Research Catalog

Title

American Tap Dance Orchestra [videorecording] / presented by the Joyce Theater Foundation, inc., in association with American Tap Dance Orchestra, inc. ; artistic director and choreographer, Brenda Bufalino.

Publication

1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bufalino, Brenda.
• Bufalino, Brenda
• Coles, Honi, 1911-1992.
• Coles, Honi, 1911-1992
• Glover, Yvette.
• Moore, Carman.
• Moore, Carmen.
• Applebaum, Neil
• Applebaum, Neil.
• Duffy, Barbara
• Duffy, Barbara.
• Halley, Russell
• Halley, Russell.
• Morrison, Margaret
• Morrison, Margaret.
• Tribble, Robin
• Tribble, Robin.
• Waag, Tony.
• Eyster, Sherry.
• Fujibayashi, Mari.
• Goodman, Andrea, 1953-
• Goodman, Mark
• Goodman, Mark.
• Heller, Sharon.
• Le Goff, Hervé.
• Rose, Scott.
• Rosenkrantz, Olivia.
• Carney, Jeffrey.
• Grant, Darrell.
• Tortorici, Pat
• Tortorici, Pat.
• Burnham, Charles, 1950-
• Fountain, Eli.
• Johnson, Eric.
• Kleps, Dale.
• Robbins, Carrie.
• Baum, Jebah.
• Fontaine, Jeff.
• Strayhorn, Billy.
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
• Mills, Irving, 1894-1985.
• Davis, Miles.
• Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.
• Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981.
• Brown, Oscar, Jr., 1926-2005.
• Kurtz, Manny, 1911-1984.
• Lach, Peter.
• Parish, Mitchell.
• Voynow, Dick, 1900-1944.
• Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976.
• Webster, Paul Francis.
• Gorrell, Stuart.
• Arodin, Sidney, 1901-1948.
• Cosla, Ed.
• American Tap Dance Orchestra.
• Skymusic Ensemble.
• Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)
• Joyce Theater Foundation.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (128 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the American Tap Dance Orchestra.

Uniform Title

• Honi's suite (Choreographic work : Coles)
• Touch, turn, return (Choreographic work : Bufalino)
• American landscape (Choreographic work : Bufalino)

Alternative Title

Brenda Bufalino and the American Tap Dance Orchestra

Subjects

• Video
• Tap dancing
• Dance

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from original container.
• Title on accompanying house program: Brenda Bufalino and the American Tap Dance Orchestra.

Credits (note)

• Executive director, Tony Waag; musical director, Darrell Grant; sound design, Ed Cosla; costumes, Carrie Robbins; masks and projections, Jebah Baum; lighting, Jeff Fontaine.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, in Oct. 1991.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Act One: Strike up--The A train / choreography, Brenda Bufalino ; music, Billy Strayhorn ("Take the A train") ; danced by tap ensemble -- Buff loves Basie blues / choreography, Brenda Bufalino ; music, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Manny Kurtz ("In a sentimental mood") ; arr. by Bufalino and Darrell Grant ; danced by tap ensemble -- Honi's suite / choreography and songs, Charles "Honi" Coles ; "Let's dance," danced by Russell Halley and Tony Waag, sung by Brenda Bufalino and Coles ; "Get yourself another guy," sung by Coles ; "Doggonest feeling ever," sung by Bufalino ; "Don't get caught short on love," sung by Coles, Halley, and Waag ; "Warm feet," danced by Bufalino and Barbara Duffy -- It's miles to Mingus / choreography, Brenda Bufalino ; music, Miles Davis and Oscar Brown, Jr. ("All blues"), Charles Mingus ("Pork pie hat," "Haitian fight song"), arr. by Bufalino ; danced by Bufalino (solo) with Neil Applebaum, Barbara Duffy, Andrea Goodman, Russell Halley, Herve Le Goff, Margaret Morrison, Robin Tribble, and Tony Waag ; "All blues" sung by Pat Tortorici, Halley, and Waag ; "Haitian fight song" sung by Olivia Rosenkrantz, Tortorici, and Waag -- Touch, turn, return / choreography, Brenda Bufalino ; music, Carman Moore ; danced by Bufalino (solos) with Neil Applebaum, Barbara Duffy, Andrea Goodman, Russell Halley, Margaret Morrison, Olivia Rosenkrantz, Robin Tribble, and Tony Waag ; music performed by the Skymusic Ensemble, conducted by Moore -- Act Two: American landscape / choreography, Brenda Bufalino (unless otherwise noted) ; music, Hoagy Carmichael (unless otherwise noted), arr. by Bufalino and Darrell Grant ; [musical prologue:] "Barbaric" and "Potato salad rag," played by Grant ("Potato salad rag" composed by Grant) ; "Buffalo suite," danced by tap ensemble ; "Stardust"/"Ole buttermilk sky," choreography and performance by Tony Waag, lyrics by Mitchell Parish, sung by Olivia Rosenkrantz, Pat Tortorici, and Waag ; "Flying turtles," music by Bufalino and Grant, danced by tap ensemble ; "Heart and soul," choreography and performance by Robin Tribble ; "How little we know," choreography and performance by Margaret Morrison, lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; "Moon country," choreography and performance by Barbara Duffy ; "Memphis in June," lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, danced by the trio, sung by Rosenkrantz, Tortorici, and Waag ; "Georgia" and "Baltimore oriole," lyrics by Stuart Gorrell ("Georgia") and Webster ("Baltimore oriole"), sung by Yvette Glover, concertina played by Bufalino ; "Coolbird," music by Grant, danced by featured dancers ; "Billy Dick," choreography for jump-rope duet by Neil Applebaum and Mark Goodman, lyrics by Webster, danced by Applebaum (solo), and Applebaum and Mark Goodman (duet), sung by Tortorici -- American landscape, continued. "Ooh what you said," danced by Russell Halley (solo), Andrea Goodman and Halley (duet), and ensemble: Sherry Eyster Brandt, Mari Fujibayashi, Andrea Goodman, Mark Goodman, Sharon Heller, Herve Le Goff, Scott Rose.
• and Olivia Rosenkrantz ; "New Orleans," choreography and performance by Margaret Morrison and Robin Tribble ; "Lazy river"/"Winter moon," music by Carmichael, Peter Lach and Sidney Arodin ("Lazy river"), danced by Bufalino (solo) with tap ensemble, sung by Bufalino ; "Sparrow song"/"Riverboat shuffle," music by Bufalino ("Sparrow song"), Carmichael, Dick Voynow, Irving Mills, and Mitchell Parish ("Riverboat shuffle"), danced by tap ensemble, sung by Rosenkrantz and Tortorici ; "I walk with music," lyrics by Johnny Mercer ; danced by Honi Coles and ensemble.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1913

