Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Harvey, Dyane
2. Wylliams, Leni, 1961-1996
3. Ellis, Gina
4. Moore, Craig
5. Becker, Robin
6. Grant, Charles
7. Juste, Roxane d'Orleans
8. Mannen, Monique
9. Borak, Andrea
10. Pomare, Eleo
11. Faison, George, 1945-
12. Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
13. Giovanni, Nikki.
14. Vangelis.
15. Rochberg, George.
16. Giannini, Christina.
17. Coltrane, John, 1926-1967.
18. García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.
19. Dolphin, Ben.
20. Eleo Pomare Dance Company.
21. Edwin Hawkins Singers.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (107 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Performance presented as part of the company's 25th anniversary.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Americas Exchange Program for Dance.

Uniform title

1. Roots (Choreographic work : Pomare)
2. Pearl fisher (Choreographic work : Faison)
3. Orbweb (Choreographic work : Pomare)
4. Radiance of the dark (Choreographic work : Pomare)
5. Hushed voices (Choreographic work : Pomare)
6. Desenamoradas (Choreographic work : Pomare)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Roots (ca. 14 min.) / choreography and costumes, Eleo Pomare ; music, American folk, Billie Holiday, Nikki Giovanni ; danced by Dyane Harvey.
2. The pearl fisher (ca. 19 min.) / choreography, George Faison ; music, B. James, Vangelis, R. Sakamoto ; danced by Leni Wylliams (fisherman) ; Dyane Harvey (pearl fisher) ; Gina Ellis (oyster lady) ; Quentin Clark, Gina Ellis, Charles Grant, Roxane D'Orleans Juste, Monique Mannen, Deborah Reid, Thomas Reid, Robert Todd (fish).
3. Orbweb (ca. 15 min.) / choreography, Eleo Pomare ; music, George Rochberg ; costumes, Christina Giannini ; danced by Craig Moore and Robin Becker.
4. Radiance of the dark (ca. 28 min.) / choreography and costumes, Eleo Pomare ; music performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers ; danced by Charles Grant, Gina Ellis, Roxane D'Orleans Juste, Dyane Harvey, Monique Mannen (And memories of choir voices) ; Deborah Reed and Craig Moore (Going through) ; Leni Wylliams (Ode for Prophet Jones) ; Dyane Harvey, Gina Ellis, Roxane D'Orleans Juste (Three sisters digging it from the outside) ; the Company (Celebration).
5. Lament for visionaries [excerpt from Hushed voices] (ca. 10 min.) / choreography and costumes, Eleo Pomare ; music, Chicago Art Ensemble ; danced by Charles Grant.
6. Las desenamoradas (ca. 21 min.) / choreography and costumes, Eleo Pomare ; music, John Coltrane ; scenario after Federico García Lorca's play The house of Bernarda Alba ; danced by Robin Becker (mother) ; Leni Wylliams (suitor) ; daughters: Monique Mannen (to be married) ; Roxane D'Orleans Juste (hunchback) ; Dyane Harvey (in love) ; Gina Ellis (defiant) ; Andrea Borak (watchful) ; and Quentin Clark, Thomas Reid, Robert Todd (the imagined).

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5124

Note

1. Poor visual quality.
2. Program data, including cast, from house program for Nov. 20, 1983 (evening).

Credits (note)

1. Lighting, Ben Dolphin.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance, probably at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., in November 1983. Dance works on tape correspond to program presented on November 20 (evening).

Title

1. Eleo Pomare Dance Company [videorecording]

Imprint

1. [1983?]

Event

1. Videotaped in performance, probably at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., in November 1983. Dance works on tape correspond to program presented on November 20 (evening).

Credits

1. Lighting, Ben Dolphin.

Performer

1. Danced by the Eleo Pomare Dance Company.

Local subject

1. Drama and dance.

Added author

1. Harvey, Dyane, dancer.
2. Wylliams, Leni, 1961-1996, dancer.
3. Ellis, Gina, dancer.
4. Moore, Craig, dancer.
5. Becker, Robin, dancer.
6. Grant, Charles, dancer.
7. Juste, Roxane d'Orleans, dancer.
8. Mannen, Monique, dancer.
9. Borak, Andrea, dancer.
10. Pomare, Eleo, choreographer. Costume designer
11. Faison, George, 1945- choreographer.
12. Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959. Singer
13. Giovanni, Nikki. Composer
14. Vangelis. Composer
15. Rochberg, George. Composer
16. Giannini, Christina. Costume designer
17. Coltrane, John, 1926-1967. Composer
18. García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936.
19. Dolphin, Ben.
20. Eleo Pomare Dance Company.
21. Edwin Hawkins Singers.

Added title

1. Roots (Choreographic work : Pomare)
2. Pearl fisher (Choreographic work : Faison)
3. Orbweb (Choreographic work : Pomare)
4. Radiance of the dark (Choreographic work : Pomare)
5. Hushed voices (Choreographic work : Pomare)
6. Desenamoradas (Choreographic work : Pomare)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5124