Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Muller, Jennifer, 1949-
2. Maxwell, Carla
3. Landes, Francine
4. MacDonald, Ralph.
5. Jamison, Judith.
6. Falco, Louis
7. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
8. DHCA.

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (139 min.) : sd. and si., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Memorial service for Louis Falco, presented in song, prayer, religious readings, spoken tributes, and dance excerpts.

Uniform title

1. Escargot (Choreographic work : Falco)

Subject

1. Falco, Louis
2. Memorial service

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (54 min.): "Ave Maria" / performed by male singer -- [Song] / performed by choir -- Prayer -- "The Lord is my shepherd" / performed by choir -- Reading? -- Reading of the Holy Gospel -- Speech by Louis Falco's brother-in-law -- Slide show, accompanied by music, depicting Falco with company members and friends -- Speech by Jennifer Muller -- Dance excerpt(s) -- Speech by Anna Falco Lane [Louis Falco's sister] (beginning).
2. Disc 2 (54 min.): Speech by Anna Falco Lane [Louis Falco's sister] (continued) -- Speech by male speaker -- Dance excerpt / performed by Francine Landes (?) and male partner -- Speeches by two female speakers from Italy -- Speech by male speaker -- Dance excerpt / performed by Carla Maxwell -- Speech by male speaker -- Speech by Judith Jamison (beginning).
3. Disc 3 (31 min.): Speech by Judith Jamison (continued) -- Dance excerpt: Escargot / choreography, Louis Falco ; music, Ralph MacDonald ; performed by members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -- Candlelighting ceremony -- Prayer -- Song / performed by choir -- Video excerpt: Argot (1967) / choreography, Louis Falco ; performed by Louis Falco and Jennifer Muller -- Song / performed by male singer.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-809

Note

1. Title provided by Alan Sener.
2. No audio on songs by choir on discs 1 and 3.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, in May 1993.

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. Celebration of the life of Louis Falco [videorecording] : [wide shot].

Imprint

1. 1993.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, in May 1993.

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 9-5680.

Added author

1. Muller, Jennifer, 1949- speaker.
2. Muller, Jennifer, 1949- dancer.
3. Maxwell, Carla, dancer.
4. Landes, Francine, dancer.
5. MacDonald, Ralph. Composer
6. Jamison, Judith. Speaker
7. Falco, Louis, choreographer, dancer.
8. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
9. DHCA.

Added title

1. Escargot (Choreographic work : Falco)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-809