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Dayton Contemporary Dance Company

Title
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company [videorecording]
Publication
1990.

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Additional Authors
  • McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018
  • Dove, Ulysses
  • Beatty, Talley
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Miles, Eric J.
  • Young, Calvin Norris
  • Wood, Dawn
  • Williams, Sheri
  • Hickman-Matlock, Shonna
  • Arnett, W. Dean
  • Ward, Kevin D.
  • Rouse, Mikel
  • Kabeláč, Miloslav, 1908-1979.
  • Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (71 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Sam Miller, executive director of Jacob's Pillow, introduces the program.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Uniform Title
  • Rainbow 'round my shoulder (Choreographic work : McKayle)
  • Vespers (Choreographic work : Dove)
  • Southern landscape (Choreographic work : Beatty)
  • Streams (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 10, 1990.
Contents
Rainbow 'round my shoulder / choreography by Donald McKayle; music traditional; performed by Dawn Wood (Sweetheart, mother, wife), Eric J. Miles (solo I), Calvin Norris Young (solo II), W. Dean Arnett, Rodni Williams, Kevin Ward, Cecil Slaughter, Peter Kope (20 min.) -- Vespers / choreography by Ulysses Dove; music by Mikel Rouse; performed by Sheri Williams, Shonna Yvette Hickman (1st movement), Karen Moon-Thomas, Shonna Yvette Hickman, Dawn Wood, Sheri Williams, Katherine Smith, Debra Walton (2nd movement) (19 min.) -- Mourner's bench [from Southern landscape] / choreography by Talley Beatty; music performed by Tuskegee Institute Choir (There is a balm in Gilead); performed by Eric J. Miles (7 min.) -- Streams /choreography by Alvin Ailey; music by Miloslav Kabelac (Eight inventions, op. 45); performed by Karen Moon-Thomas and W. Dean Arnett (Giubiloso), Shonna Yvette Hickman (Recitativo), Eric J. Miles and Kevin Ward (Scherzo), Sheri Williams (Lamentoso), Dawn Wood, Katherine J. Smith, Shana Bloodsaw, Debra Walton, Michael Groomes, Rodni Williams, Cecil Slaughter (Danza) and the company (Corale, Aria, Diabolico) (25 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7959
OCLC
  • 39810326
  • NYPG05-F10014
Title
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company [videorecording]
Imprint
1990.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Performed by members of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company: W. Dean Arnett, Shana Bloodsaw, Debbie Blunden-Diggs, Michael Groomes, Shonna Yvette Hickman, Peter Kope, Eric J. Miles, Karen Moon-Thomas, Yolanda Simpson, Cecil Slaughter, Katherine J. Smith, Debra Walton, Kevin Ward, Rodni Williams, Sheri Williams, Dawn Wood, Calvin Norris Young.
Event
Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on Aug. 10, 1990.
Added Author
McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018, choreographer.
Dove, Ulysses, choreographer.
Beatty, Talley, choreographer.
Ailey, Alvin. 4chr.
Miles, Eric J., dancer.
Young, Calvin Norris, dancer.
Wood, Dawn, dancer.
Williams, Sheri, dancer.
Hickman-Matlock, Shonna, dancer.
Arnett, W. Dean, dancer.
Ward, Kevin D., dancer.
Rouse, Mikel. Composer
Kabeláč, Miloslav, 1908-1979. Inventions, percussion ensemble, op. 45.
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Added Title
Rainbow 'round my shoulder (Choreographic work : McKayle)
Vespers (Choreographic work : Dove)
Southern landscape (Choreographic work : Beatty)
Streams (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7959
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