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Dancing.

Title
Dancing. Sex and social dance [videorecording]
Publication
c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Richardson, Miranda.
  • Novack, Cynthia Jean.
  • Astaire, Fred
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
  • Beauvais, Richard.
  • Gerson, Kathleen.
  • Davis, Thomas R. A. H., 1917-
  • Enua, Tereapii.
  • Jonassen, Jon.
  • Kauraka, K.
  • Ingram, Takiora.
  • Crocombe, R. G.
  • Abdelaziz, Soumeya.
  • Chtatou, Mohamed.
  • Mernissi, Fatima.
  • Drissia, Halima.
  • Lagharissi, Sidi Muhamed.
  • Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
  • Venza, Jac.
  • Grauer, Rhoda.
  • Hovde, Ellen.
  • Meyer, Muffie.
  • Myers, Lora K.
  • Blumer, Ronald.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Program 5 of an eight-part documentary series exploring the ramifications of dance around the world. An examination of social dancing in the United States, the Cook Islands, and Morocco provides revelations on sex roles and social interaction, and reflects changing mores in each culture. Analyzing the American scene are Cynthia Novack, Richard Beauvais, and Kathleen Gerson. Sir Thomas Davis, Tereapii Enua, Jon Jonassen, Kauraka Kauraka, Takiora Ingram, and Ron Crocombe comment upon various aspects of dancing in the Cook Islands, including its historical focus on fertility, which was suppressed by 19th-century missionaries, its emphasis on group interaction, and the changes that have occurred with the growth of tourism. Moroccan dance is viewed in the light of Islamic strictures separating male and female spheres. Commentators are Soumeya Abdelaziz, Mohamed Chtatou, Fatima Mernissi, Halima Drissia, and Sidi Muhamed Lagharissi.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Bob Lockyer, BBC.
Series Statement
Dancing [British edition] 5
Uniform Title
  • Dancing (Television series)
  • Dancing. British edition ; 5.
Alternative Title
Sex and social dance.
Subjects
Note
  • Produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with RM Arts and BBC-TV. Series devised by Rhoda Grauer, executive producer. Producers/directors: Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, Middlemarch Films, Inc. Director, performance programs: Jac Venza. Telescript: Lora K. Myers and Ronald Blumer. Narrator: Miranda Richardson.
  • British edition. The American edition of this program, episode 3 in its series, is on *MGZIC 9-4113.
Contents
DANCE CONTENTS: Ballroom dancing, filmed at Lincoln Center Plaza, New York. -- Various ballroom dances (b&w). -- The gay divorcée: "Night and day" (b&w), perf. by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. -- Ballroom dance lesson at a Fred Astaire franchised dance studio; students Jeffrey Wrightson and Grace Fowler are subsequently seen dancing at their wedding. -- Pride and prejudice: ballroom scene (b&w), perf. by Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, and others. -- Children's ballroom dancing class, filmed in Connecticut. -- Dances by groups of children, boys, and women, filmed in the Cook Islands. -- Dances at an evening gathering, filmed in the Cook Islands. -- Women's dances at private gatherings, filmed in Morocco. -- Dances by professional female dancers (shih-hats) and men at a Moroccan café. -- Rock and roll dances of the 1950s, including footage of Elvis Presley (b&w). -- The twist and other dances of the 1960s (b&w and color). -- Disco dancing of the 1990s. -- Moroccan boys dancing to pop music in the street. -- Disco dancing by men and women in Fez. -- Traditional and contemporary dancing at a Moroccan wedding. -- Dancing at a Christian worship service in the Cook Islands. -- Rehearsal by a competitive dance team in the Cook Islands. -- Tourist show in the Cook Islands. -- Disco dancing in the Cook Islands. -- Ballroom dancing at Lincoln Center Plaza.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1852
OCLC
NYPY946073727-F
Title
Dancing. Sex and social dance [videorecording]
Imprint
c1993.
Series
Dancing [British edition] 5
Dancing. British edition ; 5.
Local Subject
Television. Dancing.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. The gay divorcee.
Added Author
Richardson, Miranda. Host
Novack, Cynthia Jean. Commentator
Astaire, Fred, dancer.
Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, dancer.
Beauvais, Richard. Commentator
Gerson, Kathleen. Commentator
Davis, Thomas R. A. H., 1917- Commentator
Enua, Tereapii. Commentator
Jonassen, Jon. Commentator
Kauraka, K. Commentator
Ingram, Takiora. Commentator
Crocombe, R. G. Commentator
Abdelaziz, Soumeya. Commentator
Chtatou, Mohamed. Commentator
Mernissi, Fatima. Commentator
Drissia, Halima. Commentator
Lagharissi, Sidi Muhamed. Commentator
Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977. Performer
Venza, Jac. Director
Grauer, Rhoda. Producer
Hovde, Ellen. Producer
Hovde, Ellen. Director
Meyer, Muffie. Producer
Meyer, Muffie. Director
Myers, Lora K. Screenwriter
Blumer, Ronald. Screenwriter
Added Title
Dancing (Television series)
Sex and social dance.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1852
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