Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Randy Duncan.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Duncan, Randy
• Williams, Linda
• Stegner, Terry
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 45 min., 36 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Choreographer and dancer Randy Duncan was born on December 14, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. Duncan's career began at age fifteen with the Joseph Holmes Dance Theater. Duncan later began formal dance studies with classes at the Sammy Dyer School of Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and Illinois State University. Using elements of ballet, jazz, African, modern dance, and hip-hop, Duncan created numerous works for the Joffrey Ballet, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago and the Tel Aviv Dance Company of Israel. Duncan's musical theater credits include Guys and Girls, Street Dreams, West Side Story, Carousel, Hello Dolly, and Don't Bother Me I Can't Cope. His television ballet, Urban Transfer, was aired nationwide by PBS-TV's WTTW. Duncan's first major motion picture by Paramount Pictures, Save the Last Dance, earned him a nomination for the American choreography Award for dance on film. He also an avid supporter of HIV/AIDS causes for over a decade.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Randy Duncan
• Randy Duncan

Subject

• Duncan, Randy > Interviews
• Duncan, Randy
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Choreographer Dancer

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Terry Stegner.

OCLC

1003150449

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Randy Duncan.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Playing Time

024536

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Linda Williams, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Terry Stegner.

Event

Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2006 November 15.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Choreographer Dancer.

Added Author

Duncan, Randy, interviewee.

Williams, Linda, interviewer.

Stegner, Terry, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.