Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ward, Kevin D.
2. Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965
3. Beatty, Talley
4. Spears, Warren
5. McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
6. Williams, Sheri
7. Harris, Gary
8. Pepper, DaShona
9. Reed, Greer
10. Bariel, Monette M.
11. Garcia Cruz, Ricardo J.
12. Reuille, David
13. Greene, Terence
14. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
15. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
16. Prince William Network.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Kevin Ward, artistic director of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, hosts this educational program, which looks at African and African-American influences in contemporary dance. Excerpts from works in the DCDC repertory are interspersed with discussion of the pieces presented and the careers and contributions of choreographers Asadata Dafora, Talley Beatty, Mary Hinkson and Donald McKayle. The program ends with questions from the audience; the dancers speak about their careers, work experience and feelings about dance.

Series statement

1. Ellen Jacobs Collection

Uniform title

1. Awassa astrige (Choreographic work : Dafora)
2. Come and get the beauty of it hot (Choreographic work : Beatty)
3. Southern landscape (Choreographic work : Beatty)
4. Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)
5. Carmina burana (Choreographic work : Spears)
6. Rainbow 'round my shoulder (Choreographic work : McKayle)

Subject

1. McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
2. Beatty, Talley
3. African American dance
4. Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965
5. Video
6. Awassa astrige (Choreographic work : Dafora)
7. Hinkson, Mary
8. Dance
9. Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)
10. Carmina burana (Choreographic work : Spears)
11. Rainbow 'round my shoulder (Choreographic work : McKayle)
12. Come and get the beauty of it hot (Choreographic work : Beatty)
13. Television
14. Southern landscape (Choreographic work : Beatty)
15. Modern dance

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.
3. Television.

Contents

1. Ostrich / choreography by Asadata Dafora ; music by Carl Riley -- Congo tango palace [excerpt] / choreography by Talley Beatty; music by Miles Davis -- Mourner's bench [from Southern landscape] / choreography by Beatty; music, traditional spirituals (There is a balm in gilead) -- Road of the Phoebe Snow [excerpt] / choreography by Beatty; music by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn -- Carmina burana [excerpt] / choreography by Warren Spears; music by Carl Orff -- Rainbow 'round my shoulder [excerpt] / choreography by Donald McKayle; traditional music arranged by Robert deCormier & Milton Okun from the collection of John & Alan Lomax.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4710

Event (note)

1. Taped at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Oct. 29, 1999.

Source (note)

1. Ellen Jacobs

Title

1. The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company [videorecording] / presented by The Kennedy Center Performing Arts Series and The Prince William Network.

Imprint

1. 1999.

Series

1. Ellen Jacobs Collection

Performer

1. Performed by Dayton Contemporary Dance Company: Sheri Williams, Gary Harris, DaShona Pepper, Greer Walton [i.e. Greer Reed Walton], Monette Bariel, Ricardo Garcia [i.e. Ricardo Garcia Cruz], David Reuille, Terence Greene.
2. Moderator: Kevin Ward

Event

1. Taped at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Oct. 29, 1999.

Source

1. Gift; Ellen Jacobs, 2004.

Added author

1. Ward, Kevin D. Host
2. Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965, choreographer.
3. Beatty, Talley, choreographer.
4. Spears, Warren, choreographer.
5. McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, choreographer.
6. Williams, Sheri, dancer.
7. Harris, Gary, dancer.
8. Pepper, DaShona, dancer.
9. Reed, Greer, dancer.
10. Bariel, Monette M., dancer.
11. Garcia Cruz, Ricardo J., dancer.
12. Reuille, David, dancer.
13. Greene, Terence, dancer.
14. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
15. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
16. Prince William Network.
17. Jacobs, Ellen W. Donor

Added title

1. Awassa astrige (Choreographic work : Dafora)
2. Come and get the beauty of it hot (Choreographic work : Beatty)
3. Southern landscape (Choreographic work : Beatty)
4. Road of the Phoebe Snow (Choreographic work : Beatty)
5. Carmina burana (Choreographic work : Spears)
6. Rainbow 'round my shoulder (Choreographic work : McKayle)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4710