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1992 Event of the Year : Amerimusica

Title: 1992 Event of the Year : Amerimusica / presented by National Dance Institute.
Publication: 1992.

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Additional Authors

Description

1 streaming video file (77 min) : sound, color.

Uniform Title

Amerimusica (Choreographic work : Weinstein)

Alternative Title

NY Views
National Dance Institute Moving Image Archive.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Music.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

First 6 minutes of video is beginning of television special about children and education. The full program included a segment on National Dance Institute; however, that portion of the program was recorded over with the NDI 1992 Event of the Year.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Conceived by Jacques d'Amboise, Ellen Weinstein; directed by Ellen Weinstein; original music and lyrics composed, orchestrated, and conducted by David Amram; select compositions by Murray Abrams, Irving Caesar, Joe Garland, Jimmy Johnson, Scott Joplin, Cecil Mack, Louis (i.e. Lewis) Muir, Cole Porter, G.H. Matos Rodriguez (i.e. Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez), Bill Rogers, John Strauss, Billy Strayhorn, and Vincent Yeomans (i.e. Youmans); choreography by Ellen Weinstein with Jacques d'Amboise, Adrienne Ehrlich-Miller, Donlin Foreman, Peter Gennaro, Lori Klinger, Nick Leone, Catherine Oppenheimer, Tim Santos, and Jenny Scham; original artwork created by John Alexander; produced by Maria Productions, Inc/Maria Di Dia; costume designs by Kenneth M. Yount, assisted by Andrea Gibbs; lighting design by John Hickey; properties design by Bill Grabowski, assisted by Heidi Reneberg.

System Details (note)

Streaming video.

Source (note)

Jacques D'Amboise

Contents

Children First: Back to School Special (6 min.): Segment of longer program exploring the use of computer software to teach writing to elementary school students. Comments from teachers Karen Palmer and Linda Macko, school superintendent, Somerville, New Jersey, Carolyn Leary, and early childhood specialist Paula McSweeny. Host, Roz Abrams.
National Dance Institute 1992 Event of the Year, Amerimusica (67 min.): Dance program celebrating the dance cultures of selected North and South American countries. In order, Guatemala (8 min.), Mexico (8 min.), Puerto Rico (2 min.), West Indies (3 min.), United States of America (40 min.), Brazil (6 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDF 4164

OCLC

924358129

Title

1992 Event of the Year : Amerimusica / presented by National Dance Institute.

Production

1992.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Performer

Kecia Lewis-Evans, Donlin Foreman, Theresa Merritt, The No Name Gospel Singers, performers; dancers from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, National Dance Institute students from New York City and New Jersey schools, dancers.

Credits

Conceived by Jacques d'Amboise, Ellen Weinstein; directed by Ellen Weinstein; original music and lyrics composed, orchestrated, and conducted by David Amram; select compositions by Murray Abrams, Irving Caesar, Joe Garland, Jimmy Johnson, Scott Joplin, Cecil Mack, Louis (i.e. Lewis) Muir, Cole Porter, G.H. Matos Rodriguez (i.e. Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez), Bill Rogers, John Strauss, Billy Strayhorn, and Vincent Yeomans (i.e. Youmans); choreography by Ellen Weinstein with Jacques d'Amboise, Adrienne Ehrlich-Miller, Donlin Foreman, Peter Gennaro, Lori Klinger, Nick Leone, Catherine Oppenheimer, Tim Santos, and Jenny Scham; original artwork created by John Alexander; produced by Maria Productions, Inc/Maria Di Dia; costume designs by Kenneth M. Yount, assisted by Andrea Gibbs; lighting design by John Hickey; properties design by Bill Grabowski, assisted by Heidi Reneberg.

Event

Recorded 1992 Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater, Brooklyn, New York.

System Details

Streaming video.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Source

Gift; Jacques D'Amboise, 2012.

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Added Author

Palmer, Karen, interviewee.

Macko, Linda, interviewee.

Leary, Carolyn F., 1941- interviewee.

McSweeny, Paula, interviewee.

Abrams, Roz, host.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, creator.

Weinstein, Ellen, creator.

Weinstein, Ellen, director.

Amram, David, composer.

Amram, David, lyricist.

Amram, David, conductor.

Abrams, Murray, composer.

Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996, composer.

Garland, Joe, 1903-1977, composer.

Johnson, Jimmy, composer.

Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917, composer.

Mack, Cecil, 1883-1944, composer.

Muir, Lewis F., 1884-1950, composer.

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, composer.

Matos Rodríguez, Gerardo Hernán, 1897-1948, composer.

Rogers, Bill, 1938?- composer.

Strauss, John, 1920-2011, composer.

Strayhorn, Billy, composer.

Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946, composer.

Weinstein, Ellen, choreographer.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, choreographer.

Ehrlich, Adrienne, choreographer.

Foreman, Donlin, choreographer.

Gennaro, Peter, choreographer.

Klinger, Lori, choreographer.

Leone, Nick, choreographer.

Oppenheimer, Catherine, choreographer.

Santos, Tim, choreographer.

Scham, Jenny, choreographer.

Alexander, John, 1945- artist.

Yount, Kenneth M., costume designer.

Hickey, John, lighting designer.

Grabowski, Bill, production personnel.

Lewis-Evans, Kecia, performer.

Foreman, Donlin, performer.

Merritt, Theresa, performer.

National Dance Institute (U.S.), producer.

Maria Productions, Inc., producer.

No Name Gospel Singers, performer.

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), dancer.

National Dance Institute (U.S.), dancer.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, donor.

Added Title

Container of (work) Amerimusica (Choreographic work : Weinstein)

National Dance Institute Moving Image Archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 4164

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