Research Catalog

Title

Rod A. Rodgers, 1938-2002 [videorecording] : a celebration of life / videographer and video producer, Dimitri Devyatkin ; choreography by Rod Rodgers.

Publication

c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rodgers, Rod A.
• Devyatkin, Dimitri.
• Sykes, Kim.
• Thomas, Kendall.
• Anthony, Mary.
• Roan, Barbara.
• Robbins, Ellen.
• Owens, Jimmy.
• Stewart, Ellen, 1919-2011
• Grier, Kim.
• Browne, David.
• Smart, Sidney.
• Pointer, Noel.
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
• Terrasson, Jacky, 1966-
• Parker, Leon.
• Rod Rodgers Dance Company.
• Dance Films Association.
• Dance on Camera Film Festival.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Excerpts from a memorial service for dancer-choreographer Rod A. Rodgers. The service included speeches, music, performance excerpts on video danced by past and present members of the Rod Rodgers Dance Company, and live performances by the Company.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance Films Association.

Uniform Title

• Box '71 (Choreographic work : Rodgers)
• Rhythm ritual (Choreographic work : Rodgers)

Subjects

• Dance
• Memorial service
• Rodgers, Rod A
• Video

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Contents

• Box '71 / video excerpt; music, Sidney Smart.
• Amazing grace / sung by Kim Sykes.
• Excerpt from speech / by Reverend Gordon Dragt.
• Excerpt from speech / by dancer-choreographer Mary Anthony.
• Excerpts from speeches / by Barbara Roan and Ellen Robbins, members of Rodgers' first company in New York.
• Excerpt from speech / by composer Jimmy Owens.
• Against all odds / video excerpt; music, Jimmy Owens; set, Eve Sandler.
• Reading of Rod Rodgers' article "Don't tell me who I am" / with scrolling text on frame.
• Rhythm ritual / video excerpt; from the Rod Rodgers Dance Company Signature series of contemporary rhythmdances; video by Alex Harsley and Mitch Corbet; concept and integral score, Rod Rodgers; masks, B. Fuller.
• Excerpt from speech / by Ellen Stewart, founder and artistic director of La MaMa Experimental Theater Club.
• Excerpt from speech / by Kim Grier, artistic director of the Rod Rodgers Dance Company.
• [Studio performance] / video excerpt; danced by the Rod Rodgers Dance Company Youth Performers.
• Wayfaring stranger / excerpt from live performance; music, Noel Pointer; poem, Langston Hughes (Dream variation).
• Excerpt from speech / by David Browne, member of the Rod Rodgers Danc e Company.
• Wayfaring stranger / excerpt from live performance; see credits above.
• Jazz fusions / video excerpt; music, Jacky Terrasson; interpretation score by Leon Parker.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7734

OCLC

NYPY04-F421

Title

Rod A. Rodgers, 1938-2002 [videorecording] : a celebration of life / videographer and video producer, Dimitri Devyatkin ; choreography by Rod Rodgers.

Imprint

c2003.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Participants in order of appearance (as listed in end credits): Reverend Gordon Dragt, Kim Sykes (vocalist), Kendall Thomas (pianist), Mary Anthony, Ellen Robbins and Barbara Roan, Jimmy Owens, Ellen Stewart, David Browne, Jason Rodgers.

Danced by the Rod Rodgers Dance Company: David Browne, Ronald Burton, Sarah Cosner, Amal Eickelman, Kevin Gaudin, Kim Grier, Nami Kagami, Nikkia Reviellac, Kara Rosales, Kayoko Sakoh, Jessica St. Vil. Executive director, Jason Rodgers; artistic director, Kim Grier.

Added Author

Rodgers, Rod A., choreographer. Author in quotations or text abstracts. Composer

Devyatkin, Dimitri. Videographer. Producer

Sykes, Kim. voc

Thomas, Kendall. Instrumentalist

Anthony, Mary. Speaker

Roan, Barbara. Speaker

Robbins, Ellen. Speaker

Owens, Jimmy. Speaker. Composer

Stewart, Ellen, 1919-2011, speaker.

Grier, Kim. spk, dancer.

Browne, David. spk, dancer.

Smart, Sidney. Composer

Pointer, Noel. Composer

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Author in quotations or text abstracts

Terrasson, Jacky, 1966- Composer

Parker, Leon. Composer

Rod Rodgers Dance Company.

Dance Films Association.

Dance on Camera Film Festival.

Added Title

Box '71 (Choreographic work : Rodgers)

Rhythm ritual (Choreographic work : Rodgers)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7734