Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Goldberg, Jane, 1948-
2. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
3. Gaines, Bubba
4. Coles, Marion
5. Alter, Stewart
6. Bufalino, Brenda
7. Brown, Ernest
8. Kramer, Kathy
9. Raven, Jackie
10. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
11. DHCA.

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (91 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Jane Goldberg/Changing Times Tap Dancing Company Collection.

Alternative title

1. Shoot me while I'm happy

Subject

1. Tap dancing
2. Literature and dance
3. Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992
4. Dance
5. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (ca. 43 min.): Dancing in the dark / performed under opening credits by Goldberg -- "I want to be happy" and "Hebrew soft shoe" / performed by Goldberg -- "Easy to love" / sand dance performed by Cook -- The tradition / performed by Gaines and Cook ; includes a demonstration of various time steps, the duets "Swanee river," "B.S. course," and "I remember July and you" (chair dance), and Cook's solo in tribute to Hanya Holm -- "Spain" / performed by Goldberg -- Two solos, including "Syncopation in taps" / performed by Gaines -- "Old man Time" and "Breezin' along with the breeze" / performed by Cook and Goldberg -- The beat goes on / performed by Coles, Cook, and Goldberg ; includes "I hear music" and "Jitterbug waltz" -- Three duets / performed by Cook and Goldberg ; includes "Fascinatin' rhythm" and "Let's be buddies" from Panama Hattie.
2. Disc 2 (ca. 48 min.): Shake, paddle and roll / directed and performed by Goldberg, with Jackie Raven, Geri Burke, Kathy Kramer, and Amy Schwartzman -- Instrumental work / performed by Roberts and Rolle -- Girls from Ipanema / performed by Coles and Goldberg -- The neighbor / text, Stewart Alter and Goldberg, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's poem The raven ; performed by Goldberg and Alter -- Cookie returns / choreographed and performed by Cook ; includes a duet by Cook and Goldberg -- Bubba returns / choreographed and performed by Gaines ; includes "Night and day" and two skipping rope dances -- Song / composed and performed by Carmen Apelgren -- The baggage dance / a reconstructed "Three Dukes" routine, circa 1932 ; performed by Cook, Gaines, and Goldberg -- Finale : Shoot me while I'm happy / performed by the entire cast -- Brief solos by audience members, among them Brenda Bufalino and Ernest Brown -- "Shim sham" / performed by the cast and audience members.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2536

Note

1. Same performance as on *MGZIA 4-99, but slightly different credits, differently placed.
2. Audio only for Dancing in the dark.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, on Feb. 23, 1979.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Jane Goldberg and Charles Cook [videorecording] : shoot me while I'm happy.

Imprint

1. 1979.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Performer

1. Performed by Jane Goldberg, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Leslie "Bubba" Gaines and Marion Coles, with Carmen Apelgren, Stewart Alter, Geri Burke, Kathy Kramer, Jackie Raven, and Amy Schwartzman.
2. Music performed by Jim Roberts (piano) and Ivan Rolle (bass).

Event

1. Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, on Feb. 23, 1979.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-2193.

Local subject

1. Literature and dance.

Added author

1. Goldberg, Jane, 1948- , dancer.
2. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991, dancer.
3. Gaines, Bubba, dancer.
4. Coles, Marion, dancer.
5. Alter, Stewart, dancer.
6. Bufalino, Brenda, dancer.
7. Brown, Ernest, dancer.
8. Kramer, Kathy, dancer.
9. Raven, Jackie, dancer.
10. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Raven.
11. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2536