Research Catalog

Title

The lindy: Charlie Meade [videorecording].

Publication

1987-1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Meade, Charlie
• Meade, Charlie.
• Batiuchok, Margaret
• Batiuchok, Margaret.4ivr
• Lloyd, George
• Manning, Frankie
• Lewis, Tom
• Sorensen, Jesper.
• Sorensen, Jesper.4vdg
• Rummel, Susan Batiuchok.
• Kienhuis, Ronald.
• Winding, Vibeke.
• Cat Club (New York, N.Y.)
• CodanceCo.

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (120 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

• Bradley, Buddy
• Lindy (Dance)
• Swing (Dance)
• Jitterbug (Dance)
• Jive (Dance)
• Charleston (Dance)
• Tap dancing
• Dance, Black > Jamaica

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Part 3 of a four-part series subtitled Videotapes recorded December 1987-January 1988 for a master's thesis project by Margaret Batiuchok.
• Additional footage of Charlie Meade, Margaret Batiuchok and/or others videotaped by Vibeke Winding and Jesper Sorensen. Other videotapes in this series are: *MGZIC 9-2617 The lindy: Frank Manning, *MGZIC 9-2615 The lindy: George Lloyd, and *MGZIC 9-2618 The lindy: Tom Lewis. For Batiuchok's master's thesis, see: *MGW 90-9604 Batiuchok, Margaret. The lindy.

Credits (note)

• Videographer: Susan Batiuchok Rummel.

Event (note)

• Improvised dance performance at the Cat Club, New York, videotaped on March 21, 1988, by Ronald Kienhuis.

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

Disc 1 (approx. 62 min.): Introduction by Margaret Batiuchok. In the studio, Charlie Meade and Batiuchok dance the lindy. Meade explains and demonstrates its steps and those incorporated into it from the Charleston, shim sham, and other dances. In an interview with Batiuchok, he relates how he began to dance in his native Jamaica, then went to Europe where he performed in Buddy Bradley's shows and in films. He discusses the qualities of a good lindy dancer and different styles of dancing the lindy. - Disc 2 (approx. 58 min. total): Continuation of interview (approx. 6 min.). Improvised dance performance at the Cat Club (approx. 9 min.), recorded at CodanceCo's Gotta-dance Gotta-pay-the-rent Ball. Danced by Batiuchok, George Lloyd, Tom Lewis, and Frank Manning, accompanied by the Loren Schoenberg Big Band. Dancing by Batiuchok and Meade in the studio (approx. 43 min.), including tap dancing and an interview with Jesper Sorensen (?), with whom Meade discusses the lindy's popularity in England, where it is known as the jive, and in the U.S.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1946

OCLC

NYPY916020516-F

Title

The lindy: Charlie Meade [videorecording].

Imprint

1987-1988.

Credits

Videographer: Susan Batiuchok Rummel.

Event

Improvised dance performance at the Cat Club, New York, videotaped on March 21, 1988, by Ronald Kienhuis.

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: *MGZIC 9-2616.

Local Subject

Social dancing -- 20th century.

Added Author

Meade, Charlie, dancer.

Meade, Charlie. Interviewee

Batiuchok, Margaret, dancer.

Batiuchok, Margaret.4ivr

Lloyd, George, dancer.

Manning, Frankie, dancer.

Lewis, Tom, dancer.

Sorensen, Jesper. Interviewer

Sorensen, Jesper.4vdg

Rummel, Susan Batiuchok. Videographer

Kienhuis, Ronald. Videographer

Winding, Vibeke. Videographer

Cat Club (New York, N.Y.)

CodanceCo.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1946