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Festival of American Folklife. Dances of courtship [and] Cultural contact in dance [videorecording]

Title: Festival of American Folklife. Dances of courtship [and] Cultural contact in dance [videorecording]
Publication: 1993.

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1 videocassette. 58 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Two discussion/demonstrations presented on the American Social Dance program of the Festival of American Folklife.

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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: Dances of courtship: Bolivian, Cambodian (approx. 34 min.). Recorded on July 5, 1993. Presenter: Gilka Wara Céspedes, Frank Proschan. [Panelists]/dancers: Angel Quinteros, Lillian Quinteros, Chan Moly Sam, Vuthy Kheav. Additional dancers: Luis Fuentes, Luz Fuentes, Sochietah Ung, Natalie Chhuan, Rady Tes, Sareth Sokhon, Soum Sokhon. Panelists compare Cambodian and Bolivian courtship customs, and some of the dances associated with courtship. Dances demonstrated are the Bolivian cueca, the Cambodian lam leav, and the bolero, an imported form shared by both cultures. -- Cultural contact in dance: Bolivia (approx. 24 min.). Recorded on July 5, 1993. Presenter: Gilka Wara Céspedes. Dancers: Paola Castellon, Angel Quinteros, Lillian Quinteros, Juan Leonardo Alanes. Bolivians examine the process of cross-fertilization within their own country, noting the interchange between different ethnic groups and urban and rural areas, and the importation of dances from abroad. Examples discussed and/or demonstrated are the negritos, caporales, cumbia, salsa, and merengue.

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*MGZIA 4-1762

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NYPY946049625-F

Title

Festival of American Folklife. Dances of courtship [and] Cultural contact in dance [videorecording]

Imprint

1993.

Local Subject

Television. Festival of American Folklife.

Social dancing -- 20th century.

Courting dances.

Drum dances.

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Proschan, Frank. Producer

Sokhon, Soum, dancer.

Sokhon, Sareth C., dancer.

Chan Moly Sam, 1953- dancer.

Ung, Sochietah, dancer.

Kheav, Vuthy, dancer.

Chhuan, Natalie, dancer.

Tes, Rady, dancer.

Céspedes, Gilka Wara. Producer

Quinteros, Angel F., dancer.

Quinteros, Lillian, dancer.

Fuentes, Luis H., dancer.

Fuentes, Luz, dancer.

Castellon, Paola, dancer.

Alanes, Juan Leonardo, dancer.

Lewett, Linda. Producer

Love, Sam.

Chen, Vivien. Curator

Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.

Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1762

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