Rebeca -Johnston,Leah -Jones,Adam -Jones,Julia -Jones,Leigh -Jordan,Jenn -Kahrl,Andrew -Kaplan,Benjamin -Kass,Kim -Katt,Ellen -Kramida,Xenia -Kummer,Eberhard -LaBella,Wendy -Lamoreaux,Rosa -LaRosa,James -Levine,Jes -Levy,David -Levy,Lynne -Lim,Hyeji -Livljanic,Katarina -Login,Jenni -Lupp,Marissa -Mackey,James -Martinson,Kimberly -Maurer,Albrecht -Mazziotti,Donna -McMillan,Jory -McVea,Jessica -Milioti,Cristin -Miner,Alex -Mongiovi,Gabriella -Nestor,Justin -Nguyen,Katherine -Noel,Jenna -Nuova compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro -Ollmann,Britta -Orr,Sasha -O’Rourke,Mary -Panaro,Paolo -Perlow,Dave -Peters,Jak -Pierno,Corey -Porter,Andrew -Potter,Richard -Powell,Greg -Quick,Mary -Ransom,Dan -Rediger,Kate -Reilly,Teresa -Riggs,Marcail -Ritchie,Michael -Robbins,Nick -Rodenkirchen,Norbert -Roquemore,Xosha -Roschman,Sean -Rotschild,Nathan -Rouch,Emily -Russell,Sean -Sarian,Alexander -Schaller,Ryan -Schmittler,Danny -Schuckman,Amanda -Schwebach,Leah -Shanklin, Jim -Shear,Steve -Sherburne,Mackenzie -Shorts,Dorian -Silvi,Lauren -Skipitares,Theodora -Società del Maggio Costabonese -Spangler,Nick -Sprague,Elizabeth -Stanley,Brooke -Stockman,Theo -Stutzel,Kate -Sund,Stacey -Swartz,Kelly -Tolaydo,Michael -Treco,Haley -Velie,Alan -Villegas,Vanessa -Wheeler,Sarah -Worley, John -Zaerr,Linda Marie -Zaerr,Laura
Title of clip -Aristotle: Aristotle's come-uppance -Aucassin: Group performance -Aucassin: Torelore -Beowulf: Beowulf boasts; Hrothgar recalls Grendel’s assaults -Beowulf: Beowulf fights Grendel -Beranger of the Long Ass -Butcher: Group performance -Butcher: Solo performance -Conquest: William and Orable in the dungeon -Conquest: William enters the Saracen city of Orange -Culhwch and Olwen -Disciplina: Little bird -Edige: Scene from Turkic epic -Eustace: Disguises -Fables: Monkey King -Fables: Mouse and Frog -Gawain: Gawain leaves in search of Green Knight -Gawain: Green Knight’s challenge -Gesta: Devil -Gesta: Of fidelity, or young prince rescued from pirates -Goatleaf: Romanesque harp accompaniment -Golden Legend: Virgin Mary rescues widow's son from captivity -Golden Legend: Virgin Mary saves thief from hanging -Helen Queen of Sparta: Scenes -Hilali epic: Awadallah sings of Abu Zayd -Hunchbacks: Entire fabliau -Hunchbacks: Inebriated minstrel starts telling the fabliau -Hunchbacks: Servant tries to dispose of bodies -Hunchbacks: Wife hires man to dispose of dead bodies -Igor: Tragic campaign begins -Inferno, canto VIII: Dante meets Francesca -Jataka: Three tales -Jataka: Two tales -Judith: Judith prepares to kill Holophernes -Karagöz: Karagöz as boatman -Knights, Clerks, Churls -Metamorphoses: Narcissus -Miracle of Theophilus -Moor of Venice: Shakespeare’s source for Othello -Nibelungenlied: Opening lines; group dance -Nightingale -Nightingale: Romanesque harp accompaniment -Orfeo: Opening scenes -Orlando: Opening canto -Our Lady's Tumbler -Partridges: Wife devours birds -Perceval: Grail appears, Perceval silent -Renard: Camel, papal legate, speaks in court before Lion the King -Renard: Chanteclere the Cock and his wife, Pinte the Hen -Renard: Fox and Chanteclere the Cock -Renard: Fox and Tibert the Cat -Renard: Fox tricks Tibert the Cat -Renard: Wolf returns home to his den -Rhymed Roland: Aude and Charlemagne mourn together (in Old French) -Rhymed