Asphalt [videorecording] / [presented by] the Bates Dance Festival; Jane Comfort and Company ; [stage] direction by Jane Comfort ; choreography by Jane Comfort in collaboration with the Company ; book and lyrics by Carl Hancock Rux ; vocal score by Toshi Reagon ; instrumental score by DJ Spooky.
Dance/theater work based on Carl Hancock Rux's novel Asphalt and the short story "Asphalt story."
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Laura Faure, Bates Dance Festival.
Uniform title
Asphalt (Choreographic work : Comfort)
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Call number
*MGZIA 4-6601
Note
Close shot.
Tape also contains a dance solo by an unidentified woman (ca. 9 min.).
Credits (note)
Additional music, David Pleasant, Foosh ; dramaturgy, Morgan Jenness ; costumes, Liz Prince ; lighting, David Ferri.
Performer (note)
Manchild (Racine, a DJ) ; Aleta Hayes (Couchette, a guide) ; Elizabeth Haselwood (Lilly, Racine's great-grandmother) ; Irene Datcher (Emma, Lilly's daughter) ; Julius Hollingsworth (Eddie, Lilly's son) ; Karma Mayet Johnson (Geneva, Emma's daughter and Racine's mother) ; Cynthia Bueschel and Stephen Nunley (Thelophonies [spirit breaths]).
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at the Schaeffer Theater, Bates College, Lewiston, Me., as part of the Bates Dance Festival, on July 27, 2002 ; video documentation, Peter Richards.
Title
Asphalt [videorecording] / [presented by] the Bates Dance Festival; Jane Comfort and Company ; [stage] direction by Jane Comfort ; choreography by Jane Comfort in collaboration with the Company ; book and lyrics by Carl Hancock Rux ; vocal score by Toshi Reagon ; instrumental score by DJ Spooky.
Imprint
c2002.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Schaeffer Theater, Bates College, Lewiston, Me., as part of the Bates Dance Festival, on July 27, 2002 ; video documentation, Peter Richards.
Credits
Additional music, David Pleasant, Foosh ; dramaturgy, Morgan Jenness ; costumes, Liz Prince ; lighting, David Ferri.
Performer
Performed by Jane Comfort and Company.
Cast
Manchild (Racine, a DJ) ; Aleta Hayes (Couchette, a guide) ; Elizabeth Haselwood (Lilly, Racine's great-grandmother) ; Irene Datcher (Emma, Lilly's daughter) ; Julius Hollingsworth (Eddie, Lilly's son) ; Karma Mayet Johnson (Geneva, Emma's daughter and Racine's mother) ; Cynthia Bueschel and Stephen Nunley (Thelophonies [spirit breaths]).