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Dancing all over the world [videorecording]: an evening with Charles Cook and friends

Title
Dancing all over the world [videorecording]: an evening with Charles Cook and friends / presented by the Circuit Theatre, Inc. with the American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Education ; producer, Susan Goldbetter ; artistic direction, Charles Cook.
Publication
1989.

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Additional Authors
  • Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
  • Goldbetter, Susan
  • Cataldo, Lynn
  • Davidson, Mickey
  • Smith, Hank
  • Cannon, Pat
  • Miller, Norma, 1919-2019
  • Manning, Frankie
  • Young, Charles
  • Meyers, Leroy.
  • Hickcox, A. C.
  • Nelson, Leeta Harris.
  • Mason, Anne
  • Jones, Dexter
  • Stroop, Dean
  • Wilder, Clyde
  • Williams, Debbie
  • Featherstone, Joanna.
  • Cicali, Joseph.
  • Circuit Theatre, Inc.
  • M.F.O.A. (Message from our Ancestors) (Dance company)
  • American Museum of Natural History.
  • Foot and Fiddle Dance Company.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (120 min.) : sd. col.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Susan Goldbetter.
Alternative Title
Evening with Charles Cook and friends
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Dances by Norma Miller's Swinging at the Savoy includes Back bay shuffle, Who's got the beat, Shiny stockings, Posing (Big apple), and Jumpin' at the Woodside (lindy).
Credits (note)
  • Narrator, Leroy Meyers; lighting, A. C. Hickcox.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, on June 7, 1989, by Joseph Cicali and Youwei Sun.
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
Chakaba (ancestral spirit) / danced by a member of M.F.O.A. (Message from our Ancestors) -- For dancers only / danced by Cookie and friends (Lynn Cataldo, Mickey Davidson, Susan Goldbetter, and Hank Smith) -- Easy to love (sand dance) / danced by Cook -- Bert Williams tribute / danced by Smith -- Breezin' along / danced by Cataldo and Goldbetter -- Who cares / danced by Cook -- Comedy act / performed by Smith and Cook -- Choreographers' tribute, including I remember you, Hanya / danced by Cook -- Bambalina / danced by Cookie and friends -- Song medley by Leeta Harris Nelson -- Clog dancing / by Pat Cannon's Foot and Fiddle Dance Company (Pat Cannon, Anne Mason, Dexter Jones, and Dean Stroop), including Tap'apella, Barn dance, and Freestyle -- Stella by starlight and Tapping Shakespeare / danced by Cook -- Poetry medley by Joanna Featherstone, including Susanna Jones, with dancing by Davidson -- Dances by Norma Miller's Swinging at the Savoy (Miller, Frankie Manning, Mickey Davidson, Clyde Wilder, Debbie Williams, and Chazz Young) -- Everything's copasetic / performed by the entire cast.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1886
OCLC
NYPY916012672-F
Title
Dancing all over the world [videorecording]: an evening with Charles Cook and friends / presented by the Circuit Theatre, Inc. with the American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Education ; producer, Susan Goldbetter ; artistic direction, Charles Cook.
Imprint
1989.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Credits
Narrator, Leroy Meyers; lighting, A. C. Hickcox.
Performer
Performed by Charles "Cookie" Cook and friends, with Pat Cannon's Foot and Fiddle Dance Company and Norma Miller's Swinging at the Savoy.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, on June 7, 1989, by Joseph Cicali and Youwei Sun.
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 4-1143.
Added Author
Cook, Charles, 1917-1991, dancer.
Goldbetter, Susan, dancer.
Cataldo, Lynn, dancer.
Davidson, Mickey, dancer.
Smith, Hank, dancer.
Cannon, Pat, dancer.
Miller, Norma, 1919-2019, dancer.
Manning, Frankie, dancer.
Young, Charles, dancer.
Meyers, Leroy. Narrator
Hickcox, A. C. Lighting designer
Nelson, Leeta Harris. Composer
Mason, Anne, dancer.
Jones, Dexter, dancer.
Stroop, Dean, dancer.
Wilder, Clyde, dancer.
Williams, Debbie, dancer.
Featherstone, Joanna.
Cicali, Joseph.
Circuit Theatre, Inc.
M.F.O.A. (Message from our Ancestors) (Dance company)
American Museum of Natural History.
Foot and Fiddle Dance Company.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1886
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