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Fontessa and friends
- Title
- Fontessa and friends [videorecording]
- Publication
- 1983.
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- Found In
- Dance Black America [videorecording]
- Description
- ca. 24 min. : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS) cassette.
- Uniform Title
- Fontessa and friends (Choreographic work : Johnson, L)
- Note
- 13th work of 14 performed during the Dance Black America Festival.
- Filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music during the Dance Black America Festival, April 21-24, 1983.
- Conceived and choreographed by Louis Johnson, inspired by a composition by John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet. Music: Scott Joplin, James P. Johnson, Modern Jazz Quartet, and Linda Clifford. Costumes: Louis Johnson. Decor: Edward Burbridge.
- Performed by members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Donna Wood (Fontessa); Gary De Loatch (Ragtime); Debora Chase and Daniel Clark (the Lovers); Keith McDaniel (Strong man); and Carl Bailey, Norman Kauahi, Nat Orr, Ralph Glenmore, Charles Epps, and Masazumi Chaya (Clowns).
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-280 (Dance Black America; 13th work)
- OCLC
- NYPY867013410-F
- Title
- Fontessa and friends [videorecording]
- Imprint
- 1983.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. Fontessa and friends.
- Added Author
- De Loatch, Gary, dancer.Wood, Donna, 1954- dancer.Johnson, Louis, 1930- choreographer.Johnson, Louis, 1930- costume designer.Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performer.
- Added Title
- Fontessa and friends (Choreographic work : Johnson, L)
- Found In:
- Dance Black America [videorecording]
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-280 (Dance Black America; 13th work)