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Wolf Trap's Face of America

Title: Wolf Trap's Face of America [videorecording] / produced, directed and edited by Joe Bruncsak and Walter Rissmeyer ; a production of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York.
Publication: New York, NY : Educational Broadcasting Corporation, c2008.

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Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Wolf Trap's Face of America follows four choreographers and a traditional dance company through the creative process of developing site specific works at different American national parks, including discussions of slavery (Virgin Islands) and the Wright Brothers. Each segment is introduced by Terre Jones, the President and C.E.O. of Wolf Trap, along with additional interviews.

Series Statement

Great performances
Dance in America

Uniform Title

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Dance in America.
Bottomland (Choreographic work : Varone)

Alternative Title

Animal dances (Choreographic work : Rudolph)
Luminescent flights (Choreographic work : Rudolph)
Breezes from forgotten times (Choreographic work : Byrd)
Water (Syncronized swimming choreography)
Rope as flying machine (Choreographic work : Streb)
Splash (Choreographic work : Streb)
Wild blue yonder (Choreographic work : Streb)
He kau no hi'iakaikapoliopele (Choreographic work)
Hulihia Ka Mauna Wela I Ke Ahi (Choreographic work)
Hulihia Kilauea Po I Ka Uahi (Choreographic work)
Hulihai Ke Au Ne'e I Lalo I Akea (Choreographic work)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Interviews.

Note

Interviewees: Terre Jones (Pres. & C.E.O., Wolf Trap), Amelia Rudolf (artistic director, Project Bandaloop), Kimm E. Ward (dancer), Peter Mayfield (dancer, risk manager), Donald Byrd (artistic director, Donald Byrd/The Group), Denise Georges (ranger, National Park Service), Steve Turre (composer, jazz musician), Cubie Burke (dancer), Olivia Bowman (dancer), Thaddeus Davis (dancer), Tuesday Middaugh (synchronized swimmer), Bridget Finn (synchronized swimmer), Tammy Cleland McGregor (synchronized swimmer), Carrie Barton (synchronized swimmer), Elizabeth Streb (artistic director, STREB), Kaumakaiwa Keali'ikanaka'ole (dancer), Kekuhi Keali'ikanaka'ole (chanter), Pualani Kanaka'ole (teacher), Ākolea Ioane (dancer), Nālani Kanaka'ole (teacher), Doug Varone (artistic director, Doug Varone and Dancers), Vickie Carson (ranger, National Park Service).
Yosemite National Park: Project Bandaloop ; dances, Animal dances, Luminescent flights ; choreography, Amelia Rudolph ; music, Robert Mirabal ; dancer, Kimm E. Ward ; dancer/risk manager, Peter Mayfield.
Virgin Islands National Park & Coral Reef National Monument: Donald Byrd/The Group: dances, Breezes from forgotten times - Cinnamon Bay, and Breezes from forgotten times - Annaberg Water ; U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swimmers: swim number, Water ; swimmers, Tuesday Middaugh, Bridget Finn, Tammy Cleland McGregor, Carrie Barton.
Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk: STREB ; dances, Rope as flying machine, Splash, Wild blue yonder ; choreography, Elizabeth Streb.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Halau O Kekuhi ; He kau no hi'iakaikapoliopele, Hulihia Ka Mauna Wela I Ke Ahi, Hulihia Kilauea Po I Ka Uahi, Hulihai Ke Au Ne'e I Lalo I Akea ; choreography, traditional ; music, traditional.
Mammoth Cave National Park: Doug Varone and Dancers ; dances, The bottomland - Rise up Lazarus, The bottomland - Sorrowful angels, The bottomland - You'll never leave Harlan alive ; choreography, Doug Varone ; music, Patty Loveless ; dancers, [John Beasant III, Daniel Charon, Natalie Desch, Faye Driscoll, Adriane Fang, Larry Hahn, Stephanie Liapis, Catherine Miller, Eddie Taketa and Nina Watt].
Credits for Doug Varone dancers taken from Doug Varone and Dancers website: http://www.dougvaroneanddancers.org

Credits (note)

Directors of photography: Rob Draper ASC (Mammoth Cave), Vincent Gancie (Virgin Islands/Kitty Hawk/Hawai'i), Michael Graber (Yosemite), Wes Skiles (Virgin Islands, underwater) ; Audio post production, Jeff Mullen ; graphic design and title animation, Nic DiPalma.

