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88 tangos

Title: 88 tangos [electronic resource].
Publication: 1985.

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Description

2 streaming video files (NTSC) (121 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.

Summary

Program of contemporary music, mostly for piano, and dances based on the tango, with introductions and slide lectures by Yvar Mikhashoff.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance Theater Workshop.

Alternative Title

International tango collection

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Presented by Dance Theater Workshop in association with Composers' Forum Inc. during the Winter Events 1985.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

Lighting, Jeff Fontaine.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios for the Dance/Video Access project at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Feb. 28, 1986.

Funding (note)

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

Streaming video.

Contents

Reel 1 (ca. 60 min.): Tango for pianoforte / music, Anthony Burgess -- Tango for Yvar / music, Serban Nichifor -- Curriculum vitae tango / choreography, Fred Holland ; music, Lukas Foss ; performed by Holland and Jeannie Hutchins -- Machine tango / music, David Noon -- Collage-tango / music, Tadeusz Wielecki -- Tango d'Antan / choreographer/performer, Wendy Perron ; music, Dane Rudhyar -- Tango mnemonic / music, Jō Kondō -- Tango / music, David Jaggard -- [Capsule history of the tango:] slides and commentary -- Excerpt from the film The four horsemen of the apocalypse / performed by Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry -- Sentimental tango / music, Virgil Thomson -- Tango variations on a cantus firmus / music, Ralph Shapey -- Exiles' cafe tango / choreographer/performer, XXY Dance/Music (Mary Ellen Strom, Cyndi Lee, and Kim Flowers) ; music, Michael Sahl.
Reel 2 (ca. 61 min.): The more he sings, the more he cries, the better he feels...tango / music, Blue Gene Tyranny ; performed on tape, accompanying a reading of North Berlin/A tango by Robert Ashley -- Steptangle / music, Frederic Rzewski -- Tango-dreaming / music, Colin Bright -- Tango / choreographer, Senta Driver ; music, Tom Johnson ; costumes, David Robinson ; performed by Harry: Michael Simon, Carolyn Minor, Thomas W. Sullivan, Catherine Hondorp, and Miles Everett -- Tango with the frog prince / music, Vivian Fine -- Thorn-torn lips / music, Robert Berkman -- [History of the tango, cont.]: slides and commentary -- Tango from scene VII of Hear ye! Hear ye! / choreographer/performer, Pierre Dulaine and Yvonne Marceau of American Ballroom Theatre ; music, Aaron Copland -- A neat slice of tango / music, Michael Nyman -- Tango from Syrinx / music, Richard Rodney Bennett -- Belgian tango / choreographer, Susan Marshall ; music, Beth Anderson ; performed by Eileen Thomas and Kathy Casey -- Tango à deux / music, Nils Vigeland -- The kiss / music, Steven Rosenhaus -- Interrupted tango / choreographer/performer, Dulaine and Marceau ; music, Robert Palmer -- Perpetual tango / music, John Cage.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2650

OCLC

NYPY936054092-F

Title

88 tangos [electronic resource].

Imprint

1985.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Lighting, Jeff Fontaine.

Performer

Pianist, Yvar Mikhashoff.

Event

Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios for the Dance/Video Access project at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on Feb. 28, 1986.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

Streaming video.

Restricted Access

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

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3824, *MGZIDVD 5-2682.

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Local Subject

Motion pictures. Four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Added Author

Mikhashoff, Yvar. Instrumentalist

Mikhashoff, Yvar. Speaker

Holland, Fred, dancer.

Holland, Fred, choreographer.

Hutchins, Jeannie, dancer.

Perron, Wendy, dancer.

Perron, Wendy, choreographer.

Strom, Mary Ellen, dancer.

Strom, Mary Ellen, choreographer.

Lee, Cyndi, dancer.

Lee, Cyndi, choreographer.

Flowers, Kim, dancer.

Flowers, Kim, choreographer.

Simon, Michael (Dancer)

Minor, Carolyn, dancer.

Sullivan, Thomas W., dancer.

Everett, Miles, dancer.

Hondorp, Catherine, dancer.

Dulaine, Pierre, dancer.

Dulaine, Pierre, choreographer.

Marceau, Yvonne, dancer.

Marceau, Yvonne, choreographer.

Thomas, Eileen, dancer.

Casey, Kathy, dancer.

Valentino, Rudolph, 1895-1926, dancer.

Terry, Alice, 1899- dancer.

Driver, Senta, choreographer.

Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Composer

Nichifor, Șerban. Composer

Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009. Composer

Noon, David, 1946- Composer

Wielecki, Tadeusz. Composer

Rudhyar, Dane, 1895-1985. Composer

Kondō, Jō, 1947- Composer

Jaggard, David. Composer

Marshall, Susan, 1958- choreographer.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Composer

Shapey, Ralph, 1921-2002. Composer

Sahl, Michael, 1934- Composer

Tyranny, Blue Gene, 1945-2020. Composer

Rzewski, Frederic. Composer

Bright, Colin. Composer

Johnson, Tom, 1939-2024. Composer

Fine, Vivian, 1913-2000. Composer

Berkman, Robert. Composer

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Composer

Nyman, Michael. Composer

Bennett, Richard Rodney. Composer

Anderson, Beth, 1950- Composer

Vigeland, Nils. Composer

Rosenhaus, Steve. Composer

Palmer, Robert, 1915- Composer

Cage, John. Composer

Fontaine, Jeff. Lighting designer

Robinson, David. Costume designer

XXY Dance/Music (Company)

Dance Theater Workshop.

Video D Studios.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2650

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