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Twist

Title
Twist [videorecording] / released by Triton Pictures in association with Alliance Communications ; presented by Sphinx Productions in association with Don Haig ; produced and directed by Ron Mann.
Publication
U.S. : New Line Home Video, c1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Atkins, Cholly.
  • Ballard, Hank.
  • Checker, Chubby, 1941-
  • Dee, Joey.
  • Parks, Mama Lu.
  • Gamble, Dee Dee Sharp.
  • Storm, Gale, 1922-2009
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-
  • Freed, Alan.
  • Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
  • Murray, Arthur, 1895-
  • Avalon, Frankie.
  • Prima, Louis, 1910-1978.
  • Van Dyke, Dick
  • Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-2017
  • Robinson, Smokey, 1940-
  • Mann, Ron.
  • Haig, Don.
  • Flamingos (Musical group)
  • Starlighters (Musical group)
  • Miracles (Musical group)
  • Marvelettes.
  • Sphinx Productions.
  • Alliance Communications.
  • Triton Pictures.
  • New Line Home Video (Firm)
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (78 min.) : sd., col. and b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Documentary on the twist and its place in the history of rock and roll music and dancing, as recalled by dancers, choreographers, and songwriters active in its heyday. Hank Ballard talks about writing the song that started the dance craze; Chubby Checker recalls the introduction of the dance. Former dancers discuss the influence of Dick Clark and his American Bandstand television program on teenagers' dances in general. Excerpts from news reports, television shows, and films illustrate the precursors of the twist in the 1950s, its rise in the 1960s and the spread of its popularity among adults as well as teenagers, its use as a marketing tool and pervasive presence in the media, and the protests against it. Also discussed are the revolutionary changes the twist made in social dancing, the search for a new dance that would rival its success, and the development of freestyle discothèque dancing in the 1970s.
Subject
  • Twist (Dance)
  • Lindy (Dance)
  • Jitterbug (Dance)
  • Bop (Dance)
  • Stroll (Dance)
  • Madison (Dance)
  • Monkey (Dance)
  • Frug (Dance)
  • Fly (Dance)
  • Mashed potato (Dance)
  • Teenage dancers
  • Disco dancing
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Co-producer, Sue Len Quon ; executive producer, Don Haig ; associate producer, Ann Mayall ; editor, Robert Kennedy ; photography, Bob Fresco.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewees: Cholly Atkins, Hank Ballard, Betty (Pomantini) Begg, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee, Joe Fusco, Gladys Horton, Janet Huffsmith, Joan (Buck) Kiene, Mama Lu Parks and the Parkettes, Jimmy Peatross, Floss (Harvey) Mancini, Carole (Scaldeferri) Spada, Dee Dee Sharp.
Contents
Dance contents: Dances represented, in order of appearance: lindy hop, itch, jitterbug, mambo, bop, stroll, cha-lypso, Madison, twist (numerous examples), Peppermint twist, monkey, frug, Millie, fly, mashed potato, limbo, elephant walk, disco dancing, and others.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2615
ISBN
0780607910
OCLC
  • 36223874
  • NYPY97-F558
Title
Twist [videorecording] / released by Triton Pictures in association with Alliance Communications ; presented by Sphinx Productions in association with Don Haig ; produced and directed by Ron Mann.
Imprint
U.S. : New Line Home Video, c1993.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Interviewees: Cholly Atkins, Hank Ballard, Betty (Pomantini) Begg, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee, Joe Fusco, Gladys Horton, Janet Huffsmith, Joan (Buck) Kiene, Mama Lu Parks and the Parkettes, Jimmy Peatross, Floss (Harvey) Mancini, Carole (Scaldeferri) Spada, Dee Dee Sharp.
Performers in archival footage (in order of appearance): Gale Storm, the Flamingos, Joe Turner, Alan Freed a.k.a. Moondog, Elvis Presley, Arthur Murray, Frankie Avalon, Chubby Checker, Joey Dee and the Starliters, Louis Prima, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, Marvelettes, Dee Dee Sharp, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
Credits
Co-producer, Sue Len Quon ; executive producer, Don Haig ; associate producer, Ann Mayall ; editor, Robert Kennedy ; photography, Bob Fresco.
Local Subject
Social dancing -- 20th century.
Motion pictures. Twist.
Added Author
Atkins, Cholly. Interviewee
Ballard, Hank. Interviewee
Checker, Chubby, 1941- Interviewee. Performer
Dee, Joey. Interviewee. Performer
Parks, Mama Lu. Interviewee
Gamble, Dee Dee Sharp. Interviewee. Performer
Storm, Gale, 1922-2009 Performer
Turner, Joe, 1911- Performer
Freed, Alan. Performer
Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977. Performer
Murray, Arthur, 1895- Performer
Avalon, Frankie. Performer
Prima, Louis, 1910-1978. Performer
Van Dyke, Dick, performer.
Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-2017, performer.
Robinson, Smokey, 1940- Performer
Mann, Ron. Producer
Haig, Don. Producer. Director
Flamingos (Musical group)
Starlighters (Musical group)
Miracles (Musical group)
Marvelettes.
Sphinx Productions.
Alliance Communications.
Triton Pictures.
New Line Home Video (Firm)
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2615
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