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The Harlem nutcracker

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  1. The Harlem nutcracker [videorecording] / choreography, direction, and libretto by Donald Byrd ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, arranged by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and David Berger.
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  1. c1996.

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Additional authors
  1. McCoy, Eleanor
  2. Solomons, Gus, Jr., 1938-2023
  3. Blake, Michael
  4. Savage, Karen
  5. Evans, Lakey
  6. Morrison, Aldawna
  7. Jésus, Ferdinand de
  8. Rossini, Laura
  9. Pouffer, Benoit-Swan
  10. Callaway, Terry
  11. Stapleton, Leonora
  12. Lofsnes, Martin
  13. Crocker, Deborah
  14. Jackson, Clay
  15. Parkinson, Elizabeth (Dancer)
  16. Trice, Nathan
  17. Brooks, Brian, 1974-
  18. Guiland, Stephanie
  19. Sweets, Hannah
  20. Boseman, Kevin
  21. Golden, Michele
  22. Dodgion, Jerry
  23. Easley, Bill
  24. Richardson, Jerome
  25. Temperley, Joe
  26. Wess, Frank, 1922-2013
  27. Bernstein, Steven trumpet player
  28. Harrell, Tom
  29. Kisor, Ryan
  30. Milliken, Bob
  31. Baron, Art
  32. Goodman, Wayne
  33. Woodman, Britt
  34. Hanna, Roland
  35. Washington, Kenny
  36. Washington, Peter (Bassist)
  37. Williams, Oliver
  38. Berger, David, 1949-
  39. Byrd, Donald, 1949-
  40. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  41. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
  42. Strayhorn, Billy
  43. Sheffer, Isaiah
  44. Sicangco, Eduardo
  45. Berry, Gabriel
  46. Rosenberg, David H.
  47. Rice, Doug
  48. Heinze-Barrecca, Mona
  49. Jiggetts, Shelby
  50. Robison, Mark (Cameraman)
  51. Donald Byrd/The Group
  52. Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble
  53. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival
  54. Character Generators/Video
  55. DHCA.
Description
  1. 2 videodiscs (NTSC) (113 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Modern adaptation of The nutcracker, set in an African-American community.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Uniform title
  1. Harlem nutcracker (Choreographic work : Byrd)
  2. Nutcracker (Choreographic work)
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. Disc 1 (53 min.): Act I, scene 1, Empty house blues ; scene 2, Clara dances with her two children, children's dance, Spanish dance, memory of romance / danced by Eleanor McCoy (Clara) ; Gus Solomons Jr. (ghost of her husband) ; Michael Blake (Clara's son) ; Karen Savage (his wife) ; Lakey Evans (Clara's daughter) ; Aldawna Morrison (her husband) ; Ferdinand de Jesus, Laura Rossini, and Benoit-Swan Pouffer (Hispanic neighbors) ; Terry Callaway and Leonora Stapleton (homeys) ; Naomi Adams, Chiriqui Cooper, Ian J. DaSilva, Stephesha David, Atiya Dorsey, Ashanti Faltine, Kareem Lloyd, Nya Raphael, Tracy Wright, Daniella Wylie (children) ; scene 3, Glimpse of Death, memory of the nutcracker, Death and his maidens, battle / danced by McCoy and Solomons with Martin Lofsnes (Death) ; Terry Callaway, Deborah Crocker, Ferdinand de Jesus, Lakey Evans, Clay Jackson, Elizabeth Parkinson, Karen Savage, Nathan Trice (dogs and maidens) ; Michael Blake, Brian Brooks, Stephanie Guiland, Aldawna Morrison, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Laura Rossini, Leonora Stapleton, Hannah Sweets (ghouls) ; scene 4, Walking through snow, snow dance / danced by McCoy and Solomons with Michael Blake, Kevin Boseman, Terry Callaway, Deborah Crocker, Michele Golden, Stephanie Guiland, Aldawna Morrison, Elizabeth Parkinson, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Laura Rossini, Karen Savage, Leonora Stapleton, Hannah Sweets, Nathan Trice ; scene 5, Outside Club Sweets / danced by McCoy and Solomons with Clay Jackson (car driver) ; Brian Brooks, Terry Callaway, Nathan Trice (the doormen).
  2. Disc 2 (61 min.): Act II, scene 1, Inside Club Sweets / danced by McCoy and Solomons with Brian Brooks, Ferdinand de Jesus, Lakey Evans, Stephanie Guiland, Elizabeth Parkinson, Karen Savage, Leonora Stapleton, Hannah Sweets, Nathan Trice (Sweets for the Sweets) ; Deborah Crocker (cigarette girl) ; Kevin Boseman (waiter) -- The magic show / danced by Michael Blake (master of ceremonies/magician) with Michele Golden and Stephanie Guiland -- Toot toot tootie toot / danced by Aldawna Morrison with Evans, Lofsnes, Parkinson, Pouffer, Rossini, Boseman, Savage, Callaway, Stapleton, Brooks -- Peanut brittle brigade / danced by Nathan Trice and Laura Rossini with Guiland, de Jesus, Savage, Boseman, Stapleton, Morrison, Sweets, Callaway -- Sugar rum cherry / danced by Elizabeth Parkinson, Michael Blake, Ferdinand de Jesus -- Volga vouty / danced by Guiland, Trice, Savage, Callaway, Stapleton, Brooks, Sweets, Jackson -- Chinoiserie / danced by Elizabeth Parkinson and Aldawna Morrison -- Waltz of the floreodores / danced by Laura Rossini (dewdrop) with Crocker, Pouffer, Evans, Brooks, Guiland, de Jesus, Savage, Boseman -- Arabesque cookie / danced by Laura Rossini and Clay Jackson with Michael Blake, Martin Lofsnes, Aldawna Morrison, Nathan Trice (body builders) ; Elizabeth Parkinson and Leonora Stapleton (harem) ; and Crocker, Evans, Golden, Guiland, Savage, Sweets ; scene 2, Passing through time ; scene 3, Christmas morning / danced by McCoy, Solomons, Lofsnes (Death), and others.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-753
Note
  1. Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music and 651, an Arts Center.
