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Leni Wylliams memorial

Title
  1. Leni Wylliams memorial [videorecording]
Published by
  1. 1996.

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Additional authors
  1. Gardner, Barbara.
  2. Pomare, Eleo.
  3. Rodgers, Rod A.
  4. Pomare, Eleo
  5. Wylliams, Leni, 1961-1996
  6. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (155 min.) : sd., col. and b&w NTSC EP; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Memorial service for Leni Wylliams, with spoken tributes by Barbara Gardner, Eleo Pomare, and many others. Numerous video excerpts are screened, attesting to Wylliams's achievements as a dancer and choreographer ; among them are excerpts from Rod Rodgers's Langston lives! and Echoes of Ellington ; Pomare's Missa luba (from Conagua), Ode to Prophet Jones (from Radiance of the dark), Nightspell (from Blues for the jungle), and Phoenix ; and Wylliams's own works In the rain and Sweet in the morning. The service, which also includes songs and music, concludes with a candlelight ceremony.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Pat Brooks.
Uniform title
  1. Echoes of Ellington (Choreographic work : Rodgers)
  2. Radiance of the dark (Choreographic work : Pomare)
  3. Blues for the jungle (Choreographic work : Pomare)
Subject
  1. Wylliams, Leni, 1961-1996
  2. Dancers > United States > 20th century
  3. Choreographers > United States > 20th century
  4. Memorial service
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3364
Note
  1. Extended play.
  2. Visual quality is extremely poor for first 18 min. of tape.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Studio in Denver, Colorado, on October 6, 1996.
Title
  1. Leni Wylliams memorial [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. 1996.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Event
  1. Videotaped at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Studio in Denver, Colorado, on October 6, 1996.
Added author
  1. Gardner, Barbara. Speaker
  2. Pomare, Eleo. Speaker
  3. Rodgers, Rod A., choreographer.
  4. Pomare, Eleo, choreographer.
  5. Wylliams, Leni, 1961-1996, choreographer, dancer.
  6. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Echoes of Ellington (Choreographic work : Rodgers)
  2. Radiance of the dark (Choreographic work : Pomare)
  3. Blues for the jungle (Choreographic work : Pomare)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-3364
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