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The Marymount Manhattan Dance Department

Title
The Marymount Manhattan Dance Department [videorecording] / choreography by Haila Strauss.
Publication
c1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Sales, Soupy
  • Strauss, Haila
  • Langan, Katie.
  • Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967.
  • Recht, Ray
  • Heiland, Teresa.
  • Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
  • Bliss, Tamara.
  • Diamond, Dennis.
  • Ramsay, Andrew.
  • Marymount Manhattan College. Dept. of Dance.
  • Video D Studios.
Description
1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Estate of Bessie Schönberg.
Uniform Title
  • Chess dancing (Choreographic work : Strauss)
  • Peter and the wolf (Choreographic work : Strauss)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Ballet mistress, Katie Langan.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance, probably at Marymount Manhattan Theater, New York, N.Y., in December 1994, by Video D Studios Inc. ; director/camera, Dennis Diamond ; camera, Andrew Ramsay.
Contents
  • Chess dancing (ca. 25 min.) / chess consultant, David MacEnulty ; music, Zoltán Kodály (excerpts from Háry János) ; set and lighting, Ray Recht ; costumes, Teresa Heiland, Audrey Chibarro ; fencing choreography, Clayton Hamilton ; danced by Kris Kane (blue pawn), Lisa Tachick and Lauren Wagner (blue knights), Isabel Kim and Emily E. Straw (red knights), Heather April Paton and Suzanne Trani (blue castles), Michelle Ferranti and Anne Hannan (red castles), Mandy River (blue queen), Christina M. Lazo (red queen), Anthony Lopez (blue king), William Barros (red king), Mara Conlon and Danea Lee Polise (blue bishops), Ivette Sosa and Bernadette Cutrone (red bishops), and others (blue and red pawns). Preceded by an oral introduction explaining the chess pieces and their different moves.
  • Peter and the wolf (ca. 32 min.) / music, Sergey Prokofiev ; set, Ray Recht ; costumes, Tamara Bliss ; masks, Bob Croghan ; narrator, Soupy Sales ; danced by Ai-Jun Chang (bird), Michelle Vasquez (flute), Jerri Lynn Oleniacz (duck), Danea Lee Polise (oboe), Heather April Paton (cat), Amber Smith (clarinet), William Barros (grandfather), Ivette Sosa (bassoon), Lisa Tachick (wolf), Jamie Jankauskas (French horn), Kristian Korsgaard (Peter), Tina Gale and Kristen Simek (strings), Christina Elliott (drum), and others (hunters).
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4682
OCLC
NYPY00-F947
Title
The Marymount Manhattan Dance Department [videorecording] / choreography by Haila Strauss.
Imprint
c1994.
Event
Videotaped in performance, probably at Marymount Manhattan Theater, New York, N.Y., in December 1994, by Video D Studios Inc. ; director/camera, Dennis Diamond ; camera, Andrew Ramsay.
Credits
Ballet mistress, Katie Langan.
Local Subject
Chess in art.
Added Author
Sales, Soupy, narrator.
Strauss, Haila, choreographer.
Langan, Katie.
Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967. Composer
Recht, Ray, set designer.
Recht, Ray, lighting designer.
Heiland, Teresa. Costume designer
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Composer
Bliss, Tamara. Costume designer
Diamond, Dennis.
Ramsay, Andrew.
Marymount Manhattan College. Dept. of Dance.
Video D Studios.
Added Title
Chess dancing (Choreographic work : Strauss)
Peter and the wolf (Choreographic work : Strauss)
Gift of the Estate of Bessie Schönberg.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4682
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