Research Catalog

Title

Improvisations Unlimited [videorecording] / artistic direction by Meriam Rosen.

Publication

1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, Jim
• Rosen, Meriam.
• Caldwell, Linda
• Blossom, Beverly
• Small, Robert, 1951 or 1952-
• Threadgill, Henry.
• Campos, Soledad.
• Campos, Soledad
• Jackson, Paul D.
• Improvisations Unlimited (Company)

Description

1 videocassette (79 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Meriam Rosen.

Uniform Title

• So long (Choreographic work : Caldwell)
• Brides (Choreographic work : Blossom)
• Good times (Choreographic work : Small)

Subjects

• Improvisation in dance
• Dance
• Video

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by Catalogue of dances, compiled by Meriam Rosen.

Credits (note)

• Lighting, Paul D. Jackson.

Performer (note)

• Introduced by Meriam Rosen.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the EE Theater, University of Maryland at College Park, on March 4, 1988.

Contents

• The process (ca. 24 min.) / performed by Stephanie Ginger Butler, John Dixon, Sylvia Hall, Dana Rubin, Pam Smith, Darryl Thomas, Heather Walker ; accompaniment, Jim Brown. The process, previously called Sets, consists of "improvised movement explorations in response to verbal cues given by the director and heard simultaneously by audience and performers."
• [Improvisational duet] (ca. 7 min.) / performed onstage by dancer Jim Brown and in the lighting booth by lighting designer Paul D. Jackson.
• So long (ca. 11 min.) / choreography, Linda Caldwell ; performed by Stephanie Ginger Butler, John Dixon, Sylvia Hall, Dana Rubin, Pam Smith, Darryl Thomas, Heather Walker.
• Brides (ca. 14 min.) / choreography, Beverly Blossom ; music, Mantovani ("What are you doing for the rest of your life?"), Brian Eno, Jon Hassell, Robert Fripp ; performed by Jim Brown, Stephanie Ginger Butler, Sylvia Hall, Dana Rubin, Pam Smith, Heather Walker, S[oledad?] Campos.
• Good times (ca. 23 min.) / choreography, Robert Small ; music, Henry Threadgill ; costumes, Soledad Campos ; performed by Stephanie Ginger Butler, John Dixon, Sylvia Hall, Dana Rubin, Pam Smith, Darryl Thomas, Heather Walker.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5475

OCLC

NYPY01-F321

Title

Improvisations Unlimited [videorecording] / artistic direction by Meriam Rosen.

Imprint

1988.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the EE Theater, University of Maryland at College Park, on March 4, 1988.

Credits

Lighting, Paul D. Jackson.

Performer

Performed by Improvisations Unlimited.

Introduced by Meriam Rosen.

Added Author

Brown, Jim, dancer. Instrumentalist

Rosen, Meriam. Director

Rosen, Meriam. Speaker

Caldwell, Linda, choreographer.

Blossom, Beverly, choreographer.

Small, Robert, 1951 or 1952- choreographer.

Threadgill, Henry. Composer

Campos, Soledad. Costume designer

Campos, Soledad, dancer.

Jackson, Paul D.

Improvisations Unlimited (Company)

Added Title

So long (Choreographic work : Caldwell)

Brides (Choreographic work : Blossom)

Good times (Choreographic work : Small)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5475