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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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The Grand Prix Video Danse Video Archive

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Title
El abrazo
Names
Berghuijs, Martine (Dancer)
Brave, Wouter (Dancer)
Estevez, Carlos (Interviewee)
Todaro, Antonio (Interviewee)
Vasile, Adriana (Dancer)
Luna, Pochi (Dancer)
Bilous, Vanina (Dancer)
Aquino, Alejandro (Dancer)
Plebs, Milena (Dancer)
Zotto, Miguel Angel (Dancer)
Pugliese, Osvaldo (Musician)
Berg, Jan van den (Director)
Gardel, Carlos, 1890-1935 (Composer)
Virulazo and Elvira (Interviewee)
Collection

The Grand Prix Video Danse Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1989 (Inferred)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8716
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4026 (former)
Topics
Argentine tango (Dance)
Tango (Dance)
Dance -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Genres
Filmed dance
Interviews
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Subtitle: Tango/Amsterdam/Buenos Aires/vice versa.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Language: Credits in Dutch; dialogue in Spanish, subtitled in English.
Creation/production credits: Co-produced by R. V. U. Educational Broadcasting and D. R. S. Productions. Producer: Emma de Rijk. Director: Jan van den Berg.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Umatic) (49 min.) : sound, color with b&w sequences ; 3/4 in.
Description
Informal history of the Argentine tango, as seen through the eyes of the Dutch dance team of Martine Berghuijs and Wouter Brave. Includes interviews with dancers Virulazo and Elvira, Petróleo (pseud. of Carlos Estevez), Vanina Bilous and Alejandro Aquino, Antonio Todaro, Milena Plebs and Miguel Angel Zotto, and others. Buenos Aires and the tango, past and present, are seen in archival and contemporary footage, including scenes from old movies, street scenes illustrating tango songs by Carlos Gardel and others, and performances by Adriana Vasile and Pochi Luna (in a nightclub), Bilous and Aquino (with Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra), Plebs and Zotto (on a street in Amsterdam), and Berghuijs and Brave (at a street festival in Buenos Aires).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Spanish, Castilian
Dutch, Flemish
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY946038999-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12175793
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a9d398c0-9004-0135-cefe-7110dd6d4444
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1989: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "El abrazo" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7ee1c7d-d48a-46f6-a47c-4cc2afce6342

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "El abrazo" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7ee1c7d-d48a-46f6-a47c-4cc2afce6342

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). El abrazo Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7ee1c7d-d48a-46f6-a47c-4cc2afce6342

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El abrazo