No more exotica [and] Water [and] High life [and] Upside down, 2001-09-05

Item data

Title

No more exotica [and] Water [and] High life [and] Upside down, 2001-09-05

Collection

Ronald K. Brown Video Archive

Names

Cabuag, Arcell (Dancer)
Dawkins, Diedre N. (Dancer)
Fowler, Telly (Dancer)
Moore, Bridget (Dancer)
Spiers, Daryl (Dancer)
Broadhurst, Taurus (Dancer)
Jackson, Yuko (Dancer)
Mhoon, Princess (Dancer)
Thomas, Makeda (Dancer)
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- (Dancer)
Taylor, Cheryl Boyce (Performer)
Jackson, Mahelia (Singer)
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- (Choreographer)
Brewster, W. Herbert (William Herbert), Jr. (Composer)
Mayfield, Curtis (Composer)
Hamilton, Philip (Composer)
Jonas, Peter (Composer)
Taylor, Cheryl Boyce (Author)
Fela, 1938-1997 (Composer)
Olaiya, Wunmi (Composer)
Sangare, Oumou (Composer)
Olaiya, Wunmi (Costume designer)
Evidence Dance Company (Dancer)
Bucketheads (Musical group) (Composer)
Sweet Honey in the Rock (Musical group) (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2001-09-05

Table Of Contents

No more exotica (also known as Exotica) (15 min.) Music engineering, MKL; music, Herbert Brewster (sung by Mahalia Jackson), Wunmi Olaiya, Bucketheads, Curtis Mayfield; performed by Arcell Cabuag, Diedre N. Dawkins, Telly Fowler, Bridget Moore, Daryl Spiers -- Water (24 min.) Music, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Philip Hamilton, Peter Jonas, Traditional Yoruba and Santeria; Text written and performed by Cheryl Boyce Taylor; danced by Arcell Cabuag, Diedre N. Dawkins, Telly Fowler, Bridget Moore, Daryl Spiers, Ronald K. Brown -- High life, excerpts (16 min.) Music, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Wunmi Olaiya; performed by Arcell Cabuag, Diedre N. Dawkins, Telly Fowler, Bridget Moore, Daryl Spiers, Ronald K. Brown -- Upside down (25 min.) Costumes, Wunmi Olaiya; music, Oumou Sangare, Fela Anikulapo Kuti; performed by Taurus Broadhurst, Arcell Cabuag, Diedre N. Dawkins, Telly Fowler, Yuko Jackson, Princess Mhoon, Bridget Moore, Daryl Spiers, Makeda Thomas, Ronald K. Brown. This performance looks like it is from a different date than the rest.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-6804

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: A.O. cassette 1 includes Cheryl Bryce Taylor reciting one of her poems before the performance of Water. A.O. cassette 2 includes random rehearsal footage and camera testing after the performance footage.
Content: Date on E.M. cassette says 2 November 2001, however identical footage on A.O. cassettes as well as a youtube video put up by Evidence Dance Company from same performance lists 5 September 2001 as the date. Further research also showed that the Evening of the Stars dance festival this performance is a part of happened annually in September.
Venue: Recorded 5 September 2001 World Trade Center Plaza, New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Robert E. Penn and Ronald K. Brown, 2011.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (MiniDV) (81 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.

Abstract

Evidence Dance Company performs Ronald K. Brown works No more exotica (also known as Exotica), Water, High life, and Upside down for the 2001 Evening of the Stars dance festival at the World Trade Center Plaza.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19985697
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cb0482c0-352a-0131-f2f6-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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