Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Uniform title
Medley (Choreographic work)
Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Choreographic work : Rahardjanoto)
Tall & Short of it (Choreographic work : Casey)
Moving Music (Choreographic work)
Jump-Did-Le-Ba (Choreographic work : Hebach)
Samba Do Barba (Choreographic work : Pollak)
I Wanna be a Dancin' Man (Choreographic work : Alton and Astaire)
Tap & Tray (Choreographic work : Albert and Bleis)
Nearness of You (Choreographic work : Schwab)
Caravan (Choreographic work : La Touche)
Girl on Fire (Choreographic work : Arnold)
End of the World (Choreographic work : Waag)
Softy Shoes (Choreographic work : Sandoval)
Times They are A-Changin' (Choreographic work)
Guia & Fuga (Choreographic work : Galganni)
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.
Alternative title
Tap City: Tap and Song
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Contents
Act One: Medley (11 min.) / soloist/choreography, Tony Waag ; music, Vincent Youmans, William Rose & Edward Eliscu (Without a Song) ; Wilber Schwandt, Fabian Andree & Gus Kahn (Dream a Little Dream) ; Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons & Richard A. Whiting (Breezin Along with the Breeze ; step dancers, Momentum Step Company: Amysha Cole, Lindsey Corcoran, Ann Dragich, Janille Hill (Director) & Rashida Zagon ; choreography, Momentum Step Company ; tap dancers, Street Feet: Christina Carminucci, Leonardo Sandoval (Director) & Samara Seligsohn ; choreography, Heloaldo Castelo Silva.
Hey Boy, Hey Girl (4 min.) / Solo/choreography, Claudia Rahardjanoto ; music, Louis Prima ; trumpet, Micheal Jellick.
The Tall & Short of it [excerpts] (5 min.) / dancer/choreographer, Ryan P. Casey ; composers, Shel Silverstein, Fred Fisher ; vocalist, Tony Waag.
Moving Music (4 min.) / choreography, Momentum Step Company ; director, Janille Hill ; dancers, Amysha Cole, Lindsey Corcoran, Ann Dragich, Janille Hill & Rashida Zagon.
Jump-Did-Le-Ba (3 min.) / choreographer/TCYE Director, Susan Hebach ; music, Dizzy Gillespie ; arrangement, Jess Jurkovic ; vocal, Max Pollak ; Joe Caroll's and Dizzy Gillespie's vocal scat solos transcribed by Max Pollak ; dancers, Emma Butenski, Yoko Kono & Shamfa Tittle.
Samba Do Barba (approximately 7 min.) / composition, arrangement & choreography, Max Pollak ; vocals, Elizabeth Lohninger & Dylan Pranuk ; balafon, James Shipp ; dancers, Megan Bartula, Craig Fuchs, Felipe Galganni, Chikako Iwahori, Nicole Ohr, Max Pollak, Courtney Runft, Lynn Schwab, Samara Seligsohn, Lia Spirka.
I Wanna be a Dancin' Man (4 min.) / choreography, Robert Alton & Fred Astaire ; music, Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren ; solo, Caleb Teicher.
Act Two: Tap & Tray [dedicated to Carnell Lyons and Fay Ray] (6 min.) / choreography/dancers, Kurt Albert & Klaus Bleis ; music, Say Folks, Dale Turner & Budd Johnson (Businessmen).
Nearness of You (5 min.) / dancer/choreography, Lynn Schwab ; music, Hoagy Carmichael.
Caravan (approximately 4 min.) / choreography, Lisa La Touche ; music, Duke Ellington (featuring Max Roach, Charles Mingus) ; dancers, Brittany DeStefano, Megan Bartula, Yumi Koshigai & Lisa La Touche ; solo improvisations, dancers.
Girl on Fire (approximately 2 min.) / choreography, Chloe Arnold ; music, Alicia Keys, Billy Squier, Jeff Bhasker & Salaam Remi ; ensemble/dancers, Apt. 33: Christina Carminucci, Asha Griffith, Robin Passmore, Jenna Roe, Simone Possey & Samara Seligsohn ; vocal, Jenelle Dunkley.
End of the World (6 min.) / soloist/choreography, Tony Waag ; music, Matt Alber ; arrangements, Jess Jurkovic.
Softy Shoes (3 min.) / choreography, Leonardo Sandoval ; dancers, Street Feet: Christina Carminucci, Leonardo Sandoval (Director) & Samara Seligsohn.
The Times They are A-Changin' (8 min.) / music, Bob Dylan ; guitar, Masa Shimizu ; vocal, Sabrina Clery ; soloist, Kazu Kumagai.
Guia & Fuga (9 min.) / choreography, Felipe Galganni ; music, Catendê: Ildásio Tavares, Antonio Carlos & Jacafi ; Berimbau: Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes ; vocalist, Ana Galganni ; classic guitar, Tony Romano ; percussion, Carlos de Oliveria ; dancers, Felipe Galganni, Chikako Iwahori, Lynn Schwab, Nicole Ohr, Samara Seligsohn & Alexander MacDonald ; capoeira, Jennifer Salazar & Michelle Pfriender.
Call number
*MGZIDF 2052
Note
Widescreen.
The recording of this work was made possible by the cooperation of The American Tap Dance Foundation, Peter Norton Symphony Space and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Videography, Charlie Steiner, Penny Ward ; direction, editing, Charlie Steiner.
Funding (note)
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Title
Tap and Song, 2014 July 10 / presented by Tony Waag & the American Tap Dance Foundation.
Production
2014.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Series
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation.
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York, N.Y. on 2014 July 10.
Performer
Musicians, Jess Jurkovic (piano), Joe Fonda (bass), Josh Davis (Drums).
Credits
Videography, Charlie Steiner, Penny Ward ; direction, editing, Charlie Steiner.
Funding
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.