Let us break bread together/Joshua [and] Le corsaire pas de deux [and] Egungun

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Title
Let us break bread together/Joshua [and] Le corsaire pas de deux [and] Egungun
Additional title: Let us break bread together (Choreographic work : Hill)
Additional title: Joshua (Choreographic work : Hill)
Additional title: Egungun (Choreographic work : Dinizulu)
Additional title: Corsair (Choreographic work : Chabukiani after Petipa, M)
Additional title: Apollo and Dionysos: Cheek to cheek (Choreographic work : Cunningham and Persichetti)
Names
Lyman, Peggy (Dancer)
Sorkin, Naomi (Dancer)
Russell, Paul, 1947- (Dancer)
Cunningham, James (Choreographer)
Schwartz, Michael (Dancer)
Hill, Thelma, 1924-1977 (Choreographer)
Chabukiani, Vakhtang Mikhaĭlovich, 1910-1992 (Choreographer)
Dinizulu, Gus, 1930-1991 (Choreographer)
Holub, Johannes (Videographer)
Dinizulu Dancers and Singers (Company) (Performer)
New York Dance Festival (Presenter)
Cunningham, James, (Dancer)
Dinizulu, Gus, 1930-1991 (Dancer)
Collection

TAG Foundation Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1978
Table of Contents
CONTENTS. - Let us break bread together [and] Joshua. Choreography: Thelma Hill. Music: Break bread (traditional song as sung by Leontyne Price) and Joshua (traditional song as sung by Odetta) Performed by Peggy Lyman. - Le corsaire: Pas de deux. Choreography: staged by Traian Popa after Chabukiani. Music: Riccardo Drigo. Performed by Naomi Sorkin and Paul Russell. - Egungun. Choreography and music: Gus Dinizulu. Danced by Dinizulu and His African Dancers, Drummers and Singers. - Afternoon of a faun: Excerpt (incomplete) Choreography: James Cunningham and Lauren Persichetti. Music: Claude Debussy. Performed by James Cunningham and Michael Schwartz.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6237
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 5-637 (former)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Delacorte Theatre, New York during the New York Dance Festival by Johannes Holub on September 14, 1978.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (35 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY797021094-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12157649
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e8ba8340-aa88-0133-0b0a-60f81dd2b63c
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Let us break bread together/Joshua [and] Le corsaire pas de deux [and] Egungun" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f4738d30-aa88-0133-6771-60f81dd2b63c

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Let us break bread together/Joshua [and] Le corsaire pas de deux [and] Egungun" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f4738d30-aa88-0133-6771-60f81dd2b63c

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Let us break bread together/Joshua [and] Le corsaire pas de deux [and] Egungun Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f4738d30-aa88-0133-6771-60f81dd2b63c

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Let us break bread together/Joshua [and] Le corsaire pas de deux [and] Egungun