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National Dance Institute presents American Song: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - morning performance, 2000-06-17

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Title

National Dance Institute presents American Song: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - morning performance, 2000-06-17

Collection

National Dance Institute Video Archive

Names

National Dance Institute (U.S.) (Creator)
Klinger, Lori (Creator)
Klinger, Lori (Director)
Dia, Maria Di (Producer)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Choreographer)
Barash, Daniel (Choreographer)
Cady, Jennifer (Choreographer)
Clark, Tanya Gibson (Choreographer)
Daniels, Ali (Choreographer)
Danser, Lisa (Choreographer)
Frederic, Arthur (Choreographer)
Harris, Thecla (Choreographer)
Klinger, Lori (Choreographer)
Santos, Tim (Choreographer)
Seham, Jenny (Choreographer)
Thomas, Lisa (Choreographer)
Weinstein, Ellen (Choreographer)
Marck, David (Musical director)
Kauffman, Kathy (Lighting designer)
Halpern, Jennifer (Costume designer)
Purcell, Terri (Costume designer)
Dunbar, Heather (Set designer)
Robison, Mark (Videographer)
Evans, April (Singer)
Miller, Stefani (Singer)
Gillespie, Alan (Singer)
Brooks, Jonathan (Singer)
Alexiev, Greisha (Musician)
Cozier, Jimmy (Musician)
Hammann, Joyce (Musician)
Harrison, Tim (Musician)
Hubbard, Tom (Musician)
Kirkwood, Neal (Musician)
Lee, Scott (Musician)
Wade, William (Musician)
National Dance Institute (U.S.) (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2000-06-17

Table Of Contents

Prologue (12 min.) -- Scene 1: Life (16 min.) -- Scene 2: Liberty (12 min.) -- Scene 3: The Pursuit of Happiness (13 min.) -- Finale (10 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4593

Subjects

Dance in education
Dance for children

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: For 3:00pm performance, see *MGZIDF 4594.
Creation/Production Credits: Executive producer, Maria Di Dia, Maria Productions, Inc.; music supervisor, William Wade; choreography, Jacques d'Amboise, Daniel Barash, Jennifer Cady, Tanya Gibson-Clark, Ali Daniels, Lisa Danser, Arthur Frederic, Thecla Harris, Lori Klinger, Tim Santos, Jenny Seham, Lisa Thomas, Ellen Weinstein; NDI musical director, David Marck; lighting designer, Kathy Kauffman; costume designers, Jennifer Halpern, Terri Purcell; production supervisor, Sam Ellis; production coordinator, Rosemary Carey; production manager, Ron McIntyre; scenic designer, Heather Dunbar; set construction, Martin Bernstein and Atlas Scenic Studios; cameraperson, Mark Robison.
Performers: National Dance Institute students from New York and New Jersey schools, performers; April Evans, Stefani Miller, Alan Gillespie, Jonathan Brooks, singers; Greisha Alexiev, Jimmy Cozier, Joyce Hammann, Tim Harrison, Tom Hubbard, Neal Kirkwood, Scott Lee, William Wade, musicians; Lynn Olden, sign language interpreter.
Venue: Recorded June 17, 2000 New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Jacques D'Amboise, 2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (63 min) :sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 954761691
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21050169
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b1c7c050-92aa-0136-419c-3de7152bedc1

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "National Dance Institute presents American Song: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - morning performance, 2000-06-17" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2000. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1c7c050-92aa-0136-419c-3de7152bedc1

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2000). National Dance Institute presents American Song: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - morning performance, 2000-06-17 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1c7c050-92aa-0136-419c-3de7152bedc1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "National Dance Institute presents American Song: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - morning performance, 2000-06-17" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1c7c050-92aa-0136-419c-3de7152bedc1

Wikipedia citation

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