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Dance for AIDS Benefit

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
Dance for AIDS Benefit
Names
Sorvino, Ann (Dancer)
Siciak, Janet (Composer)
Meese, Cynthia (Singer)
Keillor, Kathleen (Dancer)
Leizman, Liz (Dancer)
Washington, Eno (Dancer)
Middleton, Marilyn (Director)
Bayo, Adeye (Director)
Osumarea, Bamidele (Associated name)
Herzog, Arthur, Jr (Composer)
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (Composer)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Nix, Michael (Composer)
Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007 (Composer)
Dumakude, Thuli (Composer)
Msomi, Welcome (Composer)
Giovanni, Nikki (Composer)
Schena, Michael G. (Videographer)
Stoneleigh-Burnham School (Greenfield, Mass.), Dance Dept (Dancer)
Bamidele Dancers and Drummers (Company) (Performer)
Swingle Singers (Performer)
Third World (Musical group) (Performer)
Loose Caboose (Musical group) (Performer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1995-11-02
Table of Contents
Cassette 1 (ca. 51 min.). Hold me up Lord / choreography not credited ; song written by Janet Siciak ; sung by Cynthia Meese ; danced by Ann Sorvino ; accompanied by Janet Siciak -- God bless the child / song written by Arthur Herzog and Billie Holiday ; sung by Cynthia Meese ; accompanied by Janet Siciak -- Mad blues / song written by Larry Markes and Dick Charles ; sung by Cynthia Meese ; accompanied by Janet Siciak -- Amazing grace / choreography, Kathleen Keillor ; music, Nana Mascouri [Mouskouri?] ; danced by Mixed Company: Kathryn Colby, Elizabeth Doares, Kathleen Keillor, Elizabeth Kidder, Ann Sorvino, Suzanne Fogel Spencer, Marie van Dyck -- Field hockey fugue / choreography, Ann Sorvino ; music, Bach, [sung by] the Swingle Singers ; danced by Stoneleigh-Burnham's Dance Performance Project: Emily Bull, Amy Holubecki, Naomi Komagata, Claire Plackwic, Becky Plough, Katie Wick -- As long as I can see the light / choreography, Liz Leizman ; costumes, the Fabulous Chenille Twins ; danced by Spectrum in Motion: Katherine Xilonen Bervera, Ping Yew Chin, Olivia Ilano-Davis, Catherine Iselin, Michael Ketchum, Liz Leizman, Lesley Makings, Bonita Oliver, Art Sansome, Joy Voeth, Lisa Waryck, Richard Weiss -- Position three / inspired by the painting of A. Hale-Johnson ; choreography, Ann Sorvino ; music, Michael Nix ; poetry, Robert Steinem ; danced by the Sorvino Dance Project: Kelly Brown, Angel Huntington, Heather Rutka, Ann Sorvino, Meg van Dyck -- [Three songs:] "You stole my love," "Boogie woogie bugle boy," "My special angel" / director, Cynthia Meese ; sung by Stoneleigh-Burnham's Octet: Cheverly Council, Tracy Cnosson, Sara Dodson, Leah Freeman, Kate George, Clare Muldaur, Irene Rankin, Asa Muir-Harmony -- Gravy waltz / choreography, Kathleen Keillor ; music, Oscar Peterson ; danced by Mixed Company: Kathryn Colby, Elizabeth Doares, Kathleen Keillor, Elizabeth Kidder, Ann Sorvino, Suzanne Fogel Spencer -- Vicarious beauty / choreography, Ann Sorvino ; music, Orli Zuchovitski ; danced by Stoneleigh-Burnham's Dance Performance Project: Amy Holubecki, Claire Plackwic, Becky Plough, Katie Wick -- Cassette 2 (ca. 37 min.). Tribute to Bamidele [Rastafari chant followed by suite of dances]: Nyabinghi / traditional Rastafari chant ; performed by Baba Gagey Ross-Wolcott -- [Dances] / choreography and performance, Eno Asabo Washington ; music and poetry, Thuli Dumakude and Welcome Msomi's Izulu Dance Theater ("Africa"), Nikki Giovanni ("The women gather"), Third World ("Who gave you"), Loose Caboose ("Bloodfire") -- Dance for Bamidele and Eno / artistic direction, Marilyn Middleton ; musical direction, Adeye Bayo ; performed by the Bamidele Dancers and Drummers in honor of their founder Bamidele Osumarea (1947-1995) and Eno Asabo Washington
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8192
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4931 (former)
Topics
AIDS (Disease)
Benefit performances
Drummers (Musicians)
Dance, Black -- United States
Art and dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Music
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, Mass., on November 2, 1995, by Pioneer Video Productions ; videographer, Michael G. Schena.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY97-F554
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13303671
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 226fd0c0-7b8f-0135-3b21-592f40548ec0
Rights Statement
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  • 1995: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance for AIDS Benefit" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1995. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/226fd0c0-7b8f-0135-3b21-592f40548ec0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance for AIDS Benefit" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/226fd0c0-7b8f-0135-3b21-592f40548ec0

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1995). Dance for AIDS Benefit Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/226fd0c0-7b8f-0135-3b21-592f40548ec0

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Dance for AIDS Benefit