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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
Fierce love, stories from black gay life
Names
Branner, Bernard (Choreographer)
Freeman, Brian, 1955- (Director)
Freeman, Brian, 1955- (Author)
Freeman, Brian, 1955- (Performer)
Gupton, Eric (Composer)
Rodriguez, Eugene (Costume designer)
Belcher, Jonathan (Lighting designer)
Prevor, Beth (Contributor)
Feyne, Stephanie (Director)
Pomo Afro Homos (Author)
Dance Theater Workshop (Presenter)
National Performance Network (Presenter)
Hands On (Organization) (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Branner, Bernard (Performer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-10-31
Table of Contents
Order of scenes: We are -- Men on men -- I don't want to hear it -- The visitation -- Sad young man -- Red bandanas -- Good hands -- Just us club -- Black like me -- For Jimmy (from James Baldwin, Just above my head) -- Silently into the night -- Towards a black queer rhythm nation -- We are (reprise).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8430
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
African American gays
Sign-interpreted performances
Genres
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop Economy Tires Theater and the National Performance Network ; written and performed by Pomo Afro Homos (Bernard Djola Branner, Brian Freeman, Eric Gupton) ; directed by Brian Freeman ; sign-interpreted performance produced by Hands On.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Creation/production credits: Choreography, Bernard Djola Branner ; a cappella music, Eric Gupton ; costumes, Eugene "Yo" Rodriguez ; lighting, Jonathan Belcher ; Hands On program coordinator, Beth Prevor ; interpreter director, Stephanie Feyne ; interpreter adviser, John McBride.
Performers: Sign interpreters: Howard Hines, Jr. ; Cathleen Riddley.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Out-of-Towners series, on October 13, 1991, by Video D Studios.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (82 min. total) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Sign-interpreted version of a theater piece combining text, dance and music, performed by Pomo Afro Homos (Postmodern African American Homosexuals), a company based in San Francisco. The performance is preceded by a brief fund-raising appeal by a Dance Theater Workshop staff member.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F539
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14430537
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b7416b80-a742-0138-e899-0858e69d9a33
Rights Statement
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  • 1991: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fierce love, stories from black gay life" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7416b80-a742-0138-e899-0858e69d9a33

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Fierce love, stories from black gay life" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7416b80-a742-0138-e899-0858e69d9a33

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Fierce love, stories from black gay life Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7416b80-a742-0138-e899-0858e69d9a33

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