Contained in (manifestation): Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company records.
Description
1 online resource (1 video file (62 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color
Summary
Artist's statement: A work in progress ... I thank Aaron Davis Hall, the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University and the Skirball Center for Performing Arts at New York State University for their most essential support (by Bill T. Jones).
Uniform title
Star-spangled banner (Song)
Bible. Leviticus XVIII.
Alternative title
Blind Date -- New York, NY -- Aaron Davis Hall -- Preview
[Beginning] (0:08-2:03) (Erick Montes, dancer) -- In broad terms (whispering monologue) (2:04-2:52) (Ensemble) -- Fuga 1 (violins) (2:53-7:20) / music by J. S. Bach (Charles Scott, dance solo ; Ensemble) -- Adagio 1 (violins) (7:30-11:47) / music by J. S. Bach (Erick Montes, dancer solo ; Ensemble) -- Me game ; Star-spangled banner (song) / music by John Stafford Smith ; lyrics by Francis Scott Key (11:48-14:24) (Ensemble) -- Start over: Adagio 2 (violins, cello and electronics) / music by J. S. Bach ; [Demonic floor phase] (Erick Montes, dance solo) / throat singing and electronics music by Neel Murgai and Akim Funk Buddha (14:25-18:05) (Ensemble) -- Start over: Fuga 2 (violins and electronics) (18:06-20:00) / music by J. S. Bach (Ensemble) -- Mrs. McGrath (Irish folk song) (sung by Bill T. Jones ; violin and percussion) (Leah Cox, dance solo) (20:01-24:45) -- Me game ; Progress/Deism/Tolerence (20:54-24:45) (Andrea E. Smith, speaker) -- [Transition] (24:46-24:54) -- [Opposition duet]: Hello! We're starting over ; Cain and Abel story (24:55-33:12) (Bill T. Jones and Andrea E. Smith, dancers and speakers) ; Electronic music and sitar / music by Neel Murgai (Ensemble) -- [Might makes right: Dancers fight] (29:44-33:12) ; (Throat singing ; electronics ; synthesized piano? ; sitar) ; Star-spangled banner (song) (Ensemble) -- [Transition 2: Marching] (33:13-33:57) -- About Yueh [sic] Fei (monologue in Taiwan Chinese) (33:58-35:14) / by Wen-Chung Lin (Wen-Chung-Lin, speaker) ; (Mbira solo) (34:41-36:16) / music by Akim Funk Buddha ; [Man Jiang Hong / lyrics by Yueh [sic] Fei ; sung by Janet Wong's father in Chinese to the tune of Chinese folk song "Full river red"] (35:15-36:16) ; Full river red: instrumental (Music ensemble) (36:17-38:58) ; (Wen-Chung Lin, dance solo) (33:58-38:58) -- [Transition 3: Marching] (38:59-39:36) (Ensemble) -- I love you, Lord / song by Laurie Brendemuehl Klein (39:37-40:02 ; 49:48-50:25) (unknown singer ; percussion by Akim Funk Buddha) (Ensemble) -- (No one is to approach any close relatives to have sexual relations: Bible verses [Leviticus 18] / spoken by Stephanie Berry (?) (40:03-50:06) ; (Mbira, bells, throat singing, nonsense singing, percussion) / music by Neel Murgai and Akim Funk Buddha) (40:03-50:25) -- [Army march?]: Fuga 3 [end] ; Adagio 2 (violin, cello, dar, throat singing, nonsense words, shouting, electronics and percussion) / music by J. S. Bach ; arranged by Daniel B. Roumain ; played by Akim Funk Buddha and Neel Murgai (50:26-61:07) (Ensemble Men ; unidentified solo soldier) ; Start over: In broad terms (whispering monologue) (51:58-53:34) (Ensemble) ; Start over: In broad terms (whispering monologue: slowed down) (53:50-56:06) ; In broad terms (spoken by Andrea E. Smith) (56:25-57:45) -- [Shouting] (61:09-62:12)
Note
Title and date from original physical media. Additional notes from Aaron Davis Hall Spring 2005 program.
"In broad terms" was excerpted from "The Changing face of war: In the fourth generation" / written by William S. Lind, Colonel Keith Nightengale (USA), Captain John F. Schmitt (USMC), Colonel Joseph W. Sutton (USA), and Lieutenant Colonel Gary I. Wilson (USMCR). Published in the Marine Corps Gazette, October 1989.
