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Copasetics. [Performance excerpts]

Title
  1. Copasetics. [Performance excerpts] [videorecording]
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  1. [1977]

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Additional authors
  1. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002
  2. Brown, Ernest
  3. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
  4. Cross, James.
  5. Gaines, Bubba
  6. Gibson, Bert
  7. Larkin, Milton.
  8. Mitchell, Dwike.
  9. Edwards, Herrar.
  10. Bufalino, Brenda.
  11. Copasetics.
  12. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (39 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Excerpts from the first half of the Copasetics' stage program, recorded from two different camera angles.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of the American Tap Dance Orchestra.
Series statement
  1. American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
Uniform title
  1. Great feats of feet (Motion picture)
Subject
  1. Tap dancing
  2. Video
  3. Dance
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. [Recorded from center] (ca. 17 min.). "April in Paris" / performed by Buster Brown, Gaines, Ernest Brown -- Chair dance -- "I want to be happy" [and] "I got rhythm" [and] "Birth of the blues" (Louis Armstrong impression) [and] "I ain't got nobody" / sung by Cross -- "Darktown strutters' ball" [and] Cane dance / performed by Cross and the company.
  2. [Recorded from stage left] (ca. 22 min.). Impression of Pete Nugent ("Breezin' along with the breeze") [ending] / danced by Cook -- "Mr. Wonderful" / performed by Gibson -- "April in Paris" / performed by Buster Brown, Gaines, Ernest Brown -- Chair dance -- "I want to be happy" [and] "I got rhythm" [and] "Birth of the blues" (Louis Armstrong impression) [and] "I ain't got nobody" / sung by Cross -- "Darktown strutters' ball" [and] Cane dance / performed by Cross and the company.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3116
Note
  1. Original container labeled: Copasetics 1975, with time codes, 034 + 051.
  2. Time code on frame.
  3. Footage recorded for the documentary Great feats of feet (1977), produced and directed by Brenda Bufalino. For a recording of the completed documentary, see: *MGZIC 7-507.
  4. For additional data compiled by Tony Waag, archivist, American Tap Dance Orchestra, see *MGX 98-6644 American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
  5. Performance reviewed by Sally Banes in Dance magazine, July 1977, p. 81-82.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Main Building Auditorium, New Paltz, New York, on May 7, 1977.
Title
  1. Copasetics. [Performance excerpts] [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. [1977]
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. American Tap Dance Orchestra Video Library.
Performer
  1. Danced by the Copasetics: Buster Brown, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, Charles "Cookie" Cook, James "Stump" Cross, Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Albert [Bert] Gibson.
  2. Singer: James "Stump" Cross.
  3. Musicians: Milton Larkin (trombone), Dwike Mitchell (piano), "Ditto" Herrar Edwards (percussion).
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance at the Main Building Auditorium, New Paltz, New York, on May 7, 1977.
Added author
  1. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002, dancer.
  2. Brown, Ernest, dancer.
  3. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991, dancer.
  4. Cross, James. voc, dancer.
  5. Gaines, Bubba, dancer.
  6. Gibson, Bert, dancer.
  7. Larkin, Milton. Instrumentalist
  8. Mitchell, Dwike. Instrumentalist
  9. Edwards, Herrar. Instrumentalist
  10. Bufalino, Brenda. Producer. Director
  11. Copasetics.
  12. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Great feats of feet (Motion picture)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3116
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