Research Catalog

Title

American Tap Dance Orchestra [videorecording] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of the Schönberg Dancing series ; artistic director and choreographer, Brenda Bufalino.

Publication

1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bufalino, Brenda.
• Bufalino, Brenda
• Clayton, Jay.
• Alonso, Guillem
• Eyster, Sherry
• Goodman, Andrea, 1953-
• Morrison, Margaret
• Rosenkrantz, Olivia
• Winstanley, Declan
• Waag, Tony.
• Waag, Tony
• Fröhlich-Schauseil, Anke, 1968-
• Casel, Ayodele
• Hebach, Susan.
• Mooney, Artis.
• Moros, Isabel.
• Goldfeder, Karen.
• Tortorici, Pat.
• Grant, Darrell.
• Linn, Valborg Fletre.
• Fontaine, Jeff.
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Mills, Irving, 1894-1985.
• Kurtz, Manny, 1911-1984.
• Lane, Burton, 1912-1997.
• Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986.
• Davis, Miles.
• Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.
• Kimbrough, Frank.
• Allison, Ben.
• Fury, Hank.
• American Tap Dance Orchestra.
• Dance Theater Workshop.
• DHCA.

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (117 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the American Tap Dance Orchestra.

Uniform Title

Gertrude's nose (Choreographic work : Bufalino)

Subject

Tap dancing

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from accompanying house program.

Credits (note)

• Executive/assistant director, Tony Waag; sound, Hank Fury/Gotham Sound; lighting, Jeff Fontaine.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, in June 1996.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1 (ca. 57 min.): Cantata and the blues / choreography, monologues, and musical arrangements, Brenda Bufalino (unless otherwise noted) ; vocals performed by Pat Tortorici ; Hit it, danced by Bufalino (solo) and tap ensemble, music performed by Bufalino -- First cantata medley : Impression of Mozart, danced by Bufalino -- A-train / music by Duke Ellington ; danced by Bufalino -- Impressions of Bach / danced by Bufalino -- Buff loves Basie blues / music inspired by Count Basie ; arr. by Bufalino and Darrell Grant ; danced by Guillem Alonso (solo) with tap ensemble -- In a sentimental mood / music by Ellington, Irving Mills, and Manny Kurtz ; danced by tap ensemble -- Buff loves Basie blues reprise / danced by tap ensemble -- Second cantata medley. Impressions of Clemente / danced by Bufalino (solo) and Declan Winstanley ([Irish step dancing] solo), with Andrea Goodman, Olivia Rosenkrantz, and Tony Waag -- Coolbird / music by Bufalino and Grant ; danced by Goodman, Rosenkrantz, and Waag -- On a clear day / choreography and performance by Waag ; music by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner -- Coolbird reprise -- So that's jazz then: All blues / music by Miles Davis ;danced by tap ensemble -- Pithecanthropus erectus -- Reincarnation of a love bird -- Cell block F / music by Charles Mingus ; danced by Bufalino (solos) -- Haitian fight song ; music by Mingus ; danced by tap ensemble.
• Disc 2 (ca. 50 min.): Gertrude's nose (world premiere) : tap dance oratorio / choreography, tap chants, and text, Brenda Bufalino ; vocal arrangements, Jay Clayton ; sound, Hank Fury/Gotham Sound ; costumes, Valborg Linn ; lighting, Jeff Fontaine ; performed by Brenda Bufalino and Jay Clayton ; featured dancers, Sherry Eyster, Andrea Goodman, Margaret Morrison, Olivia Rosenkrantz ; chorus, Ayodele Casel, Anke Fröhlich, Susan Hebach, Artis Mooney, Isabel Moros ; vocalists, Karen Goldfeder, Pat Tortorici.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1900

OCLC

NYPY97-F114

Title

American Tap Dance Orchestra [videorecording] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of the Schönberg Dancing series ; artistic director and choreographer, Brenda Bufalino.

Imprint

1996.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Executive/assistant director, Tony Waag; sound, Hank Fury/Gotham Sound; lighting, Jeff Fontaine.

Performer

Danced by the American Tap Dance Orchestra: Brenda Bufalino with featured dancers Guillem Alonso, Sherry Eyster, Andrea Goodman, Margaret Morrison, Olivia Rosenkrantz, Declan Winstanley, and Tony Waag ; and chorus Anke Fröhlich, Ayodele Casel, Susan Hebach, Artis Mooney, and Isabel Moros.

Guest artist/vocalist, Jay Clayton.

Vocalists, Karen Goldfeder and Pat Tortorici.

Music played by Frank Kimbrough (piano) and Ben Allison (bass).

Event

Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, in June 1996.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-2429.

Local Subject

Irish step dancing.

Added Author

Bufalino, Brenda. Director

Bufalino, Brenda, choreographer.

Bufalino, Brenda. Arranger

Bufalino, Brenda. Performer

Clayton, Jay. voc

Clayton, Jay. Arranger

Alonso, Guillem, dancer.

Eyster, Sherry, dancer.

Goodman, Andrea, 1953- dancer.

Morrison, Margaret, dancer.

Rosenkrantz, Olivia, dancer.

Winstanley, Declan, dancer.

Waag, Tony. Director

Waag, Tony, dancer.

Fröhlich-Schauseil, Anke, 1968- Performer

Casel, Ayodele, dancer.

Hebach, Susan. Performer

Mooney, Artis. Performer

Moros, Isabel. Performer

Goldfeder, Karen. voc

Tortorici, Pat. voc

Grant, Darrell. Arranger

Linn, Valborg Fletre. Costume designer

Fontaine, Jeff.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Composer

Mills, Irving, 1894-1985. Composer

Kurtz, Manny, 1911-1984. Composer

Lane, Burton, 1912-1997. Composer

Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986. Lyricist

Davis, Miles. Composer

Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979. Composer

Kimbrough, Frank. Performer

Allison, Ben. Performer

Fury, Hank.

American Tap Dance Orchestra.

Dance Theater Workshop.

DHCA.

Added Title

Gertrude's nose (Choreographic work : Bufalino)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1900