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Ishmael Houston-Jones improvisations and collaborations.
- Title
- Ishmael Houston-Jones [videorecording] : improvisations and collaborations.
- Publication
- 1984-1996.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (33 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Compilation of five dance works created for film, video, and the stage by Ishmael Houston-Jones, an African-American dancer, choreographer, writer, actor, and curator who lives and works in New York City.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Ishmael Houston-Jones.
- Uniform Title
- Prologue to the end of everything (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)
- Part 2: Relatives (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)
- Unsafe/unsuited (Choreographic work : Hennessy, Houston-Jones and Scully)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Contents
- Solo from The brother from another planet, 1984 (ca. 1 min.) / excerpt from the film directed by John Sayles; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones.
- Solo from Prologue to the end of everything, 1988 (ca. 10 min.) / recorded in performance onstage; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones.
- Improvisation from Unsafe-unsuited, 1995 (ca. 7 min.) / recorded in performance onstage; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones, Keith Hennessy, and Patrick Scully.
- Improvisation from Merge, 1996 (ca. 7 min.) / video artist, Cathy Weis; danced by Ishmael Houston-Jones. Part 1, live dance with pre-recorded image -- Part 2, front and side camera mix.
- Relatives, 1989 (ca. 8 min.) / film directed and produced by Julie Dash; performed by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Pauline Jones. Telecast by KTCA-TV on its series Alive from Off-Center.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-7528
- OCLC
- NYPY04-F204
- Title
- Ishmael Houston-Jones [videorecording] : improvisations and collaborations.
- Imprint
- 1984-1996.
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Local Subject
- Television. Relatives.Cinedance.Videodance.
- Added Author
- Houston-Jones, Ishmael, choreographer, dancer.Sayles, John, 1950- DirectorHennessy, Keith, dancer.Scully, Patrick, dancer.Weis, Cathy.Dash, Julie. Director. ProducerJones, Pauline. Performer
- Added Title
- Prologue to the end of everything (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)Part 2: Relatives (Choreographic work : Houston-Jones)Unsafe/unsuited (Choreographic work : Hennessy, Houston-Jones and Scully)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-7528