Research Catalog

Title

Urban Bush Women [videorecording] / founding artistic director, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.

Publication

c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo
• Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo.
• Brown, Camille A.
• Cummings, Blondell
• Primus, Pearl
• Chipaumire, Nora
• Dénécy, Catherine
• Forté, Marjani
• Jones, Lela Aisha
• King, Christine (Christine L.)
• McGregor, Paloma
• Muwwakkil, Love
• Williams, Bennalldra
• Hamburger, Susan, lighting designer.
• Alexander, Anthony-Michael.
• Cherry, Carolyn Meckha.
• Kee, Dalila.
• Monk, Meredith
• Nagata, Naoko.
• Wedderburn, Junior "Gabu."
• Pollard, Trebien.
• Shelby, Nel.
• Duggan, Christopher, videographer.
• Nel Shelby Productions.
• New York Public Library. Dance Division.
• Urban Bush Women (Dance company)
• Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (92 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

• Here we go ... again!? (Choreographic work : Brown)
• Chicken soup (Choreographic work : Cummings)
• Batty moves (Choreographic work : Zollar)
• Walking with Pearl--Africa diaries (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Recording made possible by the cooperation of Urban Bush Women, The Joyce Theater, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
• The first piece in performance entitled, Flashback/Flashforward, was removed from this DVD.

Credits (note)

• Video production, Nel Shelby Productions ; videographers, Nel Shelby, Christopher Duggan.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at The Joyce Theater, New York, on May 11, 2007.

Funding (note)

• This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
• 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.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Here we go...again!? (2007) (ca. 9 min.) / choreography by Camille A. Brown ; original score, Anthony-Michael Alexander ; costumes, Carolyn Mechka Cherry ; lighting, Dalila Kee ; performed by Catherine Dénécy, Marjani Forté, Paloma McGregor, Love Muwwakkil, Bennalldra Williams.
• Chicken soup (ca. 18 min.) / conception, choreography and original performance by Blondell Cummings (1981) ; re-staged for Urban Bush Women by Blondell Cummings (2006) ; music for voice and glass, Meredith Monk and percussion and glass: Collin Walcott (Our lady of late), Brian Eno (Ambient 1, Music for airports) ; text, Grace Paley (Enormous changes at the last minute, Recipe from The settlement cookbook) ; costume, Naoko Nagata ; lighting, Susan Hamburger ; performed by Marjani Forté.
• Batty moves (1995) (ca. 21 min.) / choreography by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar ; original percussion score, Junior "Gabu" Wedderburn and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar ; lighting, Susan Hamburger ; original lighting, Kristabelle Munson ; performed by the company.
• Walking with Pearl...Southern diaries (2005) (ca. 40 min.) / choreography by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar ; choreography for "Hard time blues" by Pearl Primus (1945) ; restaged by Kim Bears-Bailey ; music, Josh White (Hard times), L. Allen (Strange fruit), Bernice Reagon (Anybody here) ; text, interviews with Pearl Primus, Langston Hughes (From here to yonder), Robbie McCauley (Georgia mud) ; costume, Trebien Pollard ; construction, Lesley Myers ; lighting and visual design, Susan Hamburger ; performed by the company.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5678

OCLC

658021349

Title

Urban Bush Women [videorecording] / founding artistic director, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.

Imprint

c2007.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Event

Videotaped in performance at The Joyce Theater, New York, on May 11, 2007.

Credits

Video production, Nel Shelby Productions ; videographers, Nel Shelby, Christopher Duggan.

Performer

Dancers, Urban Bush Women: Nora Chipaumire, Catherine Dénécy, Marjani Forté, Lela Aisha Jones, Christine King, Paloma McGregor, Love Muwwakkil, Bennalldra Williams.

Funding

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

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.

Added Author

Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo, choreographer.

Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo. Director

Zollar, Jawole Willa Jo. Composer

Brown, Camille A., choreographer.

Cummings, Blondell, choreographer.

Primus, Pearl, choreographer.

Chipaumire, Nora, dancer.

Dénécy, Catherine, dancer.

Forté, Marjani, dancer.

Jones, Lela Aisha, dancer.

King, Christine (Christine L.), dancer.

McGregor, Paloma, dancer.

Muwwakkil, Love, dancer.

Williams, Bennalldra, dancer.

Hamburger, Susan, lighting designer.

Alexander, Anthony-Michael. Composer

Cherry, Carolyn Meckha. Costume designer

Kee, Dalila. Lighting designer

Monk, Meredith, composer.

Nagata, Naoko. Costume designer

Wedderburn, Junior "Gabu." Composer

Pollard, Trebien. Costume designer

Shelby, Nel. Videographer

Duggan, Christopher, videographer.

Nel Shelby Productions.

New York Public Library. Dance Division.

Urban Bush Women (Dance company)

Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Here we go ... again!? (Choreographic work : Brown)

Chicken soup (Choreographic work : Cummings)

Batty moves (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Walking with Pearl--Africa diaries (Choreographic work : Zollar)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5678