Research Catalog

Title

Magnificat [videorecording] / [presented by] North Carolina Dance Theatre ; choreography by Salvatore Aiello ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243)

Publication

1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chantal, Christye
• Hewitt, Ralph
• Prewitt, Richard
• Bullock, Jeffery
• Owens, Traci
• Aiello, Salvatore
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Paul, Rick.
• Miller, Evelyn.
• Henderson, Randall.
• North Carolina Dance Theatre.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (32 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Dance work with onstage chorus.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jerri Kumery/North Carolina Dance Theatre.

Uniform Title

Magnificat (Choreographic work : Aiello)

Subjects

• Dance
• Video
• Ballet > North Carolina

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title, choreographer, the date February 7, 1986, and the notation "premiere perf[ormance]" on original container. Additional program information provided by Jerri Kumery, North Carolina Dance Theatre, gives recording date as February 2, 1986, and identifies premiere date as May 15, 1985.

Credits (note)

• Assistant to choreographer, Ralph Hewitt ; text from Luke I, 46-55 ; scenery, Rick Paul ; costumes, Evelyn Miller ; lighting, Randall Henderson.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance, location not identified, on February 2 or 7, 1986.

Contents

• Chorus: "My soul doth magnify the Lord" / danced by the ensemble.
• Aria (alto): "And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my savior" / danced by women's ensemble.
• Aria (soprano): "For, behold, from henceforth shall call me blessed" / danced by Christye Chantal, Ralph Hewitt, Richard Prewitt.
• Chorus: "All generations" / danced by the ensemble.
• Aria (bass): "For He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is His name" / danced by Jeffery Bullock.
• Duet (alto, tenor): "And His mercy is on them that fear from generation to generation" / danced by Jeffery Bullock and Traci Owens.
• Chorus: "He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts" / danced by the ensemble.
• Aria (tenor): "He hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree" / danced by men's ensemble.
• Aria (alto): "He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich He hath sent empty away" / danced by Traci Owens.
• Chorus (soprano, alto): "He hath holpen His servant Israel in remembrance of His mercy" / danced by the ensemble.
• Chorus: "And He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to His seed forever" / danced by the ensemble.
• Chorus: "Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen" / danced by the ensemble.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3260

OCLC

NYPY99-F103

Title

Magnificat [videorecording] / [presented by] North Carolina Dance Theatre ; choreography by Salvatore Aiello ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243)

Imprint

1986.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance, location not identified, on February 2 or 7, 1986.

Credits

Assistant to choreographer, Ralph Hewitt ; text from Luke I, 46-55 ; scenery, Rick Paul ; costumes, Evelyn Miller ; lighting, Randall Henderson.

Performer

Danced by North Carolina Dance Theatre: Beverly Chambers, Christye Chantal, Barbara Montero, Traci Owens, Melissa Pitman, Pearl Potts, Colleen Tamayo, Lauri Worrill, William Bartlett, Jeffery Bullock, David Bushman, Jeffrey Crevier, Robin Franklin, Ralph Hewitt, Paul Maley, Richard Prewitt.

Singers not identified.

Added Author

Chantal, Christye, dancer.

Hewitt, Ralph, dancer.

Prewitt, Richard, dancer.

Bullock, Jeffery, dancer.

Owens, Traci, dancer.

Aiello, Salvatore, choreographer.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer

Paul, Rick. Designer

Miller, Evelyn. Costume designer

Henderson, Randall.

North Carolina Dance Theatre.

DHCA.

Added Title

Magnificat (Choreographic work : Aiello)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3260