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On Fire with African Dance : Stacato Incandescence: The Story of Mambo

Title
On Fire with African Dance : Stacato Incandescence: The Story of Mambo / a presentation by Robert Farris Thompson, Master T ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Publication
2013.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Thompson, Robert Farris
  • Schmidt, Jan, 1948-
  • Weaver, Jonathan
  • Penn, Robert E.
  • Robert Penn Productions.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Description
1 streaming video file (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color; H.264 file.
Summary
Robert Farris Thompson (Master T), the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art at Yale University discusses Mambo which shows a fusion of a variety of dance styles from lindy, to ballet, to bomba, to Afro-Cuban dance, interspersed with slides of still images and video footage, concludes with a Question & Answer session.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Subject
  • Thompson, Robert Farris
  • Mambo (Dance)
  • Dance > Africa
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Lectures.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Introduced by Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division).
  • Widescreen.
  • Video played during presentation, courtesy of Robert Farris Thompson.
  • A series of free public programs on African dance presented by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division with The Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Funding (note)
  • This recording was made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Contents
Introduction (6 min.) / speaker, Jan Schmidt -- Presentation (61 min.) / speaker, Robert Farris Thompson -- Question & Answer session (13 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1328
OCLC
846504452
Title
On Fire with African Dance : Stacato Incandescence: The Story of Mambo / a presentation by Robert Farris Thompson, Master T ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Production
2013.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file streaming H.264
Series
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
Speakers, Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division) and Robert Farris Thompson (Master T).
Credits
Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on 2013 March 14.
Funding
This recording was made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Added Author
Thompson, Robert Farris, speaker.
Schmidt, Jan, 1948- speaker.
Weaver, Jonathan, director of photography.
Penn, Robert E., videographer.
Penn, Robert E., editor.
Robert Penn Productions.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1328
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