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Dances in shabby black [excerpts]

Title
Dances in shabby black [excerpts] [videorecording] / choreography and direction by Beverly Blossom.
Publication
1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Pipkin, Cynthia
  • Magruder, Ella
  • Fisher, Betsy
  • Magruder, Mark
  • Blossom, Beverly
  • Hamlisch, Marvin.
  • Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
  • Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
  • Villa-Lobos, Heitor.
  • Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
  • Jorrin, Mario.
  • Grauert, Ruth.
Description
1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Selections from a program of dance works representing choreography by Beverly Blossom (who also used the name Beverly Schmidt) from 1961 to 1999. The solo Besame mucho is listed in the opening credits but does not appear on this tape.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Beverly Blossom.
Uniform Title
  • Black traveler (Choreographic work : Schmidt)
  • Dad's ties (Choreographic work : Blossom)
  • Poem for the theatre #6 (Choreographic work : Schmidt)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Credits for all dances at beginning of tape.
Credits (note)
  • Assistant to the director, Mark Magruder ; lighting, Ruth Grauert, assisted by Sari Nordman.
Performer (note)
  • Dances introduced by Beverly Blossom.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped onstage at the Context Theater, New York, N.Y., in September 1999 ; videography, Context Video.
Contents
  • Introductory dance (1999) (ca. 4 min.) / music, Banda Sonora Pelicula (excerpt from "Kika") ; performed by Beverly Blossom.
  • Black traveler (1961) (ca. 3 min.) / music, 1930s cartoon music ; performed by Cynthia Pipkin-Doyle and Ella Magruder.
  • Dad's ties (1983) (ca. 12 min.) / music, Marvin Hamlisch ("The way we were"), Mystic Moods Orchestra ; performed by Betsy Fisher with Mark Magruder.
  • Dead monkey (1996) (ca. 8 min.) / music, Henry Purcell, Felix Mendelssohn ; performed by Beverly Blossom.
  • Poem for the theater #6 (1964) (ca. 11 min.) / music, Heitor Villa-Lobos ; film, Mario Jorrin ; performed by Cynthia Pipkin-Doyle.
  • Altered ego (1998; includes Exit [1990]) (ca. 11 min.) / music, Jules Massenet ; performed by Beverly Blossom and Cynthia Pipkin-Doyle.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5548
OCLC
NYPY01-F876
Title
Dances in shabby black [excerpts] [videorecording] / choreography and direction by Beverly Blossom.
Imprint
1999.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Videotaped onstage at the Context Theater, New York, N.Y., in September 1999 ; videography, Context Video.
Credits
Assistant to the director, Mark Magruder ; lighting, Ruth Grauert, assisted by Sari Nordman.
Performer
Dances introduced by Beverly Blossom.
Added Author
Pipkin, Cynthia, dancer.
Magruder, Ella, dancer.
Fisher, Betsy, dancer.
Magruder, Mark, dancer.
Blossom, Beverly, choreographer, dancer. Director
Hamlisch, Marvin. Composer
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Composer
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Composer
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Composer
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Composer
Jorrin, Mario.
Grauert, Ruth.
Added Title
Black traveler (Choreographic work : Schmidt)
Dad's ties (Choreographic work : Blossom)
Poem for the theatre #6 (Choreographic work : Schmidt)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-5548
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