By word of foot III, Sole Sisters

Item data

Title

By word of foot III, Sole Sisters

Collection

Jane Goldberg Video Archive

Names

Browne, Harriet (Choreographer)
Bufalino, Brenda (Choreographer)
Coles, Marion (Choreographer)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Choreographer)
Lee, Mable (Dancer)
McNamara, Josephine (Dancer)
Safford, Sarah (Dancer)
Wasser, Beverly (Dancer)
Wasserman, Dorothy (Dancer)
Roberts, Jim (Instrumentalist)
Brown, Ernest (Dancer)
Cook, Charles, 1917-1991 (Dancer)
Raff, Pamela (Dancer)
Hill, Constance Valis (Director)
Sole Sisters (Performing group) (Dancer)
Changing Times Tap Dancing Company (Presenter)
Browne, Harriet (Dancer)
Bufalino, Brenda (Dancer)
Coles, Marion (Dancer)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Dancer)
Goldberg, Jane, 1948- (Producer)
Safford, Sarah (Choreographer)
Wasserman, Dorothy (Choreographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1985-06

Table Of Contents

Beyond the sea / choreography and performance, Jane Goldberg ; music, C. Trenant. |||| The man I love / choreography recreated by Marion Coles from Restina Bank's Number 1 chorus ; music, George Gershwin ; danced by the Sole Sisters. |||| Dorothy's shim sham / choreography, traditional, Dorothy Wasserman ; danced by the Sole Sisters. |||| [Finale] / solos by Pamela Raff, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, and Charles "Cookie" Cook ; dance on bubble wrap by unidentified woman. |||| Sand/little pony / choreography and performance, Harriet Browne ; music, P. Poindexter. |||| For dancers only / choreography recreated by Marion Coles ; music, Lunceford ; danced by Mable Lee, Harriet Browne, Marion Coles, Sarah Safford, Jane Goldberg. |||| Post partum blues / choreography and music, Sarah Safford ; performed by Sarah Safford with her baby Molly, and the Sole Sisters. |||| How am I to know / collaboration [and performance] by Jane Goldberg, Marion Coles, Sarah Safford, Beverly Wasser ; music, J. King. |||| Shiny stockings / choreography and performance, Marion Coles. |||| Irish and Appalachian sole / choreography, traditional ; danced by Beverly Wasser and Jo McNamara. |||| Low heel Italian sole / choreography and performance, Brenda Bufalino. |||| Spain / choreography and performance, Jane Goldberg ; music, Chick Corea.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7581
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5713 (former)

Subjects

Tap dancing
Women dancers -- United States
Clog dancing
Shim sham (Dance)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Video Recordings

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: presented by the Changing Times Tap Dancing Company ; [stage] director, Constance Valis-Hill ; [stage] producer, Jane Goldberg.
Content: Title provided by Jane Goldberg.
Content: Additional performance data from house program.
Content: Original containers for this tape and for *MGZIC 9-5711 and *MGZIC 9-5710 were respectively marked reels 1, 2, and 3, but they do not contain a continuous performance, but rather excerpts (including rehearsal footage) from a series of performances held in June 1985. The most complete performance footage appears on this tape, *MGZIC 9-5713.
Performers: Danced by the Sole Sisters: Harriet Browne, Brenda Bufalino, Marion Coles, Jane Goldberg, Mable Lee, Jo McNamara, Sarah Safford, Beverly Wasser, Dorothy Wasserman.
Performers: Musicians: Jim Roberts (piano), Dave Dunaway (bass), Eddie Crawford (drums).
Performers: Audience members invited onstage for impromptu performances include Pamela Raff, Ernest "Brownie" Brown, and Charles "Cookie" Cook.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Greenwich House Theater, New York, in June 1985.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Excerpts from one or more of the performances presented by the Sole Sisters, a company of women tap dancers, on June 26-28, 1985.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3129
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13873437
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 790b7260-7ba5-0135-afb6-612fa2a52fa1

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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