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Dancing on the edge [videorecording]

Title
Dancing on the edge [videorecording] / [presented by Herbin "Tamango" Van Cayseele and Bill "Crutch" Shannon].
Publication
2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Bates College (Lewiston, Me.)
  • Bates Dance Festival.
  • Cayseele, Herbin van,
  • Cayseele, Herbin van.
  • De Boysson, Jean.
  • Eijo,
  • Muhammad, Kenny.
  • Shannon, Bill, 1970-
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (47 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Laura Faure, Bates Dance Festival.
Alternative Title
  • Caravane project.
  • Van Cayseele/Shannon
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from accompanying house program.
  • Following the performance, the tape contains ca. 8 min. of very dark footage, possibly of another performance by Herbin Van Cayseele and an unidentified dancer, accompanied by an onstage musical ensemble.
  • The art of weightlessness performed on crutches. Urban tap excerpts from The caravane project described on program as "an improvisational journey". Combines tap and hip-hop dancing, video, and vocal music.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Bates College, Lewiston, Me., as part of the Bates Dance Festival, on Aug. 1, 2000.
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
Solo excerpts from The art of weightlessness (ca. 15 min.) / conceived and performed by Bill "Crutch" (also called "Crutchmaster") Shannon -- Urban tap excerpts from The caravane project (work-in-progress) (ca. 32 min.) / directed by Herbin "Tamango" Van Cayseele ; vocal music, Kenny Muhammad ; video artist, Jean de Boysson ; danced by Herbin "Tamango" Van Cayseele and Eijo.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1918
Title
Dancing on the edge [videorecording] / [presented by Herbin "Tamango" Van Cayseele and Bill "Crutch" Shannon].
Imprint
2000.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Bates College, Lewiston, Me., as part of the Bates Dance Festival, on Aug. 1, 2000.
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 4-4578.
Added Author
Shannon, Bill, 1970- Performer
Cayseele, Herbin van, dancer.
Cayseele, Herbin van. Director
Muhammad, Kenny. Musician
Eijo, dancer.
De Boysson, Jean. Videographer
Bates Dance Festival.
Bates College (Lewiston, Me.)
Added Title
Caravane project.
Gift of Laura Faure, Bates Dance Festival.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1918
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