Research Catalog

Title

Leon Collins, 1982-1983 [videorecording].

Publication

1982-1983.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Collins, Leon
• Raff, Pamela
• Hetherington, Clara
• Hill, Joan.
• Barasch, Mark.
• DeSantis, Carl.
• Kain, Dan.
• Walker, Dianne
• Thompson, Caro.
• Rutenbeck, James.
• Tapsimatisamology, inc.
• Leon Collins Archive, inc.
• Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd. col. & b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Leon Collins Archive.

Subject

Tap dancing

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Compilation of motion picture and videotape footage from the collection of the Leon Collins Archive, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• No picture for approx. 1 min. at the beginning of Routine 53.

Event (note)

• Peformance of Essence of rhythm given in Los Angeles in Feb. 1983.
• Leon Collins solo performance at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, Mass. performed in June 1983.
• Leon Collins on Five All Night Live telecast on Five All Night Live, WCVB-TV, Boston, on June 29, 1982.
• Rehearsal for Collins and Company studio rehearsals held at the Leon Collins Dance Studio, Brookline, Mass., in April 1983.

Funding (note)

• 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)

• DVD.

Contents

The essence of rhythm (b&w, ca. 17 min.) / solo performance presented by Tapsimatisamology, Inc. ; videographer, unknown ; Collins dances Out of nowhere (with Mark Barasch, guitar) and Poet and peasant overture (with Joan Hill, piano) -- Leon Collins at Jacob's Pillow (col., ca. 25 min.) / videographer, Caro Thompson ; Collins dances Out of nowhere, Flight of the bumblebee/Begin the beguine, Serenade for a soul sister, Bugler's holiday, and Satin doll ; musicians, Joan Hill (piano), Carl deSantis (bass) -- Leon Collins on Five All Night Live (col., ca. 9 min.) ; host, Dan Kain ; Collins dances One good turn and Watch what happens ; music pre-recorded by Erroll Garner -- Collins and Company studio rehearsals (b&w, ca. 9 min.) / producer/director, James Rutenbeck ; Collins, Pamela Raff, Clara "CB" Hetherington, and Dianne Walker rehearse In the mood and Routine 53 ; musicians, Joan Hill (piano), Mark Barasch (guitar), unidentified bass player.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1994

OCLC

NYPY896041995-F

Title

Leon Collins, 1982-1983 [videorecording].

Imprint

1982-1983.

Event

Peformance of Essence of rhythm given in Los Angeles in Feb. 1983.

Leon Collins solo performance at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, Mass. performed in June 1983.

Leon Collins on Five All Night Live telecast on Five All Night Live, WCVB-TV, Boston, on June 29, 1982.

Rehearsal for Collins and Company studio rehearsals held at the Leon Collins Dance Studio, Brookline, Mass., in April 1983.

Funding

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

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-658.

Added Author

Collins, Leon, dancer.

Raff, Pamela, dancer.

Hetherington, Clara, dancer.

Hill, Joan. Instrumentalist

Barasch, Mark. Instrumentalist

DeSantis, Carl. Instrumentalist

Kain, Dan. Host

Walker, Dianne, dancer.

Thompson, Caro. Videographer

Rutenbeck, James. Director

Rutenbeck, James. Producer

Tapsimatisamology, inc.

Leon Collins Archive, inc.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1994