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 -Abourizk, Michael -Alvarez, Andrea -Bagby, Benjamin -Bates, Ryan -Bazarov, Jumabay -Becker, Peter -Benzaken, Danielle -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 -Cantave, Stephane -Carei, Jessica -Carlton, Abigail Blythe -Cerino, Stephanie -Chavez, George -Chazelle, Anna -Chianesi, Chris -Chilana, Meetinder -Collett, Mark -Cook, Ron -Couvillion, Adriene -Cramer, Emily -Cristi, Andrew -Dalton, Alexandra -Davis-Dyer, Diana -Dialogos -DiConcetto, Andrew -Diker, Tacettin -Dotson, Christina Norman -Duda, Emily -Dutton, Elisabeth -Elliott, Andrew -Emerson, Aleka -Espinosa, Amanda -Esposito, Joe -Fair, Justin -Fithian, Zach -Folan, Andrea -Funaro, Jeff -Gallas, Sydney -Gargan, Amy -Gassert, Katie -Germain, Kelly -Giancola, Eric -Goldstein, Holly -Goodman, Brandon -Green, Lee -Greenberg, Rebecca -Guadagnino, Gina -Guillett, Amanda -Hambel, Kristin -Heinlein, Kurt -Hernandez, Michelle -Holtslaw, Brittany -Houlihan, Kelly -Hubshman, Samantha -Hughes, Laura -Hughes, Tim -Huiett, Erin -Hydock, Dolores -Imbrogno, Zack -Jarrell, Julian -Jefferson, Rebeca -Johnston, Leah -Jones, Adam -Jones, Julia -Jones, Leigh -Jordan, Jenn -Joy, Ruby -Kahrl, Andrew -Kaplan, Benjamin -Karger, Jillian -Kass, Kim -Katt, Ellen -Keating, Kat -Kocher, Nick -Kramida, Xenia -Kummer, Eberhard -LaBella, Wendy -Lamoreaux, Rosa -LaRosa, James -Leonard, Emily -Levine, Jes -Levy, David -Levy, Lynne -Lim, Hyeji -Livljanic, Katarina -Login, Jenni -Long, Andrew -Long, Lisa -Lupp, Marissa -Mackey, James -Martinson, Kimberly -Masser, Suzie -Maurer, Albrecht -Mazziotti, Donna -McMillan, Jory -McVea, Jessica -Messina, Jen -Metzger, Kevin -Milioti, Cristin -Miner, Alex -Mongiovi, Gabriella -Mosthof, Marielle -Myung, Tony -Nestor, Justin -Nguyen, Katherine -Noel, Jenna -Northrup, Steven -Nuova compagnia del Maggio di Frassinoro -Ollmann, Britta -Orr, Sasha -O’Rourke, Mary -Panaro, Paolo -PanHarmonium -Pérez IV, José -Perlow, Dave -Peters, Jak -Pierno, Corey -Porter, Andrew -Potter, Richard -Powell, Greg -Quick, Mary -Ransom, Dan -Rediger, Kate -Reilly, Teresa -Reinsch, Kendrick -Richard, Jacob -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 -Seifter, Jennifer -Shanklin, Jim -Shear, Steve -Sherburne, Mackenzie -Shorts, Dorian -Silvi, Lauren -Skipitares, Theodora -Smith, Colleen -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 -Woycke, Kim -Zaerr, Linda Marie -Zaerr, Laura -Zagarra, Joy
Title of clip -Aristotle: Aristotle's come-uppance -Ash Tree: Romanesque harp accompaniment -Aucassin: Group performance -Aucassin: Torelore -Ballad of Tam Lin, unaccompanied song -Beowulf hunts Grendel’s mother -Beowulf: Beowulf boasts; Hrothgar recalls Grendel’s assaults -Beowulf: Beowulf fights Grendel -Beowulf: Death of Beowulf and the dragon -Beowulf: Dragon awakes -Beowulf: Grendel comes -Beowulf: In off the moors comes Grendel -Beowulf: The grim demon arrives -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: Bertilak’s wife gets Gawain to accept green girdle -Gawain: Bertilak’s wife tries to seduce Gawain -Gawain: Bertilak’s wife tries yet again to seduce Gawain -Gawain: Gawain gets ready for the Green Knight’s blow -Gawain: Gawain leaves in search of Green Knight -Gawain: Green Knight leaves and King Arthur reacts -Gawain: Green Knight’s challenge -Gawain: Hunting and wooing scenes -Gawain: Lady attempts to seduce Gawain -Gawain: The alarming Green Knight -Gesta: Devil -Gesta: Magician -Gesta: Of fidelity, or young prince rescued from pirates -Goatleaf: Romanesque harp accompaniment -Golden Legend: Martyrdom of St. Felicitas and Her Seven Sons -Golden Legend: St. Nicholas -Golden