Roland: Aude prays, then dies in Charlemagne's arms -Rhymed Roland: Aude’s prayer over Oliver’s body -Robin Hood and the bold peddler, guitar accompaniment -Robin Hood and the golden arrow, guitar accompaniment -Roland: Ballad of Roland and Oliver -Roland: Charlemagne hears horn, Ganelon rebukes him -Roland: Duke Samson is killed -Roland: Roland blows his saxophone -Roland: Roland grieves over Oliver -Roland: Roland is fierce -Roland: Roland's death, guitar accompaniment -Roncisvalle: Maggio performance -Rose or Dole: Scenes -Rose: Covetousness, Envy, Sorrow, Poverty -Rose: Dance in Garden; God of Love wounds young man -Rose: God of Love with Wealth and Beauty -Rose: Lover enters Garden of Mirth -Rose: Lover's sufferings described -Rose: Mimed images on garden wall -Rose: Narcissus and Echo -Rose: Narcissus and Echo-comic handling -Rose: Narcissus and Echo-puppets -Rose: Story until Lover receives kiss, 1 -Rose: Story until Lover receives kiss, 2 -Rose: Venus persuades Fair Welcome to kiss Lover -Rose: Wealth -Samson and Delilah -Séquence de Sainte Eulalie (Sequence, or Song, of St. Eulalia) -Silence: Eufemie reveals love for Cador -Silence: Friendship and honor -Silence: Merlin's laughter -Silence: Merlin, Nature and Nurture -Silence: Minstrels -Silence: Nature creates Silence -Silence: Queen accuses Silence of rape -Silence: Queen tries to seduce Silence -Silence: Silence leads knights in battle -Silence: Silence's female identity revealed -St. Brendan: Adventures -St. John: Sins and miraculous forgiveness -St. Peter and Jongleur: Puppets, 1 -St. Peter and Jongleur: Puppets, 2 -Tahkemoni: Of seven maidens and their mendacity, 1 -Tahkemoni: Of seven maidens and their mendacity, 2 -Tain: Opening tales -Titurel: Hurdy-gurdy; an episode -Tristano: Maggio performance -Troilus: Reading in a paved parlor -Wedding of Gawain: What do women want? -William in Monastery: William forces his way into monastery and beats up monks -Yvain: Calogrenant meets giant bull-herder -Yvain: Fight with demons, 1 -Yvain: Fight with demons, 2 -Yvain: Lion attempts suicide -Yvain: Love conquers Yvain -Yvain: Love-Hate debate -Yvain: Maiden provides horse -Yvain: Yvain and Laudine talk of love, 1 -Yvain: Yvain and Laudine talk of love, 2 -Yvain: Yvain falls in love -Yvain: Yvain fights boldly, defeats Count Alier -Yvain: Yvain loses his mind -Yvain: Yvain meets the Lion -Yvain: Yvain's lion
Language of performance -Arabic, Egyptian -Croatian, Renaissance -English, Middle -English, Modern -English, Old -French, Old -German, Middle High -Italian, Medieval -Italian, Modern -Italian, Renaissance -Karakalpak -Latin, Classical -Latin, Medieval -Turkish
Setting -classroom setting -public performance setting -recording/rehearsal space -other
Geographical location -Croatia -Egypt -Italy -Sweden -Turkey -United States -Uzbekistan


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Original Works

