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Festival of American Folklife. Freestyling with rhythm, breaking down the beat [and] Strutting your stuff [and] Dancing through the generations [videorecording]

Title
Festival of American Folklife. Freestyling with rhythm, breaking down the beat [and] Strutting your stuff [and] Dancing through the generations [videorecording]
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Friedland, Lee Ellen.
  • Mackey, John.
  • Simpson, Kimberly
  • Fultz-Mackey, Rosetta
  • Thornton, Tyrone
  • Sanders, Chuck
  • Richards, Denise
  • Smith, Michael, hip-hop dancer.
  • Castellon, Marco A.
  • Alanes, Juan Leonardo
  • Soria, Daniela
  • Sun, Nady
  • Sun, Nadin
  • Sun, Jammy
  • Vance, James
  • Vance, Barbara
  • Haworth, William
  • Haworth, Nancy
  • 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. 105 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Unedited footage of a two-camera shoot of two discussion/demonstrations, presented on the American Social Dance program of the Festival of American Folklife. Excerpts of a third presentation, Dancing through the generations, recorded by camera two, also appear on this tape. For more complete footage of Dancing through the generations, recorded by camera one, see: *MGZIA 4-1754.
Donor/Sponsor
  • nea
  • nys
Subjects
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: Freestyling with rhythm, breaking down the beat (approx. 14 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993, by camera one. Presenter: LeeEllen Friedland. [Panelists]/dancers: John "Super Cool" Mackey, Kimberly Simpson, Rosetta Fultz-Mackey, Tyrone Thornton, Chuck Sanders, Kenny [audience member; no last name given]. Mike Smith and Denise Richards appear on camera two footage of this presentation (see below). Discussion of music for hip-hop and go-go dancing; demonstration of hip-hop dancing. -- Strutting your stuff: Bolivian, hip-hop, Chilhowie, Cambodian (approx. 39 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993, by camera one. Presenter: Friedland [Gail Matthews-De Natale listed on frame]. [Panelists]/dancers: Nady Sun, Nadin Sun, Jammy Sun, Bill and Nancy Haworth, Jim and Barbara Vance, Daniela Soria, Marco Castellon, Juan Leonardo Alanes, Mike Smith, Denise Richards. Panelists discuss how dancers display their skill in different cultures. Demonstrations include the Bolivian morenada and caporales; Chilhowie [Virginia/Appalachian Mountains] clogging and flatfooting; techno dancing, as performed by young Cambodian-Americans; and hip-hop. -- Dancing through the generations (approx. 14 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993, by camera two. Presenters: Gilka Wara Céspedes and Linley Logan. [Panelists]: Mike McDonald, Sue Jacobs, Marco Castellon, Adela Baldarrama. Discussion of changes in and transmission of dances in the Iroquois and Bolivian
  • cultures. -- Freestyling... (approx. 12 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993, by camera two. See credits above. -- Strutting... (approx. 26 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993, by camera two. See credits above.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1755
OCLC
NYPY946049358-F
Title
Festival of American Folklife. Freestyling with rhythm, breaking down the beat [and] Strutting your stuff [and] Dancing through the generations [videorecording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Subject
Television. Festival of American Folklife.
Social dancing -- 20th century.
Local Subject
Go-go dancing, African-American.
Local Subject
Flatfooting.
Child dancers.
Added Author
Friedland, Lee Ellen. Producer
Mackey, John. Performer
Simpson, Kimberly, dancer.
Fultz-Mackey, Rosetta, dancer.
Thornton, Tyrone, dancer.
Sanders, Chuck, dancer.
Richards, Denise, dancer.
Smith, Michael, hip-hop dancer.
Castellon, Marco A., dancer.
Alanes, Juan Leonardo, dancer.
Soria, Daniela, dancer.
Sun, Nady, dancer.
Sun, Nadin, dancer.
Sun, Jammy, dancer.
Vance, James, dancer.
Vance, Barbara, dancer.
Haworth, William, dancer.
Haworth, Nancy, 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 4-1755
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