Bibliograph

The New Dance Group gala concert, a retrospective 1930s-1970s, the American Dance Guild presents ; produced by the American Dance Guild ; video directed by Johannes Holub ; concert production, producer/artistic director, Muriel Manings

Type

Label

The New Dance Group gala concert, a retrospective 1930s-1970s, the American Dance Guild presents ; produced by the American Dance Guild ; video directed by Johannes Holub ; concert production, producer/artistic director, Muriel Manings

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The New Dance Group gala concert

Oclc number

297178966

resource.otherEventInformation

Recorded in performance on June 11, 1993 at LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts in New York City

Responsibility statement

the American Dance Guild presents ; produced by the American Dance Guild ; video directed by Johannes Holub ; concert production, producer/artistic director, Muriel Manings

Runtime

160

Sub title

a retrospective 1930s-1970s

Summary

The New Dance Group (ca. 1993) recreates 18 dances originally performed by the Group from 1934-1979. Each dance includes an introduction, usually by the original choreographers

Table Of Contents

Disc 1 (62 min.): Songs. pt. III: To each his own / Mary Anthony -- Tenant of the street / Eve Gentry -- Blues / Ronnie Aul -- Southern landscape. Mourner's bench / Talley Beatty -- The desperate heart / Valerie Bettis -- Ativisms [i.e. Atavisms]. Lynchtown / Charles Weidman -- The Negro speaks of rivers / Pearl Primus -- Pursued. The flight / Joseph Gifford -- Shuvi Nafshi. Return oh my soul unto thee / HadassahDisc 2 (78 min.): Time is money ; Harmonica breakdown / Jane Dudley -- Sign dance for Sarah / Irving Burton -- Rainbow 'round my shoulder suite excerpt / Donald McKayle -- The transformations of Medusa / Jean Erdman -- Lyric suite duet excerpt / Anna Sokolow -- Strange hero / Daniel Nagrin -- Concerto in E. (Romeo and Juliet) excerpt / Joyce Trisler -- Folksay excerpt / Sophie Maslow

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Retrospective 1930s-1970sGala historical concert

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