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Festival of American Folklife. Dancing through the generations [and] Hip-hop: D. C. style [videorecording]

Title
Festival of American Folklife. Dancing through the generations [and] Hip-hop: D. C. style [videorecording]
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Friedland, Lee Ellen.
  • Mackey, John.
  • Simpson, Kimberly
  • Fultz-Mackey, Rosetta
  • Thornton, Tyrone
  • Sanders, Chuck
  • Richards, Denise
  • Robinson, Brian
  • Hovington, Anthony
  • Smith, Michael, hip-hop dancer.
  • Céspedes, Gilka Wara.
  • Logan, Linley.
  • Castellon, Marco A.
  • Alanes, Juan Leonardo
  • McDonald, J. Michael
  • Logan, Scott
  • Hill, Norman B.
  • Jacobs, Sue
  • Waterman-Hopper, Sherri L.
  • Jamieson, LuAnn
  • Baldarrama, Adela
  • Quinteros, Leslie
  • Teram, Viviana
  • Ricaldez, Giovanni
  • Chen, Vivien.
  • Lewett, Linda.
  • Love, Sam.
  • Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
  • Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Description
1 videocassette. 94 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Discussion/demonstration and demonstration with audience participation, presented on the American Social Dance program of the Festival of American Folklife. Excerpts of Dancing through the generations, recorded by camera two, appear on *MGZIA 4-1755.
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: Dancing through the generations (approx. 43 min.). Recorded on July 2, 1993, by camera one. Presenters: Gilka Wara Céspedes, Linley Logan. [Panelists]/dancers: Mike McDonald, Sue Jacobs [Sadie Buck erroneously listed on frame], Marco Castellon, Adela Baldarrama, Leslie Quinteros, Viviana Teram, Giovanni Ricaldez. [Additional dancers, not listed:] Juan Leonardo Alanes, Scott Logan, Norman Hill, Sherri Waterman-Hopper, LuAnn Jamieson. Topics include changes in dance movements and in favored dances over time; transmission of dances and music from one generation to another; sex roles in dance; and the preservation of traditions. Dances demonstrated include the Bolivian cueca and caporales (the latter performed by children), and the Iroquois moccasin dance. -- Hip-hop: D. C. style (approx. 51 min.). Presenter: LeeEllen Friedland. Disc jockey: John "Super Cool" Mackey. Dancers: The Nasty Boys and the Nasty Girls: Denise Richards, Chuck Sanders, Anthony Hovington, Kimberly Simpson, Brian Robinson, Michael Smith, Tyrone Thornton, Rosetta Fultz-Mackey. Demonstration of and instruction in hip-hop dancing.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1754
OCLC
NYPY946049423-F
Title
Festival of American Folklife. Dancing through the generations [and] Hip-hop: D. C. style [videorecording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Subject
Television. Festival of American Folklife.
Social dancing -- 20th century.
Local Subject
Child dancers.
Sex role in dance.
Added Author
Friedland, Lee Ellen. Producer
Mackey, John. Performer
Simpson, Kimberly, dancer.
Fultz-Mackey, Rosetta, dancer.
Thornton, Tyrone, dancer.
Sanders, Chuck, dancer.
Richards, Denise, dancer.
Robinson, Brian, dancer.
Hovington, Anthony, dancer.
Smith, Michael, hip-hop dancer.
Céspedes, Gilka Wara. Producer
Logan, Linley. Producer
Castellon, Marco A., dancer.
Alanes, Juan Leonardo, dancer.
McDonald, J. Michael, dancer.
Logan, Scott, dancer.
Hill, Norman B., dancer.
Jacobs, Sue, dancer.
Waterman-Hopper, Sherri L., dancer.
Jamieson, LuAnn, dancer.
Baldarrama, Adela, dancer.
Quinteros, Leslie, dancer.
Teram, Viviana, dancer.
Ricaldez, Giovanni, dancer.
Chen, Vivien. Curator
Lewett, Linda. Producer
Love, Sam.
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies.
Festival of American Folklife (1993 : Smithsonian Institution)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1754
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