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"A celebration" -- of life -- in dance in remembrance of Marion Durham Cuyjet.

Title: "A celebration" -- of life -- in dance [videorecording] : in remembrance of Marion Durham Cuyjet.
Publication: 1996.

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1 videocassette (153 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Memorial service in honor of dancer, teacher, and choreographer Marion Durham Cuyjet, who died in October 1996. In addition to speeches and performances, the service includes letters from tap dancing teacher Eleanor Harris; author Melanye P. White-Dixon; Judith Jamison, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; and Joan Myers-Brown, director of Philadanco ; a video of Marion Cuyjet as she appeared at a Classic Black seminar in New York in February 1996 ; and candid footage of an exhibition of memorabilia and a reception following the service.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dawn Lille Horwitz.

Uniform Title

Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Performer (note)

Introduction by Howard "Sid" Lucas.
Master of ceremonies: Delores Browne.
Participants in order of appearance: Myrna Munchus-Bullock, Bobby Crowder, Johnnie Arnez (libation) -- Patricia Hobbs -- Antoinette Coward and the New Freedom Theatre Dancers -- Judy Cuyjet-Colvin -- Alice Mays-Hall -- Janice Harrison Fullard -- Holly Wright and Theresa Pelicata -- Pearl Schaffer, Philadelphia Dance Alliance -- Dawn Lille Horwitz -- Franca Jimenez -- Audrey Brookspan -- Shawn LeMere Williams -- [representatives of ] Dance Affiliations, L&L Dance Productions -- William Grinton -- Faye Snow -- Holly Wright -- Myrna Munchus-Bullock -- Gwen Coleman, Philadanco -- Philadanco -- [two speakers at end introduced orally only].

Event (note)

Videotaped at the University of the Arts Dance Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa., on November 14, 1996.

Contents

Dance contents: Hero / choreography, Patricia Hobbs and Antoinette Coward ; music, Gladys Knight and the Pips ; costumes, New Freedom Theatre ; danced by Antoinette Coward and the New Freedom Theatre Dancers -- His eyes are on the sparrow / choreography and costumes, Holly Wright ; music, Lauren Hill ; danced by Holly Wright and Theresa Pelicata -- More like Jesus (excerpt from Testimony) / choreography and performance, Shawn LeMere Williams ; music, Darryl Coley ; costumes, Howard "Si" Lucas -- Dying swan / choreography, Michel Fokine ; music, Camille Saint-Saëns ; costume, William Grinton and Les Ballets Trockadero ; danced by William Grinton as Nefertiti -- Because you love me / choreography and costumes, Faye Snow ; music, Céline Dion ; danced by Holly Wright -- A new birth / choreography, Leon Evans ; music, Stevie Wonder ; costumes, Clyde Michael Hayes ; danced by Philadanco: Keith Hendricks, Duane Holland, Gina Kolenda, Antoinette Coward, Shawn L. Williams.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2386

OCLC

NYPY97-F389

Title

"A celebration" -- of life -- in dance [videorecording] : in remembrance of Marion Durham Cuyjet.

Imprint

1996.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Introduction by Howard "Sid" Lucas.

Master of ceremonies: Delores Browne.

Participants in order of appearance: Myrna Munchus-Bullock, Bobby Crowder, Johnnie Arnez (libation) -- Patricia Hobbs -- Antoinette Coward and the New Freedom Theatre Dancers -- Judy Cuyjet-Colvin -- Alice Mays-Hall -- Janice Harrison Fullard -- Holly Wright and Theresa Pelicata -- Pearl Schaffer, Philadelphia Dance Alliance -- Dawn Lille Horwitz -- Franca Jimenez -- Audrey Brookspan -- Shawn LeMere Williams -- [representatives of ] Dance Affiliations, L&L Dance Productions -- William Grinton -- Faye Snow -- Holly Wright -- Myrna Munchus-Bullock -- Gwen Coleman, Philadanco -- Philadanco -- [two speakers at end introduced orally only].

Event

Videotaped at the University of the Arts Dance Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa., on November 14, 1996.

Local Subject

Race and dance.

Dancers en travesti.

Added Author

Lucas, Howard "Sid." Costume designer

Browne, Delores. Host

Munchus-Bullock, Myrna. Speaker

Crowder, Bob. Speaker

Hobbs, Patricia, choreographer.

Coward, Antoinette, choreographer, dancer.

Fullard, Janice Harrison. Speaker

Wright, Hollie, choreographer. cst, dancer.

Pelicata, Theresa, dancer.

Harris, Eleanor.

Horwitz, Dawn Lille.

Dixon, Melanye White.

Jamison, Judith.

Williams, Shawn LeMere, choreographer, dancer.

Grinton, William. cst, dancer.

Snow, Faye, choreographer. Costume designer

Brown, Joan Myers.

Hendricks, Keith, dancer.

Holland, Duane, dancer.

Kolenda, Gina, dancer.

Knight, Gladys, 1944- Composer

Coley, Daryl. Composer

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Composer

Dion, Céline. Composer

Evans, Leon, choreographer.

Wonder, Stevie. Composer

Judimar School of Dance.

New Freedom Theatre Dancers.

Philadelphia Dance Alliance.

Philadelphia Dance Company.

Pips (Musical group)

University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Classic Black (Exhibition : 1996)

DHCA.

Added Title

Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2386

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