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The jazz dance jigsaw

Title
The jazz dance jigsaw [videorecording] / Jazz Dance World Congress ; directed and written by Meg Amato.
Publication
c1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Cole, Jack, 1911-1974
  • Dunham, Katherine
  • Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987
  • Ailey, Alvin
  • Giordano, Gus
  • Odums, Rick.
  • Giordano, Nan.
  • Philp, Richard.
  • Chervony, Lynne.
  • Brandfonbrener, Alice G.
  • Lee, Susan A.
  • Scott, Judith.
  • Newlin, Ann.
  • Evans, Derrick.
  • Pierce-Sands, Toni
  • Dow, Sherry Zunker
  • Hoff, Seth
  • Swayze, Patsy.
  • Morgan, Earnest
  • Missett, Judi Sheppard, 1944-
  • Sakamoto, Kumiko.
  • Siegenfeld, Billy
  • Astaire, Fred
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
  • Schmidt, Gordon Pierce
  • Stifler, Venetia Chakos
  • Watson, Sam.
  • Amato, Meg.
  • Horosko, Marian.
  • Muntu Dance Theatre.
  • Joel Hall Dancers.
  • Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Company.
  • Ballet Chicago.
  • Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
  • American Jazz Dance World Congress.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (115 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Documentary on the First American Jazz Dance World Congress, sponsored by Gus Giordano and the Theatre Department and Dance Program of Northwestern University, chaired by Susan Lee. Footage of classes, rehearsals, and performances are interspersed with commentaries by organizers and participants, among them Gus Giordano, Nan Giordano, Patsy Swayze, and Judi Sheppard Missett; a brief history of jazz dancing; interviews with choreographers Sam Watson, Kumiko Sakamoto, and Rick Odums; reflections on dancers' health problems by Lynne Chervony Belsky, Alice Brandfonbrener, Susan Lee, and Judith Scott; and profiles of master teachers Matt Mattox, Luigi, Gus Giordano, Frank Hatchett, and Joe Tremaine. Dancers Ann Newlin and Derrick Evans discuss the qualities of a good jazz dancer. Represented through archival footage are Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Jack Cole, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse, and Alvin Ailey. Three complete dance works conclude the program: By Django (choreography, Gordon Pierce Schmidt ; performed by Ballet Chicago) -- Michelangelo: images in stone (choreography, Gus Giordano ; performed by Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago) -- Judy's man that got away (choreography, Sherry Zunker-Dow ; performed by Zunker-Dow and Seth Hoff.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Marian Horosko, additional copy.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Script consultant, Marian Horosko. Narrator: Carol Ann Sumners.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator: Carol Ann Sumners.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, during the first American Jazz Dance World Congress in August 1990.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1353
OCLC
NYPY926025429-F
Title
The jazz dance jigsaw [videorecording] / Jazz Dance World Congress ; directed and written by Meg Amato.
Imprint
c1991.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Narrator: Carol Ann Sumners.
Dance companies appearing in performance excerpts: Compagnie Rick Odums (Paris), Movement Company (Köln), Muntu Dance Theatre (Chicago), Joel Hall Dancers (Chicago), Alexander/Michaels Future Movement (Chicago), Billy Siegenfeld and the Jump Rhythm Jazz Project (New York), Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Mishiro Masashi and Action Machine (Nagoya, Japan), Brown and Davis (Chicago), First City Dance Theatre (Pensacola, Florida), Venetia Stiflerm and Concert Dance Inc. (Chicago).
Credits
Script consultant, Marian Horosko. Narrator: Carol Ann Sumners.
Event
Recorded at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, during the first American Jazz Dance World Congress in August 1990.
Added Author
Cole, Jack, 1911-1974, dancer.
Dunham, Katherine, dancer.
Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987, dancer.
Ailey, Alvin, dancer.
Giordano, Gus, choreographer. Commentator
Odums, Rick. Interviewee
Giordano, Nan. Commentator
Philp, Richard. Commentator
Chervony, Lynne. Commentator
Brandfonbrener, Alice G. Commentator
Lee, Susan A. Commentator
Scott, Judith. Commentator
Newlin, Ann. Commentator
Evans, Derrick. Commentator
Pierce-Sands, Toni, choreographer.
Dow, Sherry Zunker, choreographer, dancer.
Hoff, Seth, dancer.
Swayze, Patsy. Commentator
Morgan, Earnest, dancer.
Missett, Judi Sheppard, 1944- Commentator
Sakamoto, Kumiko. Interviewee
Siegenfeld, Billy, choreographer.
Astaire, Fred, dancer.
Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, dancer.
Schmidt, Gordon Pierce, choreographer.
Stifler, Venetia Chakos, choreographer.
Watson, Sam. Interviewee
Amato, Meg. Director. Author
Horosko, Marian. Screenwriter
Muntu Dance Theatre.
Joel Hall Dancers.
Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Company.
Ballet Chicago.
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
American Jazz Dance World Congress.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1353
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