  2. Accompanied by house program.
Access (note)
  1. Permission required.
Credits (note)
  1. Cameraperson, Mark Robison; lyrics, Isaiah Sheffer; scenery, Eduardo Sicangco; costumes, Gabriel Berry; lighting, David H. Rosenberg; sound design, Doug Rice; music director, David Berger; dramaturgs, Mona Heinze-Barrecca, Shelby Jiggetts.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on Dec. 13, 1996, as part of the Next Wave Festival, by Character Generators Inc.
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. The Harlem nutcracker [videorecording] / choreography, direction, and libretto by Donald Byrd ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, arranged by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and David Berger.
Imprint
  1. c1996.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Credits
  1. Cameraperson, Mark Robison; lyrics, Isaiah Sheffer; scenery, Eduardo Sicangco; costumes, Gabriel Berry; lighting, David H. Rosenberg; sound design, Doug Rice; music director, David Berger; dramaturgs, Mona Heinze-Barrecca, Shelby Jiggetts.
Performer
  1. Danced by Donald Byrd/The Group: Michael Blake, Deborah Crocker, Stephanie Guiland, Clay Jackson, Martin Lofsnes, Aldawna Morrison, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Laura Rossini, Leonora Stapleton.
  2. Guest artists: Eleanor McCoy, Gus Solomons Jr., Kevin Boseman, Brian Brooks, Terry Callaway, Ferdinand de Jesus, Lakey Evans, Michele Golden, Elizabeth Parkinson, Karen Savage, Hannah Sweets, Nathan Trice.
  3. Conductor: David Berger.
  4. Musicians: Jerry Dodgion, Bill Easley, Jerome Richardson, Joe Temperley, Frank Wess (woodwinds) ; Steven Bernstein, Tom Harrell, Ryan Kisor, Bob Millikan (trumpets) ; Art Baron, Wayne Goodman, Britt Woodman (trombone) ; Sir Roland Hanna (piano) ; Kenny Washington (drums) ; Peter Washington (bass).
  5. Singers: Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble, directed by Oliver Williams.
Event
  1. Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on Dec. 13, 1996, as part of the Next Wave Festival, by Character Generators Inc.
Restricted access
  1. Permission required.
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: *MGZIC 9-5443.
Local subject
  1. Child dancers.
Added author
  1. McCoy, Eleanor, dancer.
  2. Solomons, Gus, Jr., 1938-2023 dancer.
  3. Blake, Michael, dancer.
  4. Savage, Karen, dancer.
  5. Evans, Lakey, dancer.
  6. Morrison, Aldawna, dancer.
  7. Jésus, Ferdinand de, dancer.
  8. Rossini, Laura, dancer.
  9. Pouffer, Benoit-Swan, dancer.
  10. Callaway, Terry, dancer.
  11. Stapleton, Leonora, dancer.
  12. Lofsnes, Martin, dancer.
  13. Crocker, Deborah, dancer.
  14. Jackson, Clay, dancer.
  15. Parkinson, Elizabeth (Dancer)
  16. Trice, Nathan, dancer.
  17. Brooks, Brian, 1974- dancer.
  18. Guiland, Stephanie, dancer.
  19. Sweets, Hannah, dancer.
  20. Boseman, Kevin, dancer.
  21. Golden, Michele, dancer.
  22. Dodgion, Jerry. Instrumentalist
  23. Easley, Bill. Instrumentalist
  24. Richardson, Jerome. Instrumentalist
  25. Temperley, Joe. Instrumentalist
  26. Wess, Frank, 1922-2013, instrumentalist.
  27. Bernstein, Steven trumpet player Instrumentalist
  28. Harrell, Tom. Instrumentalist
  29. Kisor, Ryan. Instrumentalist
  30. Milliken, Bob. Instrumentalist
  31. Baron, Art. Instrumentalist
  32. Goodman, Wayne. Instrumentalist
  33. Woodman, Britt. Instrumentalist
  34. Hanna, Roland. Instrumentalist
  35. Washington, Kenny. Instrumentalist
  36. Washington, Peter (Bassist)
  37. Williams, Oliver. dir
  38. Berger, David, 1949- conductor.
  39. Byrd, Donald, 1949- choreographer.
  40. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Shchelkunchik
  41. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, composer.
  42. Strayhorn, Billy, composer.
  43. Sheffer, Isaiah. Lyricist
  44. Sicangco, Eduardo, set designer.
  45. Berry, Gabriel, costume designer.
  46. Rosenberg, David H. Lighting designer
  47. Rice, Doug.
  48. Heinze-Barrecca, Mona.
  49. Jiggetts, Shelby.
  50. Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.
  51. Donald Byrd/The Group.
  52. Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble.
  53. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Next Wave Festival.
  54. Character Generators/Video.
  55. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Harlem nutcracker (Choreographic work : Byrd)
  2. Nutcracker (Choreographic work)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-753
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