Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Blunden, Debbie
2. Miller, Armon
3. Rhoden, Dwight
4. St. Charles, David
5. Ward, Kevin D.
6. Williams, Sheri
7. Wood, Dawn
8. Young, Calvin Norris
9. Slaughter, Cecil
10. Brooks, Virginia Loring
11. Truitte, James
12. Horton, Lester, 1906-1953
13. Giannini, Christina
14. Taylor-Corbett, Lynne
15. Johnson, Louis, 1930-
16. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
17. Villa-Lobos, Heitor
18. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, performer.
19. Riverside Dance Festival.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (76 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Virginia Brooks.

Uniform title

1. Liberian suite (Choreographic work : Truitte after Horton)
2. Diary (Choreographic work : Taylor-Corbett)
3. Lament (Choreographic work : Johnson)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Liberian suite: Five dances of celebration / choreography, James Truitte, restaged and freely adapted from the original by Lester Horton ; music, Duke Ellington (Liberian suite) ; costumes, A. Christina Giannini ; cast: Prologue: Debbie L. Blunden, Blain Evans, Armon E. Miller, Dwight R. Rhoden, Thelma Smith, David St. Charles, Linda Sugimoto, Kevin Ward, Sheri Williams, Dawn M. Wood, Calvin N. Young, and Cecil Slaughter ; Dance #1: Ward, Williams, Wood, and Company ; Dance #2: Blunden, Miller, Smith, Sugimoto, and Wood ; Dance #3: Ward and Williams ; Dance #4: Blunden, Rhoden, St. Charles, and Smith ; Dance #5: Trio and Company.
2. Diary / choreography and costumes, Lynne Taylor-Corbett ; music, words and music sung by Judith Lander ; danced by Ward and Williams.
3. Lament / choreography and costumes, Louis Johnson ; music, Heitor Villa-Lobos ; danced by Smith and Ward, with St. Charles, Sugimoto, Evans, Miller, Rhoden, Williams, Wood, and Young.
4. Night at Tunisia's / choreography, Debbie Blunden ; music, collage of music by Dizzy Gillespie, Fran Paparella, Chaka Khan, F. Lederman, A. Baboff, Al Jarreau, Tom Channing, and Jay Graydon ; costumes, Darren Chattman ; danced by Williams and Wood, with Miller, Smith, Rhoden, Young, and St. Charles.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-334

Credits (note)

1. Lighting, Kenneth Keith.

Event (note)

1. Single camera record videotaped in performance at the Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, N.Y., as part of the Riverside Dance Festival, on February 13, 1983 ; videography, Virginia Brooks.

Title

1. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1983.

Event

1. Single camera record videotaped in performance at the Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, N.Y., as part of the Riverside Dance Festival, on February 13, 1983 ; videography, Virginia Brooks.

Credits

1. Lighting, Kenneth Keith.

Performer

1. Performed by the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.

Local subject

1. Television. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.

Added author

1. Blunden, Debbie, choreographer, dancer.
2. Miller, Armon, dancer.
3. Rhoden, Dwight, dancer.
4. St. Charles, David, dancer.
5. Ward, Kevin D., dancer.
6. Williams, Sheri, dancer.
7. Wood, Dawn, dancer.
8. Young, Calvin Norris, dancer.
9. Slaughter, Cecil, dancer.
10. Brooks, Virginia Loring, videorapher.
11. Truitte, James, choreographer.
12. Horton, Lester, 1906-1953, choreographer.
13. Giannini, Christina, costume designer.
14. Taylor-Corbett, Lynne, choreographer.
15. Taylor-Corbett, Lynne, costume designer.
16. Johnson, Louis, 1930- choreographer.
17. Johnson, Louis, 1930- costume designer.
18. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, composer (expression)
19. Villa-Lobos, Heitor, composer (expression)
20. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, performer.
21. Riverside Dance Festival.

Added title

1. Liberian suite (Choreographic work : Truitte after Horton)
2. Diary (Choreographic work : Taylor-Corbett)
3. Lament (Choreographic work : Johnson)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-334