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Performer (note)
Bill T. Jones, choreographer, singer and speaker. Dancers: Asli Bulbul, Catherine Cabeen, Leah Cox, Maija Garcia, Shaneeka Harrell, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Wen-Chung Lin, Malcolm Low, Erick Montes, Gaetan Pettigrew, Charles Scott, Donald C. Shorter Jr. and Stuart Singer. Music: Daniel Bernard Roumain, composer and performer (music director, remixer, violin, laptop) ; Akim Funk Buddha (throat singing, percussion, performance artist, multi-instrumentalist and Hip Hop MC) ; Neel Murgai (throat singing, sitar, daf, vocals) ; Brett O'Mara (violin) ; Nurit Pacht (live and recorded violin), Gidon Kremer (recorded violin) ; Jessie Reagen (cello). Special guest artists: Stephanie Berry (speaker) ; Carl Hancock Rux (speaker) ; Andrew E. Smith (actor and speaker).
Event (note)
Recorded at Aaron David Hall (Harlem), New York, N. Y. in June 17, 2005.
Title
Blind date : Preview, June 17, 2005 / at Aaron Davis Hall.
Production
2005.
Country of producing entity
United States
Playing time
010217
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
video file
Cast
Bill T. Jones, choreographer, singer and speaker. Dancers: Asli Bulbul, Catherine Cabeen, Leah Cox, Maija Garcia, Shaneeka Harrell, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Wen-Chung Lin, Malcolm Low, Erick Montes, Gaetan Pettigrew, Charles Scott, Donald C. Shorter Jr. and Stuart Singer. Music: Daniel Bernard Roumain, composer and performer (music director, remixer, violin, laptop) ; Akim Funk Buddha (throat singing, percussion, performance artist, multi-instrumentalist and Hip Hop MC) ; Neel Murgai (throat singing, sitar, daf, vocals) ; Brett O'Mara (violin) ; Nurit Pacht (live and recorded violin), Gidon Kremer (recorded violin) ; Jessie Reagen (cello). Special guest artists: Stephanie Berry (speaker) ; Carl Hancock Rux (speaker) ; Andrew E. Smith (actor and speaker).
Event
Recorded at Aaron David Hall (Harlem), New York, N. Y. in June 17, 2005.
Original version
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Blind date : Preview, 2005. 1 videodisc (62 min., 17 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. (SPEC AMI ID)323460
Added author
Jones, Bill T., choreographer.
Jones, Bill T., singer.
Jones, Bill T., speaker.
Bulbul, Asli, dancer.
Cabeen, Catherine, dancer.
Cox, Leah (Dancer), dancer.
Garcia, Maija, dancer.
Harrell, Shaneeka, dancer.
Jackson, Ayo Janeen, dancer.
Lin, Wen-Chung (Dancer), dancer.
Low, Malcolm, dancer.
Montes, Erick, dancer.
Pettigrew, Gaetan, dancer.
Scott, Charles (Dancer), dancer.
Shorter, Donald C., Jr., dancer.
Singer, Stuart, dancer.
Roumain, Daniel Bernard, composer.
Funk Buddha, Akim, composer.
Murgai, Neel, composer.
Roumain, Daniel Bernard, performer.
Funk Buddha, Akim, performer.
Murgai, Neel, performer.
O'Mara, Brett, performer.
Pacht, Nurit, performer.
Kremer, Gidon, 1947- performer.
Reagen, Jessie, performer.
Berry, Stephanie, speaker.
Rux, Carl Hancock, speaker.
Smith, Andrea E., actor.
Smith, Andrea E., speaker.
Choreography (work): Jones, Bill T. Blind date.
Container of (expression): Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 1. Fuga. Selections; arranged.
Container of (expression): Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 1. Adagio. Selections; arranged.
Container of (work): Yue, Fei, 1103-1142. Man Jiang Hong. Selections.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, dancer.
Original physical media: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, donor.
Added title
Container of (work): Star-spangled banner (Song)
Container of (work): Bible. Leviticus XVIII.
In broad terms.
Mrs. McGrath.
Full river red.
I love you, Lord.
Found in:
Contained in (manifestation): Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company records.