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Festival of American Folklife. Hip-hop, you don't stop [videorecording]

Title
Festival of American Folklife. Hip-hop, you don't stop [videorecording]
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Friedland, Lee Ellen.
  • Hovington, Anthony
  • Faulkner, Keenan
  • Smith, Michael, hip-hop dancer.
  • Richards, Denise
  • Thornton, Tyrone
  • Sanders, Chuck
  • Robinson, Brian
  • Mackey, John
  • Chen, Vivien.
  • Lewett, Linda.
  • Love, Sam.
  • Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
  • Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Description
1 videocassette. 39 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Unedited footage of a two-camera shoot of a discussion/demonstration presented on the American Social Dance program of the Festival of American Folklife.
Donor/Sponsor
  • nea
  • nys
Subject
  • Hip-hop
  • Break dancing
  • Dance, Black > United States
Note
  • Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image and the Smithsonian Institution by Sam Love of the Public Production Group, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, at the 27th annual Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall in Washington, D. C., on July 1-5, 1993. [Video] producer: Linda Lewett. Festival presented by the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies of the Smithsonian Institution. Director, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies: Richard Kurin. Festival director: Diana Parker. Curator, American Social Dance program: Vivien Ta-Ying Chen.
Contents
CONTENTS: Hip-hop, you don't stop (approx. 34 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993 by camera one. Presenter: LeeEllen Friedland. Dancers: Anthony Hovington, Keenan Faulkner, Mike Smith, Denise Richards, Tyrone Thornton, Chuck Sanders, Brian Robinson, and John "Super Cool" Mackey. Discussion of the hip-hop culture, which covers music, dancing, graffiti, and other arts. Topics include its origin in the 1970s, the importance of drumming, venues for dancing, and a comparison of hip-hop dancing (including breakdancing) with a co-existing African-American form, go-go dancing. The dancers demonstrate both go-go and hip-hop dancing. -- Hip-hop, you don't stop (approx. 5 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993 by camera two. Footage of the hip-hop demonstration only.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1751
OCLC
NYPY946048344-F
Title
Festival of American Folklife. Hip-hop, you don't stop [videorecording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Subject
Television. Festival of American Folklife.
Social dancing -- 20th century.
Local Subject
Go-go dancing, African-American.
Added Author
Friedland, Lee Ellen. Producer
Hovington, Anthony, dancer.
Faulkner, Keenan, dancer.
Smith, Michael, hip-hop dancer.
Richards, Denise, dancer.
Thornton, Tyrone, dancer.
Sanders, Chuck, dancer.
Robinson, Brian, dancer.
Mackey, John, dancer.
Chen, Vivien. Curator
Lewett, Linda. Producer
Love, Sam.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1751
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