Grace [and] Redemption: medium/close-up shot, 2004-06-18

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Title

Grace [and] Redemption: medium/close-up shot, 2004-06-18

Collection

Ronald K. Brown Video Archive

Names

Brown, Ronald K., 1966- (Choreographer)
Olaiya, Wunmi (Costume designer)
Ellington, C. D. (Composer)
Davis, Roy, Jr., 1970- (Composer)
Taylor, Cheryl Boyce (Author)
Camara, Mamadouba Mohamed (Composer)
Moore, Bridget (Dancer)
Brown, Camille A. (Dancer)
Cabuag, Arcell (Dancer)
Collins, Shani (Dancer)
Dawkins, Diedre N. (Dancer)
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- (Dancer)
Evidence Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2004-06-18

Table Of Contents

Reel 1, Grace (33 min.) -- Reel 2, Redemption (17 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-6832

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Cheryl Boyce Taylor's poem, Redemption at the Crossing, is meant to be recited during Redemption. However, Taylor was out of town and unable to perform the poem, so there is silence over that section of the work.
Additional Physical Form: For wide shot, see *MGZIDVD 5-6831.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography, Ronald K. Brown; costumes, Wunmi Olaiya; music (Grace), Duke Ellington, Roy Davis, Jr., Fela Anikulapo Kuti; percussion (Redemption), Mamadouba Camara (i.e. Mamadouba Mohamed Camara); text (Redemption), Cheryl Boyce Taylor.
Performers: Bridget Moore, Camille A. Brown, Arcell Cabuag, Shani Collins, Diedre N. Dawkins, Ronald K. Brown, two unidentified male Evidence Dance Company Members, dancers.
Venue: Recorded 18 June 2004 New York University, New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Robert E. Penn and Ronald K. Brown, 2011.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (MiniDV) (50 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.

Abstract

Ron K. Brown and members of Evidence Dance Company perform Brown's works, Grace and Redemption. These are preview performances before they are set to open the following Thursday, 24 June 2004, at the American Dance Festival.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19993777
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f0329460-6f1a-0131-acd6-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Grace [and] Redemption: medium/close-up shot, 2004-06-18" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2004. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0329460-6f1a-0131-acd6-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2004). Grace [and] Redemption: medium/close-up shot, 2004-06-18 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0329460-6f1a-0131-acd6-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Grace [and] Redemption: medium/close-up shot, 2004-06-18" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0329460-6f1a-0131-acd6-3c075448cc4b

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