Title

Urban Bush Women [videorecording].

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Berry, Gabriel.
• Carlos, Laurie.
• Coleman, Grisha,
• Cousar, Terri,
• Gossett, Hattie, 1942-
• Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, 1949-
• Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
• Jones-Stewart, Christina,
• King, Christina,
• McCauley, Robbie.
• Pleasant, David.
• Sheely, Viola,
• Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae.
• Urban Bush Women (Dance company)
• Wilson, Robin,
• Yearby, Marlies,
• Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo,

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (97 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Uniform Title

• Bitter tongue (Choreographic work : Zollar)
• Heat (Choreographic work : Zollar)
• I don't know, but I've been told if you keep on dancin' you'll never grow old (Choreographic work : Zollar)
• Shelter (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• All choreography by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar in collaboration with the company. Costumes by Gabriel Berry (I don't know..., Lipstick) and Theresa Cousar (Bitter tongue)

Event (note)

• Videotaped in Studio 2, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 27, 1989.

Contents

I don't know, but I've been told if you keep on dancin' you'll never grow old / music composed and performed by David Pleasant; performed by the company (19 min.) -- Working for free, a structured improvisation / performed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (10 min.) ---- Bitter tongue / traditional music of the Gbaya people of the Central African Republic; performed by the company (15 min.) -- Lipstick [excerpt from Heat] / text by Thought Music (Laurie Carlos, Jessica Hagedorn, Robbie McCauley); performed by the company (18 min.) -- [Instrumental music] / performed by David Pleasant (10 min.) -- Madness / text by Verta Mae Smart-Grosvenor (from Vibration cooking); performed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (5 min.) -- Shelter [excerpt from Heat] / music composed and performed by David Pleasant (Shelter soundscape); text by Hattie Gossett (Reduced resources) and Laurie Carlos (Belongo); performed by the company (20 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7916

Title

Urban Bush Women [videorecording].

Imprint

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

All choreography by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar in collaboration with the company. Costumes by Gabriel Berry (I don't know..., Lipstick) and Theresa Cousar (Bitter tongue)

Performer

Performed by Urban Bush Women: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Grisha Coleman, Theresa Cousar, Christina Jones, Christina King, Viola Sheely, Robin Wilson, Marlies Yearby, with guest artist David Pleasant.

Event

Videotaped in Studio 2, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on July 27, 1989.

Summary

This program was part of the Splash Festival, a two-week celebration of new dance and music presented for the second year at Jacob's Pillow in 1989.

Added Author

Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo, choreographer, dancer.

Coleman, Grisha, dancer.

Cousar, Terri, dancer. Costume designer

King, Christina, dancer.

Sheely, Viola, dancer.

Wilson, Robin, dancer.

Yearby, Marlies, dancer.

Jones-Stewart, Christina, dancer.

Pleasant, David. Composer. Instrumentalist

Berry, Gabriel. Costume designer

Carlos, Laurie. Author

Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata, 1949- Author

McCauley, Robbie. Author

Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae. Author

Gossett, Hattie, 1942- Author

Urban Bush Women (Dance company)

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Added Title

I don't know, but I've been told if you keep on dancin' you'll never grow old (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Bitter tongue (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Heat (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Shelter (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7916