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Highlights of the seventieth Blackpool Dance Festival British Professional Rising Stars Competitions

Title
Highlights of the seventieth Blackpool Dance Festival [videorecording] : British Professional Rising Stars Competitions / Quasar Video ; directed by Peter Pember ; produced by Peter Pember and Julia Pember.
Publication
Hereford, England : Quasar Video ; Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. : See-Do Productions, c1995.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Allen, Bryan L.
  • Thompson, Pat Lupino.
  • Irvine, Bill.
  • Green, Paul.
  • Rufus, Karren.
  • Wilson, Paul, ballroom dancer.
  • Jönsson, Ann
  • Binick, Sonny.
  • Pember, Peter.
  • Pember, Julia.
  • Quasar Video (Firm)
  • See-Do Productions.
  • Blackpool Dance Festival.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (67 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Semi-finals and finals of the British Professional Rising Stars Competition, accompanied by a running commentary on individuals and dance technique by Bryan Allen and Pat Thompson. The tape opens with a tribute to Sonny Binick (1915-1995), a founding member, chairman, and first life president of the Ballroom Dancers Federation. The Latin competition consists of the cha cha, samba, rumba, and pasodoble; the modern competition comprises the waltz, foxtrot, tango, and quickstep. Some of the dances are replayed in slow motion. The tape also includes interviews, the introduction of the judges, and the presentation of awards.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Special event coverage and commentary.
  • Latin dancing.
Note
  • Subtitle from wrapper.
Performer (note)
  • Compère: Bill Irvine.
  • Commentators: Bryan Allen and Pat Thompson.
  • Interviewees: Paul Green and Karren Rufus ; Gillian MacKenzie, festival organizer ; four couples representing the U.S. [not individually introduced] ; Paul Wilson and Ann Jonsson.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in the Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, in summer 1995.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2558
OCLC
NYPY97-F404
Title
Highlights of the seventieth Blackpool Dance Festival [videorecording] : British Professional Rising Stars Competitions / Quasar Video ; directed by Peter Pember ; produced by Peter Pember and Julia Pember.
Imprint
Hereford, England : Quasar Video ; Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. : See-Do Productions, c1995.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Performer
Compère: Bill Irvine.
Commentators: Bryan Allen and Pat Thompson.
Dancers in semi-finals of the British Professional Rising Stars Latin Competition: Jan and Mirjam Zwysen, Daniel Steinmann and Franziska Greuter, Felix Castillo and Katja Klep, Victor Nikovski and Larissa Davydova, Aki Sato and Mimi Kawada, John Byrnes and Jane Lyttleton, Gary and Diana McDonald, Paul Green and Karren Rufus, Peter Siddall and Marylynn Benitez; may also include dancers not identified on tape.
Dancers in semi-finals of the British Professional Rising Stars Modern Competition: Giuliano Nironi and Simonetta Vecchi, Igor and Irina Suvorov, Sam and Mari Kaihoh, Alain Doucet and Anik Jolicoeur, Lech and Anna Romankiewicz, Timothy and Michele Mason, Paul Wilson and Ann Jonsson, Masayuki and Hiroko Tachibana, Mark Shutlar and Jayne Brown, Tony and Anita Dokman, Jonathan Wilkins and Wendi Davies.
Interviewees: Paul Green and Karren Rufus ; Gillian MacKenzie, festival organizer ; four couples representing the U.S. [not individually introduced] ; Paul Wilson and Ann Jonsson.
Event
Recorded in the Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, in summer 1995.
Local Subject
Social dancing -- Competitions.
Exhibition ballroom dancing -- Competitions.
Added Author
Allen, Bryan L. Commentator
Thompson, Pat Lupino. Commentator
Irvine, Bill. Host
Green, Paul. Interviewee
Rufus, Karren. Interviewee
Wilson, Paul, ballroom dancer. Interviewee
Jönsson, Ann, dancer. Interviewee
Binick, Sonny.
Pember, Peter. Producer. Director
Pember, Julia. Producer
Quasar Video (Firm)
See-Do Productions.
Blackpool Dance Festival.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2558
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