Research Catalog

Title

Chautauqua School of Dance [and] Pick of the Crop [and] Oscar Brown [videorecording]

Publication

c1989-1991.

Details

Additional Authors

• Bonnefoux, Jean-Pierre.
• McBride, Patricia, 1942-
• Gardner, Elaine.
• Steinzor, Curt Efram.
• Brown, Oscar, Jr., 1926-2005.
• Ravencraft, Theresa L.
• Chautauqua Institution.
• Pick of the Crop Dance and Music Ensemble.

Description

• 3 streaming video files (23 min. total) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
• 3 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (22 min.) : sd., col. ;

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of WNED/WNEQ Public Television.

Note

• Three news stories telecast by WNED/WNEQ, Buffalo, New York, on the series Arts scene. Producer: Theresa L. Ravencraft.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Contents

CONTENTS: Chautauqua School of Dance (c1989; approx. 7 min.). Director: Theresa L. Ravencraft. Videographer: Christopher Thomas. Interview with Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, artistic director of the Chautauqua School of Dance, who discusses teaching at the school. Brief commentaries are also offered by students and by ballerina Patricia McBride, Bonnefoux's wife. Performance footage depicts an unidentified ballet to Ravel's La valse. -- Pick of the Crop Dance and Music Ensemble (c1991; approx. 8 min.). Host: Ravencraft. Videographer: Roger Parris. Choreographer Elaine Gardner and musician/executive director Curt Steinzor discuss the aims and achievements of their Buffalo-based company and their collaboration as artists. Includes rehearsal and performance footage. -- Oscar Brown (c1989; approx. 7 min.). Host: Ravencraft. Videographer: Parris. Brown, a songwriter and performer, talks about black music in the U.S. and surveys some high points of his own career. He and his son perform an excerpt from the play In the beginning.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 8675

OCLC

NYPY926024770-F

Title

Chautauqua School of Dance [and] Pick of the Crop [and] Oscar Brown [videorecording]

Imprint

c1989-1991.

Playing Time

000743 000825 000710

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3217.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Television. Arts scene.

Television. Chautauqua School of Dance.

Television. Pick of the Crop.

Television. Oscar Brown.

Added Author

Bonnefoux, Jean-Pierre. Interviewee

McBride, Patricia, 1942- Commentator

Gardner, Elaine. Speaker

Steinzor, Curt Efram. Speaker

Brown, Oscar, Jr., 1926-2005. Speaker. Performer

Ravencraft, Theresa L. Producer. Host

Chautauqua Institution.

Pick of the Crop Dance and Music Ensemble.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 8675