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Dance Theatre of Harlem

Title: Dance Theatre of Harlem [videorecording] / artistic director, Arthur Mitchell.
Publication: c2001.

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Description

2 videocassettes (110 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Part of Dance Theatre of Harlem's 2001 New York season, which was dedicated to Zelda Wynn.

Uniform Title

Viraa (Choreographic work : Naidu)
Pas de deux for Phrygia and Spartacus (Choreographic work : Smith)
Equus: the ballet (Choreographic work : Reiter-Soffer)
Concerto in F (Choreographic work : Wilson)

Subject

Shaffer, Peter, 1926-2016 > Adaptations

Note

Accompanied by house program.
Recording made possible by the cooperation of Dance Theatre of Harlem, City Center, American Guild of Musical Artists (A.G.M.A.), American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.), Local One, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at City Center, New York, N.Y., on October 3, 2001 ; video documentation directed by Robert Shepard ; edited by François Bernadi.

Funding (note)

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents

Cassette 1. Viraa (ca. 23 min.) / choreography, Laveen Naidu ; music, Ernest Bloch (Concerto grosso no. 2) ; costumes, Pamela Allen-Cummings ; lighting, Roma Flowers ; danced by Andrea Long and Ikolo Griffin, with Paunika Jones, Dionne Figgins, Akua Parker, Amy Johnson, Lynda Sing, Ebony Haswell, Mark Burns, Claudio Sandoval, Iyun Harrison, Preston Dugger, Antonio Douthit, William Smith ; conductor, Joseph E. Fields.
A pas de deux for Phrygia and Spartacus (ca. 9 min.) / choreography, Lowell Smith ; music, Aram Ilich Khachaturian (adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, from Spartacus, Suite II, No. 1) ; costumes, Pamela Allen-Cummings ; lighting, Roma Flowers ; danced by Bethania Gomes and Ramon Thielen ; conductor, Joseph E. Fields.
Equus (ca. 44 min.) / choreography, direction, set, costumes, Domy Reiter-Soffer ; music, Wilfred Josephs ; scenario based on the play by Peter Shaffer ; lighting, Clarke W. Thornton ; danced by Leanne Codrington (Hester Saloman) ; Raintree Halpern [listed on program insert] (a nurse) ; Donald Williams (Martin Dysart) ; Kevin Thomas (Alan Strang) ; Rejane Duarte (Dora Strang) ; Orlando Pagan (Frank Strang) ; Lynda Sing (Jill Mason) ; Duncan Cooper (Nugget) ; Antonio Douthit, Ahmed Farouk, Preston Dugger, William Smith, Mark Burns (horses) ; conductor, Leslie B. Dunner.
Cassette 2. Concerto in F (ca. 32 min.) / choreography, Billy Wilson ; music, George Gershwin (Concerto in F for piano and orchestra) ; scenery and costumes, Carl Michel ; lighting, Chenault Spence ; cast: I, Allegro / danced by Kellye A. Saunders and Eric Underwood, with Amy Johnson, Paunika Jones, Lynda Sing, Chandra Moss, Leanne Codrington, Christiane Cristo, Rejane Duarte, Dionne Figgins, Raintree Halpern, Ebony Haswell, Camille Parson, Nicole Stoner, Mark Burns, Antonio Douthit, Orlando Pagan, Ahmed Farouk, William Smith, Claudio Sandoval, Preston Dugger, Iyun Harrison, Nathaniel Stokes -- II, Andante con moto / danced by James Washington, Andrea Long, Orlando Pagan -- III, Allegro agitato / danced by entire cast. Conductor, Leslie B. Dunner ; pianist, Joseph E. Fields.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5434

OCLC

NYPY02-F360

Title

Dance Theatre of Harlem [videorecording] / artistic director, Arthur Mitchell.

Imprint

c2001.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance at City Center, New York, N.Y., on October 3, 2001 ; video documentation directed by Robert Shepard ; edited by François Bernadi.

Performer

Performed by Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Funding

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added Author

Long, Andrea, 1966- dancer.

Griffin, Ikolo, dancer.

Gomes, Bethania, dancer.

Thielen, Ramon, dancer.

Codrington, Leanne, dancer.

Halpern, Raintree, dancer.

Williams, Donald, dancer.

Thomas, Kevin (Dancer)

Duarte, Rejane, dancer.

Pagan, Orlando, dancer.

Sing, Lynda, dancer.

Cooper, Duncan, dancer.

Saunders, Kellye A., dancer.

Underwood, Eric, dancer.

Washington, James, dancer.

Fields, Joseph E. Conductor. Instrumentalist

Dunner, Leslie Byron. Conductor

Naidu, Laveen, choreographer.

Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959. Composer

Allen-Cummings, Pamela. Costume designer

Flowers, Roma.

Smith, Lowell, 1951-2007, choreographer.

Khachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978. Composer

Reiter-Soffer, Domy, choreographer. Designer

Josephs, Wilfred, 1927-1997. Composer

Shaffer, Peter, 1926-2016.

Thornton, Clarke W. Lighting designer

Wilson, Billy, 1935-1994, choreographer.

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer

Michel, Carl, 1928-2004. Set designer

Michel, Carl, 1928-2004. Costume designer

Spence, Chenault.

Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- Director

Shepard, Bobby. Director

Bernadi, François. Film editor

Dance Theatre of Harlem.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Added Title

Viraa (Choreographic work : Naidu)

Pas de deux for Phrygia and Spartacus (Choreographic work : Smith)

Equus: the ballet (Choreographic work : Reiter-Soffer)

Concerto in F (Choreographic work : Wilson)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5434

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