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Donald McKayle heartbeats of a dancemaker [and four special features]

Title
Donald McKayle [videorecording] : heartbeats of a dancemaker [and four special features] / producers, Gregg Lizenbery, Marilyn Cristofori ; director, Joy Chong-Stannard ; writer, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl ; a production of Dance Pioneers and PBS Hawaii.
Publication
Hightstown, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, [2005]

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Additional Authors
  • Chong-Stannard, Joy.
  • Kneubuhl, Victoria N. (Victoria Nalani)
  • Lizenbery, Gregg.
  • Cristofori, Marilyn.
  • McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018.
  • Washington, Tamica
  • Freeman, Marceline
  • Reese, Della.
  • Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023.
  • José Limón Dance Company.
  • San Jose Cleveland Ballet.
  • Dance Pioneers (Firm)
  • Hawaii Public Television.
  • Dance Horizons (Firm). Video
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (98 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Includes rare archival television excerpts of dance classics from the 1950s and 1960s and a television premiere of recent McKayle works performed by the Limon Dance Company of New York and the San Jose/Cleveland Ballet. Includes excerpts from Rainbow round my shoulder, Heartbeats, Saturday's child, District Storyville, They called her Moses, House of tears, Minstrel man, and Libertango and others.
  • Dance excerpts: Heartbeats danced by the Limón Company; Saturday's child danced by Janet Eilber; Games (b&w) danced by Donald McKayle and others; They called her Moses [Her name was Harriet] (b&w) danced by Jacqueline Walcott, Kathleen Standford [Stanford?], Arthur Mitchell, McKayle, Carmen de Lavallade, others; Rainbow 'round my shoulder (b&w) danced by McKayle, Mary Hinkson, others; Rainbow 'round my shoulder danced by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Donna Wood, Masazumi Chaya, others; District Storyville (b&w) danced by William Louther, Tommy Johnson, others; In the deep dreaming of my hands danced by Lea Vivante; Cosby show brief dance by Judith Jamison and McKayle; Sophisticated ladies danced by Lorraine Fields, Gregg Burge, Gary Q. Lewis; The great white hope danced by ensemble; Bedknobs and broomsticks danced by Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, and animated characters; Blood memories danced by Marceline Freeman; Songs of the disinherited; House of tears danced by the San Jose/Cleveland Ballet: Karen Gabay, others; Heartbeats danced by the Limón Company: Robert Regala, Pamala Jones, Daniel Charon, Carl Flink, Francisco Ruvalcaba, Jonathan Riedel, Mary Ford, Carla Maxwell, Carlos Orta, Nina Watt, others.
Alternative Title
  • Heartbeats of a dancemaker
  • Angelitos negroes (Choreographic work : McKayle)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Documentaries and factual works.
Note
  • "A Dance Horizons DVD."
  • Originally produced in 2002.
  • Special features: two complete performances of Angelitos Negroes, one by Marceline Freeman and the other by Tamica Washington; unedited interview with Harry Belafonte; unedited interview with Donald McKayle by Della Reese.
Credits (note)
  • Narrator, Della Reese ; editor, Joy Chong-Stannard ; music score, Stephen Fox.
System Details (note)
  • DVD-R.
Biography (note)
  • African-American dancer, choreographer and teacher Donald McKayle's career began at age 18 in 1948. He has created over fifty works for dance companies in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. Harry Belafonte provides candid reflections about McKayle's character and determination to stand on the frontline of changing racial prejudice in the performing arts in America.
Contents
  • Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a dancemaker (ca. 56 min.) / interviewees, Donald McKayle, with Harry Belafonte, Lea Vivante, Robert Regala, Pamala Jones, Carl Flink, Carla Maxwell.
  • Special features (ca. 41 min.). Angelitos negroes (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Donald McKayle ; performed by Tamica Washington -- Angelitos negroes (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Donald McKayle ; performed by Marceline Freeman -- Harry Belafonte [interview] (ca. 26 min.) -- Della Reese and Donald McKayle [conversation] (ca. 2 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4466
ISBN
  • 0871272806
  • 9780871272805
OCLC
58652664
Title
Donald McKayle [videorecording] : heartbeats of a dancemaker [and four special features] / producers, Gregg Lizenbery, Marilyn Cristofori ; director, Joy Chong-Stannard ; writer, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl ; a production of Dance Pioneers and PBS Hawaii.
Imprint
Hightstown, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, [2005]
System Details
DVD-R.
Credits
Narrator, Della Reese ; editor, Joy Chong-Stannard ; music score, Stephen Fox.
Biography
African-American dancer, choreographer and teacher Donald McKayle's career began at age 18 in 1948. He has created over fifty works for dance companies in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. Harry Belafonte provides candid reflections about McKayle's character and determination to stand on the frontline of changing racial prejudice in the performing arts in America.
Added Author
Chong-Stannard, Joy. Director
Kneubuhl, Victoria N. (Victoria Nalani) Screenwriter
Lizenbery, Gregg. Producer
Cristofori, Marilyn. Producer
McKayle, Donald, 1930-2018. Interviewee
Washington, Tamica, dancer.
Freeman, Marceline, dancer.
Reese, Della. Narrator
Reese, Della. Interviewee
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023. Narrator
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023. Interviewee
José Limón Dance Company.
San Jose Cleveland Ballet.
Dance Pioneers (Firm)
Hawaii Public Television.
Dance Horizons (Firm). Video
Added Title
Angelitos negroes (Choreographic work : McKayle)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4466
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