Research Catalog

Title

Alive & kicking. Homecoming #5, Ishmael Houston-Jones [videorecording] : new directions in dance & performance art / produced & directed by Charles Dennis.

Publication

c2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Houston-Jones, Ishmael
• Houston-Jones, Ishmael.
• Dennis, Charles.
• Walker, John B.
• Brick, David.
• Simonet, Andrew.
• Smith, Amy.
• Kahn, Stanya.
• Turner, Paule.
• Headlong Dance Theater.
• Performance Space 122.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (32 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Interview with choreographer/dancer Ishmael Houston-Jones, interspersed with two extended dance excerpts, Knife/Tape/Rope and Specimens. Houston-Jones discusses his first performance at P.S. 122 and the use of improvisation during his choreographic process.

Series Statement

Alive & kicking ; program #77

Uniform Title

• Knife/tape/rope (Theater piece : Cooper, DeFazio, Houston-Jones, and Walker)
• Specimens (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)

Subjects

• Improvisation in dance
• Dance
• Video
• Choreographers > United States > 21st century

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Introduction with Charles Dennis discusses the history and influence of P.S. 122 on the dance/performance art community and the creation of the "Homecoming" documentary series where he interviewed ten choreographers whose careers were launched at P.S. 122.
• Includes remarks given by Deborah Jowitt (dance critic) and Joseph Melillo (executive producer, Brooklyn Academy of Music).

Credits (note)

• Edited by Charles Dennis.

Event (note)

• Knife/Tape/Rope was videotaped at P.S. 122, New York, N.Y. on Mar. 5, 2000 ; Specimens was videotaped at P.S. 122, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 11, 1998.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

Dance excerpts: Knife/Tape/Rope (1985) / created and performed by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Johnathan Walker ; music, Kate Bush (Running up that hill) ; lighting by Frank DenDanto III ; sound, Matthew Eggleton -- Specimens (1998) / conceived and directed by Ishmael Houston-Jones ; song score, Tricky, Thurston Moore, Chopin, Helium, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Led Zeppelin ; lighting, Mark O'Maley ; performed by Headlong Dance Theater: David Brick, Andrew Simonet, Amy Smith with Stanya Kahn, Paule Turner, Duchess, Ishmael Houston-Jones.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1724

OCLC

NYPY06-F146

Title

Alive & kicking. Homecoming #5, Ishmael Houston-Jones [videorecording] : new directions in dance & performance art / produced & directed by Charles Dennis.

Imprint

c2005.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Alive & kicking ; program #77

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Edited by Charles Dennis.

Performer

Interviewee: Ishmael Houston-Jones.

Event

Knife/Tape/Rope was videotaped at P.S. 122, New York, N.Y. on Mar. 5, 2000 ; Specimens was videotaped at P.S. 122, New York, N.Y. on Dec. 11, 1998.

Added Author

Houston-Jones, Ishmael, choreographer.

Houston-Jones, Ishmael. Performer

Houston-Jones, Ishmael. Interviewee

Dennis, Charles. Director

Dennis, Charles. Producer

Dennis, Charles. Editor

Walker, John B., choreographer.

Walker, John B. Performer

Brick, David. Performer

Simonet, Andrew. Performer

Smith, Amy. Performer

Kahn, Stanya. Performer

Turner, Paule. Performer

Headlong Dance Theater.

Performance Space 122.

Added Title

Knife/tape/rope (Theater piece : Cooper, DeFazio, Houston-Jones, and Walker)

Specimens (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1724