Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Goldbetter, Susan
2. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002
3. Boothe, Fredrick J.
4. Clory, Benny
5. Davidson, Mickey
6. Goldbetter, Susan.
7. Summers, Lee
8. Wooten, Daniel B.
9. Tate, Neal.
10. Ramsey, Kevin
11. Ramsey, Kevin.
12. Hickox, A. C.
13. Eichler, Ben.
14. Circuit Theatre, Inc.
15. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Performing Arts Program for Young People.
16. DHCA.

Description

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

Summary

1. 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

1. Gift of Susan Goldbetter.

Alternative title

1. Tap dance as living history

Subject

1. Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
2. Children, Performances for
3. Dance for children > Study and teaching
4. Video
5. Tap dancing > Study and teaching
6. Cook, Charles, 1917-1991
7. Dance

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. 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

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1905

Note

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

Credits (note)

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

Event (note)

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

Funding (note)

1. 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)

1. DVD.

Title

1. 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

1. 1992.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

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

Performer

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

Event

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

Funding

1. 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

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-2449.

Local subject

1. Children, Performances for.

Added author

1. Goldbetter, Susan, dancer.
2. Brown, Buster, 1913-2002, dancer.
3. Boothe, Fredrick J. Composer
4. Boothe, Fredrick J., choreographer.
5. Boothe, Fredrick J., dancer.
6. Boothe, Fredrick J. Lyricist
7. Clory, Benny, dancer.
8. Davidson, Mickey, dancer.
9. Goldbetter, Susan. Creator
10. Summers, Lee, dancer.
11. Wooten, Daniel B., dancer.
12. Tate, Neal. Instrumentalist
13. Tate, Neal. Conductor
14. Ramsey, Kevin, choreographer.
15. Ramsey, Kevin. Creator
16. Ramsey, Kevin. Composer
17. Ramsey, Kevin. Lyricist
18. Hickox, A. C. Lighting designer
19. Eichler, Ben. Curator
20. Circuit Theatre, Inc.
21. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Performing Arts Program for Young People.
22. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1905