Legend: Virgin Mary rescues widow's son from captivity -Golden Legend: Virgin Mary saves thief from hanging -Greed and Envy: The ending -Hebrew Arthur: Author speaks; Merlin's trick -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 -Lancelot cuts off Proud Knight’s head at maiden’s request -Lancelot: Dwarf deceives Lancelot -Lancelot: Father vs. Son -Lancelot: Queen Guinevere is delighted with Lancelot -Lancelot: Queen Guinevere repents of her cruelty; Lancelot attempts suicide -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 with four performers -Partridges: Wife devours birds -Perceval: Gawain and Evil Maiden -Perceval: Gawain knocks rude squire off his nag -Perceval: Getting the Red Knight’s armor -Perceval: Grail appears, Perceval silent -Perceval: Knight insults maiden and Gawain -Perceval: Ladies mock Gawain -Perceval: Maiden with Little Sleeves taunts her sister -Perceval: Perceval and Proud Knight -Perceval: Perceval and the knights: devils or angels? -Perceval: Perceval at hermitage -Perceval: Perceval meets charcoal burner -Perceval: Perceval takes knights for devils, then angels -Perceval: Two sisters, a slap -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: Minstrels arrive -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 -St. Peter and Jongleur: Satan finds all his souls gone -Tahkemoni: Of seven maidens and their mendacity, 1 -Tahkemoni: Of seven maidens and their mendacity, 2 -Tain: Opening tales -There Was a City: A crazy world, a sane man -Three Women: Drinking in tavern -Three Women: The Musical -Titurel: Hurdy-gurdy; an episode -Tristan by Béroul: Iseut arrives at the swamp; villains fall in the mud -Tristan by Béroul: Iseut as melodrama -Tristan by Béroul: Iseut’s Oath, 1 -Tristan by Béroul: Iseut’s Oath, 2 -Tristan by Béroul: Lovers take revenge -Tristan by Béroul: Potion wears off; Tristan repents -Tristan by Béroul: Tristan rescues Iseut from lepers -Tristan by Béroul: Tristan teaches dog to hunt without barking -Tristan by Béroul: Tristan’s leap -Tristan by Béroul: Villains plot -Tristano: Maggio performance -Troilus: Reading in a paved parlor -Wedding of Gawain: What do women want? -Wife’s Lament: She tells of her sorrow -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 -Hebrew -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) -Ballad of Tam Lin -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 -Convoiteux et l’envieux (Greed and Envy) -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 -Ic þis giedd wrece (Wife’s Lament) -Jataka -Judita (Judith) -Karagöz -King Artus -Lai d'Aristote (Lay of Aristotle) -Lai de chevrefoil (Lay of the Goatleaf) -Lai de laostic (Lay of the Nightingale) -Lai del fresne (Lay of the Ash Tree) -Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart) -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) -Tristan et Iseut (Tristan and Iseut) -Tristano e Isotta (Tristan and Isolde) -Troilus and Criseyde -Trois bossus (Three Hunchbacks) -Trois dames de Paris (Three Women of Paris) -Una ciutatz fo (There Was a City) -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 -Béroul -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 Bodel -Jean Renart -Judah Al-Harizi -Marie de France -Marko Marulic -Matteo Maria Boiardo -Ovid (P. Ovidius Naso) -Pedro Alfonso -Peire Cardenal -Pierre de Saint-Cloud -Rutebeuf -Skipitares, Theodora -Watriquet de Couvin -Wolfram von Eschenbach
Genre -allegory -ballad -chantefable -epic -fable -fabliau -hagiography -lai -lament -romance -satire -song -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 -Occitan (Old Provençal) -Pali -Russian, Medieval -Turkish -Welsh,Medieval