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Festival of American Folklife. Iroquois dance party [and] D.J.s, callers, and singers [videorecording]

Title
Festival of American Folklife. Iroquois dance party [and] D.J.s, callers, and singers [videorecording]
Publication
1993.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-1750Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Logan, Linley.
  • Shenandoah, Robert
  • Jacobs, Sue
  • Hill, Norman B.
  • Jamieson, LuAnn
  • Waterman-Hopper, Sherri L.
  • Bonaparte, Brad
  • Buck, Sadie
  • Logan, Scott
  • McDonald, J. Michael
  • Shenandoah, Keith
  • Matthews, Gail.
  • Mackey, John.
  • Smith, Kirby, square dance caller.
  • Haworth, William.
  • Buchanan, Richard.
  • Love, Sam.
  • Chen, Vivien.
  • Lewett, Linda.
  • Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
  • Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Description
1 videocassette. 87 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Dance party with audience participation, and discussion/demonstration presented on the American Social Dance program of the Festival of American Folklife.
Donor/Sponsor
  • nea
  • nys
Subjects
Note
  • Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image and the Smithsonian Institution by Sam Love of the Public Production Group, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, at the 27th annual Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall in Washington, D. C., on July 1-5, 1993. [Video] producer: Linda Lewett. Festival presented by the Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies of the Smithsonian Institution. Director, Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies: Richard Kurin. Festival director: Diana Parker. Curator, American Social Dance program: Vivien Ta-Ying Chen.
Contents
CONTENTS: Iroquois instruction and dance party (approx. 53 min.). Recorded on July 1, 1993. Presenter: Linley Logan. Dancers/drummers/singers: Brad Bonaparte, Sadie Buck, Norman Hill, Sue Jacobs, LuAnn Jamieson, Scott Logan, Mike McDonald, Robert Shenandoah, Keith Shenandoah, Sherri Waterman-Hopper. Instruction in various Iroquois social dances, including the moccasin dance, women's shuffle dance, standing quiver dance, round dance, fish dance, alligator dance, and pigeon dance. The presenter and group members offer a running commentary on dance movements, music, symbolism, settings, and regalia. -- D.J.s, callers and singers: Inspiring the dance: Hip-hop, Chilhowie, Iroquois (approx. 34 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993. Presenter: Gail Matthews-De Natale. [Panelists:] disc jockey John "Super Cool" Mackey; singer Norman Hill, Jr.; square dance callers Kirby Smith, Bill Haworth, and Richard Buchanan. Representatives of three different cultures discuss the different functions of disc jockey, singer, and caller in relation to the dance. Includes an Iroquois moccasin dance song performed by Hill and Linley Logan.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1750
OCLC
NYPY946048003-F
Title
Festival of American Folklife. Iroquois dance party [and] D.J.s, callers, and singers [videorecording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Subject
Television. Festival of American Folklife.
Social dancing -- 20th century.
Local Subject
Music and dance.
Square, round and contra dancing -- Calls.
Circle dances.
Fish dances -- Iroquois.
Pigeon dances -- Iroquois Indians.
Added Author
Logan, Linley. pro, dancer.
Shenandoah, Robert, dancer.
Jacobs, Sue, dancer.
Hill, Norman B., dancer.
Jamieson, LuAnn, dancer.
Waterman-Hopper, Sherri L., dancer.
Bonaparte, Brad, dancer.
Buck, Sadie, dancer.
Logan, Scott, dancer.
McDonald, J. Michael, dancer.
Shenandoah, Keith, dancer.
Matthews, Gail. Producer
Mackey, John. Commentator
Smith, Kirby, square dance caller.
Haworth, William. Commentator
Buchanan, Richard. Commentator
Love, Sam.
Chen, Vivien. Curator
Lewett, Linda. Producer
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1750
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