System Details (note)

DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.

Source (note)

Great Performances, Thirteen/WNET.

Biography (note)

First aired on PBS, on Apr. 21, 2008.

Contents

Yosemite National Park (ca. 15 min.) -- Virgin Islands National Park & Coral Reef National Monument (ca. 26 min.) -- Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk (ca. 12 min.) -- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (ca. 14 min.) -- Mammoth Cave National Park (ca. 16 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-3740

OCLC

234083514

Title

Wolf Trap's Face of America [videorecording] / produced, directed and edited by Joe Bruncsak and Walter Rissmeyer ; a production of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York.

Imprint

New York, NY : Educational Broadcasting Corporation, c2008.

Edition

Widescreen ed.

Series

Great performances

Dance in America

System Details

DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.

Credits

Directors of photography: Rob Draper ASC (Mammoth Cave), Vincent Gancie (Virgin Islands/Kitty Hawk/Hawai'i), Michael Graber (Yosemite), Wes Skiles (Virgin Islands, underwater) ; Audio post production, Jeff Mullen ; graphic design and title animation, Nic DiPalma.

Biography

First aired on PBS, on Apr. 21, 2008.

Source

Gift; Great Performances, Thirteen/WNET. NN-PD

Local Subject

Site-specific performance.

Open-air performances.

Aerial dancing.

Added Author

Bruncsak, Joe. Producer

Bruncsak, Joe. Director

Bruncsak, Joe. Editor

Rissmeyer, Walter. Producer

Rissmeyer, Walter. Director

Rissmeyer, Walter. Editor

Rudolph, Amelia, choreographer.

Ward, Kimm E., dancer.

Mayfield, Peter, dancer.

Mirabal, Robert. Composer

Byrd, Donald, 1949- choreographer.

Burke, Cubie, dancer.

Bowman-Jackson, Olivia, dancer.

Davis, Thaddeus, dancer.

Turre, Steve. Composer

Streb, Elizabeth, choreographer.

Varone, Doug, choreographer.

Beasant, John (Dancer)

Charon, Daniel, dancer.

Desch, Natalie, dancer.

Driscoll, Faye, dancer.

Fang, Adriane, dancer.

Hahn, Larry, dancer.

Liapis, Stephanie, dancer.

Miller, Catherine (Dancer)

Taketa, Edward Akio, dancer.

Watt, Nina, dancer.

Project Bandaloop.

Donald Byrd/The Group.

Streb (Dance company)

Hālau ʻo Kekuhi.

Doug Varone and Dancers.

Educational Broadcasting Corporation.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Great Performances, Thirteen/WNET. Donor NN-PD

Added Title

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Dance in America.

Bottomland (Choreographic work : Varone)

Animal dances (Choreographic work : Rudolph)

Luminescent flights (Choreographic work : Rudolph)

Breezes from forgotten times (Choreographic work : Byrd)

Water (Syncronized swimming choreography)

Rope as flying machine (Choreographic work : Streb)

Splash (Choreographic work : Streb)

Wild blue yonder (Choreographic work : Streb)

He kau no hi'iakaikapoliopele (Choreographic work)

Hulihia Ka Mauna Wela I Ke Ahi (Choreographic work)

Hulihia Kilauea Po I Ka Uahi (Choreographic work)

Hulihai Ke Au Ne'e I Lalo I Akea (Choreographic work)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-3740

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