Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Zaloom, Paul.
2. White, David R.
3. Jason, Jack.
4. Prevor, Beth.
5. Brecker, Candace.
6. Dawson, Lori A.
7. John, Joseph.
8. Langman, Donna.
9. Hands On (Organization)
10. Video D Studios.
11. Dance Theater Workshop.

Description

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

Summary

1. Three satires incorporating puppets and found objects. Paul Zaloom is assisted by members of Hands On, an organization dedicated to integrating deaf and hearing-impaired audiences by producing sign-interpreted performances and offering artistic and technical assistance to theaters and performers.

Subject

1. Performance art
2. Wit and humor
3. Sign language
4. Deaf > Means of communication

Genre/Form

1. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (34 min.): Introduction by David White, executive director and producer of Dance Theater Workshop. The house of horror / house set designed by Joseph John and Paul Zaloom ; puppet costumes, Donna Langman.
2. Disc 2 (57 min.): Safety begins here [no titles on frame] (ca. 13 min.) -- YIKES! (ca. 23 min.). Scene 1: Peace. Scene 2: Justice. Scene 3: Nature. Scene 4: Faith -- Question and answer period with Paul Zaloom, Jack Jason, Beth Prevor, Candace Brecker, David White, and audience members.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2585

Note

1. Sign-interpreted performance.
2. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater, 1988-1989.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting, Lori A. Dawson; Hands On staff, Beth Prevor (project coordinator), Candace Brecker (interpreter director), and Jack Jason (interpreter).

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Sept. 18, 1988.

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. Paul Zaloom [videorecording] / written, directed, and performed by Paul Zaloom.

Imprint

1. 1988.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Lighting, Lori A. Dawson; Hands On staff, Beth Prevor (project coordinator), Candace Brecker (interpreter director), and Jack Jason (interpreter).

Event

1. Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Sept. 18, 1988.

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 9-3655.

Local subject

1. Puppets and marionettes -- United States.
2. Satire in dance.
3. Comedy in dance.

Local subject

1. Sign-interpreted performances.

Added author

1. Zaloom, Paul. Designer
2. Zaloom, Paul. Performer
3. Zaloom, Paul. Author
4. Zaloom, Paul. Director
5. White, David R. Speaker
6. Jason, Jack. Speaker
7. Prevor, Beth. Speaker
8. Brecker, Candace. Speaker
9. Dawson, Lori A. Lighting designer
10. John, Joseph. Designer
11. Langman, Donna. Costume designer
12. Hands On (Organization)
13. Video D Studios.
14. Dance Theater Workshop.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2585