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Marc Bamuthi Joseph [videorecording] : scourge

Title
Marc Bamuthi Joseph [videorecording] : scourge / director, Kamilah Forbes ; choreography, Adia Whitaker, Stacey Printz, Rennie Harris ; [presented by] Bates Dance Festival.
Publication
2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Bates College (Lewiston, Me.)
  • Bates Dance Festival.
  • Brathwaite, Dahlak,
  • Brathwaite, Dahlak.
  • Brooks, Delina,
  • Faure, Laura.
  • Forbes, Kamilah.
  • Harris, Rennie, 1964-
  • Jackson, Aiavi.
  • Joseph, Marc Bamuthi,
  • Joseph, Marc Bamuthi.
  • Living Word Project (Theater company)
  • Printz, Stacey,
  • Richards, Peter.
  • Seaver, Michael.
  • Szlasa, David.
  • Tabor-Smith, Amara,
  • Uno, Roberta, 1956-
  • Whitaker, Adia,
Description
2 videodiscs (NTSC) (109 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Laura Faure, Bates Dance Festival.
Uniform Title
Scourge (Theater piece : Joseph)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Disc 1 (75 min.). Introduction; Scourge -- Disc 2 (34 min.). Q & A [Question and answer session].
  • Introduction includes a brief tribute to Katherine Dunham who died in May 2006.
  • Question and answer session includes a discussion of Marc Bamuthi Joseph's new work, Scourge, and the process involved with creating this production.
Credits (note)
  • Conceived by Marc Bamuthi Joseph for The Living Word Project ; lighting design, James Clotfelter ; scenic design, Sean Riley ; video design, David Szlasa ; dramaturgy, Roberta Uno ; librettists, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Chinaka Hodge, Dahlak Brathwaite ; musical composition, Aiavi Jackson ; musicians, Sekou Gibson, Ajayi Jackson, Tommy Shepherd ; video documentation, Peter Richards.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at Schaeffer Theater, Bates College, Lewiston, Me., as part of the Bates Dance Festival, on July 29, 2006.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Contents
Introduction (ca. 3 min.) / by Laura Faure, director of the Bates Dance Festival -- Scourge (ca. 72 min.) -- Q & A [Question and answer session] (ca. 34 min.) / moderator, Michael Seaver; participants, Marc Bamuthi Joseph and The Living Word Project.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2464
Title
Marc Bamuthi Joseph [videorecording] : scourge / director, Kamilah Forbes ; choreography, Adia Whitaker, Stacey Printz, Rennie Harris ; [presented by] Bates Dance Festival.
Imprint
2006.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD.
Credits
Conceived by Marc Bamuthi Joseph for The Living Word Project ; lighting design, James Clotfelter ; scenic design, Sean Riley ; video design, David Szlasa ; dramaturgy, Roberta Uno ; librettists, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Chinaka Hodge, Dahlak Brathwaite ; musical composition, Aiavi Jackson ; musicians, Sekou Gibson, Ajayi Jackson, Tommy Shepherd ; video documentation, Peter Richards.
Performer
Performers, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Delina Brooks, Dahlak Brathwaite, Adia Whitaker, Amara Tabor-Smith.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Schaeffer Theater, Bates College, Lewiston, Me., as part of the Bates Dance Festival, on July 29, 2006.
Summary
"Scourge reflects on the plight of Haiti in the post-colonial New World, and was developed while Marc Bamuthi Joseph was a Phyllis Wattis Artist-in-Residence at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco." -- online biography at www.speakoutnow.org.
Added Author
Joseph, Marc Bamuthi. Conceptor
Joseph, Marc Bamuthi. Librettist
Joseph, Marc Bamuthi, dancer.
Forbes, Kamilah. Director
Uno, Roberta, 1956- Adapter
Jackson, Aiavi. Composer
Szlasa, David. Designer
Whitaker, Adia, choreographer.
Whitaker, Adia, dancer.
Harris, Rennie, 1964- choreographer.
Printz, Stacey, choreographer.
Brooks, Delina, dancer.
Brathwaite, Dahlak, dancer.
Brathwaite, Dahlak. Librettist
Tabor-Smith, Amara, dancer.
Faure, Laura. Speaker
Seaver, Michael. Moderator
Richards, Peter. Videographer
Living Word Project (Theater company)
Bates College (Lewiston, Me.)
Bates Dance Festival.
Added Title
Scourge (Theater piece : Joseph)
Gift of Laura Faure, Bates Dance Festival.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2464
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