Title of work -Amir Khafaji: Abu Zayd -Aucassin et Nicolette (Aucassin and Nicolette) -Beowulf -Berangier au long cul (Berangier of the Long Ass) -Bouchier d'Abevile (Butcher of Abbeville) -Chanson de Roland (Song of Roland) -Chevaliers, les clers et les vilains (Knights, Clerks and Churls) -Chtenie svetogo Ivana Zlatoustogo (Legend of St. John Chrysostom) -Commedia (Divine Comedy): Inferno -Culhwch ac Olwen (Culhwch and Olwen) -Disciplina clericalis (Scholar’s Guide): Lay, or Tale, of the Little Bird -Edige -Fables -Gesta Romanorum (Deeds of the Romans) -Helen Queen of Sparta -Jataka -Judita (Judith) -Karagöz -Lai d'Aristote (Lay of Aristotle) -Lai de chevrefoil (Lay of the Goatleaf) -Lai de laostic (Lay of the Nightingale) -Legenda aurea (Golden Legend) -Metamorphoses: Narcissus -Miracle de Theophile (Miracle of Theophilus) -Moniage Guillaume (William in the Monastery) -Moro di Venezia (Moor of Venice) -Navigatio sancti Brendani (Voyage of St. Brendan) -Nibelungenlied (Song of the Nibelungs) -Orlando innamorato (Roland in Love) -Perceval ou le conte du Graal (Perceval or the Story of the Grail) -Perdris (Partridges) -Prise d’Orange (Conquest of Orange) -Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow -Robin Hood and the Pedlar Bold (Robin Hood and the Bold Peddler) -Roland rimé (Rhymed Roland) -Roman de la Rose (Romance of the Rose) -Roman de la Rose ou de Guillaume de Dole (Romance of the Rose or of Guillaume de Dole) -Roman de Renart (Romance of Renard the Fox) -Roman de Silence (Romance of Silence) -Roncisvalle (Roncevaux) -Saint Piere et le jougleor (St. Peter and the Jongleur) -Samson dux fortissime (Samson the Mightiest Leader) -Séquence de Sainte Eulalie (Sequence, or Song, of St. Eulalia) -Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -Sir Orfeo -Slovo o polku Igoreve (Lay, or Song, of Igor’s Campaign) -Tahkemoni (Book of Tahkemoni) -Táin Bó Cúailnge (Tain [Cattle Raid]) -Titurel -Tombeor Nostre Dame (Our Lady's Tumbler) -Tristano e Isotta (Tristan and Isolde) -Troilus and Criseyde -Trois bossus (Three Hunchbacks) -Weddynge of Sir Gawen and Dame Ragnell (Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell) -Wistasse le moine (Eustace the Monk) -Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion (Yvain or the Knight with the Lion)
Author -Anonymous -Chrétien de Troyes -Dante Allighieri -Durand -Eustache d'Amiens -Fioroni, Romolo -Geoffrey Chaucer -Giambattista Cinzio Giraldi -Guerin -Guillaume de Lorris -Heldris of Cornwall -Henri d'Andeli -Jacobus de Voragine -Jean Renart -Judah Al-Harizi -Marie de France -Marko Marulic -Matteo Maria Boiardo -Ovid (P. Ovidius Naso) -Pedro Alfonso -Pierre de Saint-Cloud -Rutebeuf -Skipitares, Theodora -Wolfram von Eschenbach
Genre -allegory -ballad -chantefable -epic -fable -fabliau -hagiography -lai -romance -satire -tale/collection of tales -other
Subject -Arthurian legends -Bible -Charlemagne/Roland -Christian legends/saints/the Virgin -Islamic legends/history -Jewish legends/history -Mythology: Anglo-Saxon/Germanic -Mythology: Buddhist -Mythology: Celtic -Mythology: Classical -Renart -Robin Hood -Tristan -Other
Period -Antiquity, Greek -Antiquity, Latin -Early Middle Ages: 5th-8th century -Early Middle Ages: 9th-11th century -Middle Ages: 12th-13th century -Middle Ages: 14th-15th century -Modern: 16th-18th century -Modern: 19th-21st century -Unknown
Language of work -Arabic, Egyptian -Croatian, Medieval -Croatian, Renaissance -English, Middle -English, Modern -English, Old -French, Old -German, Middle High -Hebrew -Irish, Old -Italian, Medieval -Italian, Modern -Italian, Renaissance -Karakalpak -Latin, Classical -Latin, Medieval -Pali -Russian, Medieval -Turkish -Welsh,Medieval