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Cumbre flamenca (excerpts) and various other musical performances

Title
Cumbre flamenca (excerpts) and various other musical performances [videorecording] / a New York Shakespeare Festival production, Joseph Papp presents Festival Latino en Nueva York, Oscar Ciccone and Cecilia Vega, directors.
Publication
New York, 1986.

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Additional Authors
  • León, Eugenia
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
  • Festival Latino en Nueva York, producer.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (248 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
Excerts featuruing various song and dance performances by Latin American and Spanish artists from the New York Shakespeare Festival's Festival Latino en Nueva York at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The first 140 min. of the tape contain exerpts from the variety show Cumbre flamenca featuring flamenco song, guitar playing and dance. Next, are 10 min. of footage and interviews with audience members outside the theater. The next 15 min. feature jazz singer Eugenia León who performs several songs. At 165 min. an unidentified male musician performs instrumental music from Nicaragua. At 177 min. an unidentified female singer performs songs from various Latin American sources. The last excerpt (at 222 min.) features performances of tango dance. Content ends at 248 min.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.
Series Statement
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Alternative Title
Cumbre flamenca with Mercedes Sosa
Subject
  • Flamenco dancers
  • Flamenco music
  • Singers > Latin America
  • Music > Latin America
Note
  • This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
  • No credits on tape; title supplied by cataloger.
  • Credit information derived generically from 1986 Festival Latino programs.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Delacorte Theater, Central Park, New York, N.Y. in August 1986.
Biography (note)
  • Started in 1976 by Oscar Ciccone and Cecilia Vega, the Festival Latino en Nueva York became part of the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1984. Billed in a 1988 program as "the most important cultural event in the United States of America," the festival supported the "full range of Latino dramaturgy" in the United States with work that engaged the contemporary Latino audience and aimed to promote cross cultural understanding. Annual festivals featured a mix of theater, dance, music and film from Spain, Portugal and Latin America, performed in Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese, or in combination.
Language (note)
  • Performed in Spanish.
Call Number
NCOV 5012
OCLC
NYPT04-F101
Title
Cumbre flamenca (excerpts) and various other musical performances [videorecording] / a New York Shakespeare Festival production, Joseph Papp presents Festival Latino en Nueva York, Oscar Ciccone and Cecilia Vega, directors.
Imprint
New York, 1986.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.
Event
Videotaped at the Delacorte Theater, Central Park, New York, N.Y. in August 1986.
Biography
Started in 1976 by Oscar Ciccone and Cecilia Vega, the Festival Latino en Nueva York became part of the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1984. Billed in a 1988 program as "the most important cultural event in the United States of America," the festival supported the "full range of Latino dramaturgy" in the United States with work that engaged the contemporary Latino audience and aimed to promote cross cultural understanding. Annual festivals featured a mix of theater, dance, music and film from Spain, Portugal and Latin America, performed in Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese, or in combination.
Language
Performed in Spanish.
Local Subject
Spanish dancing.
Flamenco.
Added Author
León, Eugenia, singer.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.
Festival Latino en Nueva York, producer.
Research Call Number
NCOV 5012
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