Research Catalog

Title

On tap [videorecording] : tap dance as living history / presented by Circuit Theatre, inc., in association with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Performing Arts Program for Young People ; created by Susan Goldbetter and Kevin Ramsey ; choreography by Kevin Ramsey ; co-choreographer, Fredrick J. Boothe ; music and lyrics by Kevin Ramsey and Fredrick J. Boothe.

Publication

1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Goldbetter, Susan
• Brown, Buster, 1913-2002
• Boothe, Fredrick J.
• Clory, Benny
• Davidson, Mickey
• Goldbetter, Susan.
• Summers, Lee
• Wooten, Daniel B.
• Tate, Neal.
• Ramsey, Kevin
• Ramsey, Kevin.
• Hickox, A. C.
• Eichler, Ben.
• Circuit Theatre, Inc.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music. Performing Arts Program for Young People.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (80 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Tap dancing performance and workshop for children. In the workshop, company members, accompanied by musical director Neal Tate, teach, perform, and discuss dancing with children.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Susan Goldbetter.

Alternative Title

Tap dance as living history

Subjects

• Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
• Children, Performances for
• Dance for children > Study and teaching
• Video
• Tap dancing > Study and teaching
• Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
• Dance

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Title from original container.
• Additional information from press release in *MGZR Goldbetter, Susan. [Clippings].

Credits (note)

• Musical director, Neal Tate; multi-image curator, Ben Eichler; lighting, A.C. Hickox.

Event (note)

• Performance and workshop videotaped at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on March 5, 1992.

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

Performance (ca. 49 min.) / includes the slide show Cookie's Harlem, a tribute to Charles "Cookie" Cook ; Buster Brown's solo Cute ; and a tribute to legendary tap dancer Bill Robinson -- Workshop (ca. 31 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1905

OCLC

NYPY97-F118

Title

On tap [videorecording] : tap dance as living history / presented by Circuit Theatre, inc., in association with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Performing Arts Program for Young People ; created by Susan Goldbetter and Kevin Ramsey ; choreography by Kevin Ramsey ; co-choreographer, Fredrick J. Boothe ; music and lyrics by Kevin Ramsey and Fredrick J. Boothe.

Imprint

1992.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Musical director, Neal Tate; multi-image curator, Ben Eichler; lighting, A.C. Hickox.

Performer

Performed by Buster Brown, Fredrick J. Boothe, Benyamin Clory, Mickey Davidson, Susan Goldbetter, Lee Summers, and Daniel Wooten.

Event

Performance and workshop videotaped at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on March 5, 1992.

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 4-2449.

Local Subject

Children, Performances for.

Added Author

Goldbetter, Susan, dancer.

Brown, Buster, 1913-2002, dancer.

Boothe, Fredrick J. Composer

Boothe, Fredrick J., choreographer.

Boothe, Fredrick J., dancer.

Boothe, Fredrick J. Lyricist

Clory, Benny, dancer.

Davidson, Mickey, dancer.

Goldbetter, Susan. Creator

Summers, Lee, dancer.

Wooten, Daniel B., dancer.

Tate, Neal. Instrumentalist

Tate, Neal. Conductor

Ramsey, Kevin, choreographer.

Ramsey, Kevin. Creator

Ramsey, Kevin. Composer

Ramsey, Kevin. Lyricist

Hickox, A. C. Lighting designer

Eichler, Ben. Curator

Circuit Theatre, Inc.

Brooklyn Academy of Music. Performing Arts Program for Young People.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1905