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El abrazo

Title
El abrazo [electronic resource]
Publication
[1989].

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Additional Authors
  • Berghuijs, Martine.
  • Brave, Wouter.
  • Estevez, Carlos.
  • Todaro, Antonio.
  • Vasile, Adriana
  • Luna, Pochi
  • Bilous, Vanina.
  • Aquino, Alejandro.
  • Plebs, Milena.
  • Zotto, Miguel Angel.
  • Pugliese, Osvaldo.
  • Berg, Jan van den.
  • Gardel, Carlos, 1890-1935.
  • Virulazo and Elvira. ive
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (49 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences
Summary
Informal history of the Argentine tango, as seen through the eyes of the Dutch dance team of Martine Berghuijs and Wouter Brave. Includes interviews with dancers Virulazo and Elvira, Petróleo (pseud. of Carlos Estevez), Vanina Bilous and Alejandro Aquino, Antonio Todaro, Milena Plebs and Miguel Angel Zotto, and others. Buenos Aires and the tango, past and present, are seen in archival and contemporary footage, including scenes from old movies, street scenes illustrating tango songs by Carlos Gardel and others, and performances by Adriana Vasile and Pochi Luna (in a nightclub), Bilous and Aquino (with Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra), Plebs and Zotto (on a street in Amsterdam), and Berghuijs and Brave (at a street festival in Buenos Aires).
Subjects
Note
  • Subtitle: Tango/Amsterdam/Buenos Aires/vice versa. Co-produced by R. V. U. Educational Broadcasting and D. R. S. Productions. Producer: Emma de Rijk. Director: Jan van den Berg. Credits in Dutch; dialogue in Spanish, subtitled in English.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 8716
OCLC
NYPY946038999-F
Title
El abrazo [electronic resource]
Imprint
[1989].
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4026.
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Local Subject
Television. Abrazo.
Added Author
Berghuijs, Martine. cmm, dancer.
Brave, Wouter. cmm, dancer.
Estevez, Carlos. Interviewee
Todaro, Antonio. Interviewee
Vasile, Adriana, dancer.
Luna, Pochi, dancer.
Bilous, Vanina. ive, dancer.
Aquino, Alejandro. ive, dancer.
Plebs, Milena. ive, dancer.
Zotto, Miguel Angel. ive, dancer.
Pugliese, Osvaldo. Musician
Berg, Jan van den. Director
Gardel, Carlos, 1890-1935. Composer
Virulazo and Elvira. Interviewee
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8716
*MGZIC 9-4026 (former)
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