OCLC

NYPY97-F113

Title

American Tap Dance Orchestra [videorecording] / presented by the Joyce Theater Foundation, inc., in association with American Tap Dance Orchestra, inc. ; artistic director and choreographer, Brenda Bufalino.

Imprint

1991.

Performer

Danced by Brenda Bufalino and the American Tap Dance Orchestra: featured dancers, Neil Applebaum, Barbara Duffy, Russell Halley, Margaret Morrison, Robin Tribble, Tony Waag ; with Sherry Eyster Brandt, Mari Fujibayashi, Andrea Goodman, Mark Goodman, Sharon Heller, Herve Le Goff, Scott Rose, Olivia Rosenkrantz.

Guest artists: Charles "Honi" Coles, Yvette Glover, Carman Moore.

Music performed by Jeffrey Carney (bass), Darrell Grant (piano), Olivia Rosenkrantz (vocals), Pat Tortorici (vocals).

Music performed by the Skymusic Ensemble: Charles Burnham (violin), Eli Fountain (percussion), Eric Johnson (keyboards), Dale Kleps (reeds).

Credits

Executive director, Tony Waag; musical director, Darrell Grant; sound design, Ed Cosla; costumes, Carrie Robbins; masks and projections, Jebah Baum; lighting, Jeff Fontaine.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, in Oct. 1991.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-2428.

Added Author

Bufalino, Brenda. Performer

Bufalino, Brenda, choreographer.

Bufalino, Brenda. Director

Bufalino, Brenda. Arranger

Coles, Honi, 1911-1992. Performer

Coles, Honi, 1911-1992, choreographer.

Glover, Yvette. Performer

Moore, Carman. Composer

Moore, Carmen. Conductor

Applebaum, Neil, choreographer.

Applebaum, Neil. Performer

Duffy, Barbara, choreographer.

Duffy, Barbara. Performer

Halley, Russell, choreographer.

Halley, Russell. Performer

Morrison, Margaret, choreographer.

Morrison, Margaret. Performer

Tribble, Robin, choreographer.

Tribble, Robin. Performer

Waag, Tony. Director

Waag, Tony. Composer

Waag, Tony. Performer

Eyster, Sherry. Performer

Fujibayashi, Mari. Performer

Goodman, Andrea, 1953- Performer

Goodman, Mark, choreographer.

Goodman, Mark. Performer

Heller, Sharon. Performer

Le Goff, Hervé. Performer

Rose, Scott. Performer

Rosenkrantz, Olivia. Performer

Carney, Jeffrey. Performer

Grant, Darrell. Arranger

Grant, Darrell. Conductor

Grant, Darrell. Performer

Tortorici, Pat, choreographer.

Tortorici, Pat. Performer

Burnham, Charles, 1950- Performer

Fountain, Eli. Performer

Johnson, Eric. Performer

Kleps, Dale. Performer

Robbins, Carrie. Costume designer

Baum, Jebah. Costume designer

Fontaine, Jeff.

Strayhorn, Billy. Composer

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Composer

Mills, Irving, 1894-1985. Composer

Davis, Miles. Composer

Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979. Composer

Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981. Composer

Brown, Oscar, Jr., 1926-2005. Composer

Kurtz, Manny, 1911-1984. Composer

Moore, Carmen. Composer

Lach, Peter. Composer

Parish, Mitchell. Lyricist

Voynow, Dick, 1900-1944. Composer

Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976. Lyricist

Webster, Paul Francis. Lyricist

Gorrell, Stuart. Lyricist

Arodin, Sidney, 1901-1948. Composer

Cosla, Ed.

American Tap Dance Orchestra.

Skymusic Ensemble.

Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)

Joyce Theater Foundation.

DHCA.

Added Title

Honi's suite (Choreographic work : Coles)

Touch, turn, return (Choreographic work : Bufalino)

American landscape (Choreographic work : Bufalino)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1913