Song of Lawino

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Title
Song of Lawino
Names
Bavan, Yolande (Performer)
Chin, Connie (Performer)
Cousar, Terri (Performer)
Giraud, Tiyé (Composer)
Hall-Smith, Pat (Performer)
Patrick, Pamela (Performer)
Sheely, Viola (Performer)
Tyler, Edwina Lee (Composer)
Tyler, Edwina Lee (Performer)
Valdes, Ching (Performer)
Wilson, Robin (Performer)
p'Bitek, Okot, 1931-1982 (Contributor)
Vasilevski, Valeria (Adapter)
Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo (Choreographer)
Oji, Helen (Set designer)
Berry, Gabriel (Costume designer)
Emmons, Beverly (Lighting designer)
Reduta Deux Ltd (Contributor)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Harlem Dance Foundation (Contributor)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1988
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8496
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6096 (former)
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Dance
Song of Lawino (Choreographic work : Vasilevski and Zollar)
Genres
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: presented by the Suitcase Fund of Dance Theater Workshop in association with the Harlem Dance Foundation ; produced by Reduta Deux ; [written] by Okot p'Bitek ; adapted and directed by Valeria Vasilevski with choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and composers Edwina Lee Tyler and Tiyé Giraud.
Content: Wide shot.
Creation/production credits: Set, Helen Oji ; costumes, Gabriel Berry ; lighting, Beverly Emmons ; voice coach, Yolande Bavan ; stage design consultant, Michael Deegan.
Performers: Developed and performed by Yolande Bavan, Connie Chin, Terri Cousar, Tiyé Giraud, Pat Hall-Smith, Pamela Patrick, Viola Sheely, Edwina Lee Tyler, Ching Valdes-Aran, Robin Wilson.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Fall Events, on December 22, 1988, by Video D Studios.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (71 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F787
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14430652
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3b9963c0-84f0-0135-d0e8-61c84cd960f7
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Song of Lawino" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89769d0a-b64d-4e3c-baaf-dc0639dbebbb

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Song of Lawino" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89769d0a-b64d-4e3c-baaf-dc0639dbebbb

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). Song of Lawino Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89769d0a-b64d-4e3c-baaf-dc0639dbebbb

Wikipedia Citation

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Song of Lawino