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Ishmael Houston-Jones improvisations and collaborations.

Title
  1. Ishmael Houston-Jones [videorecording] : improvisations and collaborations.
Published by
  1. 1984-1996.

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Additional authors
  1. Houston-Jones, Ishmael
  2. Sayles, John, 1950-
  3. Hennessy, Keith
  4. Scully, Patrick
  5. Weis, Cathy.
  6. Dash, Julie.
  7. Jones, Pauline.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (33 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Compilation of five dance works created for film, video, and the stage by Ishmael Houston-Jones, an African-American dancer, choreographer, writer, actor, and curator who lives and works in New York City.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Ishmael Houston-Jones.
Uniform title
  1. Prologue to the end of everything (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)
  2. Part 2: Relatives (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)
  3. Unsafe/unsuited (Choreographic work : Hennessy, Houston-Jones and Scully)
Subject
  1. Television > Relatives
  2. Improvisation in dance
  3. Video
  4. Cinedance
  5. Videodance
  6. Dance
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Video.
Contents
  1. Solo from The brother from another planet, 1984 (ca. 1 min.) / excerpt from the film directed by John Sayles; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones.
  2. Solo from Prologue to the end of everything, 1988 (ca. 10 min.) / recorded in performance onstage; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones.
  3. Improvisation from Unsafe-unsuited, 1995 (ca. 7 min.) / recorded in performance onstage; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones, Keith Hennessy, and Patrick Scully.
  4. Improvisation from Merge, 1996 (ca. 7 min.) / video artist, Cathy Weis; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones. Part 1, live dance with pre-recorded image -- Part 2, front and side camera mix.
  5. Relatives, 1989 (ca. 8 min.) / film directed and produced by Julie Dash; performed by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Pauline Jones. Telecast by KTCA-TV on its series Alive from Off-Center.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-7528
Title
  1. Ishmael Houston-Jones [videorecording] : improvisations and collaborations.
Imprint
  1. 1984-1996.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Local subject
  1. Television. Relatives.
  2. Cinedance.
  3. Videodance.
Added author
  1. Houston-Jones, Ishmael, choreographer, dancer.
  2. Sayles, John, 1950- Director
  3. Hennessy, Keith, dancer.
  4. Scully, Patrick, dancer.
  5. Weis, Cathy.
  6. Dash, Julie. Director. Producer
  7. Jones, Pauline. Performer
Added title
  1. Prologue to the end of everything (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)
  2. Part 2: Relatives (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)
  3. Unsafe/unsuited (Choreographic work : Hennessy, Houston-Jones and Scully)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-7528
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