Research Catalog

Title

Ethnochoreography [videorecording] / presented by the Society of Dance History Scholars and Northwestern University.

Publication

c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wilson, Reggie
• Wilson, Reggie.
• Holman, Felicia.
• Johnson, Abra.
• McNeal, Meida Teresa.
• Rechner, Kevin.
• Rossen, Rebecca.
• Rossen, Rebecca
• Dorfman, David.
• Froot, Dan
• Marks, Victoria
• ThickRoutes Performance Collage.
• Noble Douglas Dance Company.
• Society of Dance History Scholars (U.S.)
• Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
• Society of Dance History Scholars. dnr

Description

3 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Panelists discuss how the concert came together; Reggie Wilson asked about Katherine Dunham and if there is any connection; Rebecca Rossen talks about how her piece came about and how it was developed; ThickRoutes performers asked about working with Trinadad dance company and how they view racism differently; David Dorfman talks about his collaboration with Rossen; and concludes with a Question and Answer session.

Alternative Title

• Make me a Jewish dance (Choreographic work : Rossen)
• Introduction (Choreographic work : Wilson)
• Race travels (Choreographic work)

Subjects

• Nonfiction films
• Interviews
• McNeal, Meida Teresa
• Rossen, Rebecca
• Dorfman, David
• Dance
• Filmed dance
• Jewish dance
• Filmed performances
• Video
• Ethnology
• African diaspora
• ThickRoutes Performance Collage
• Racism and the arts
• Wilson, Reggie
• Johnson, Abra
• Holman, Felicia

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.

Note

• Credits taken from accomp. house program.
• Disc 1 (59 min.): Wilson, Video, ThickRoutes ; Disc 2 (30 min.): Make me a Jewish dance ; Disc 3 (31 min.): Panel Q and A.
• "Extending the legacy of Katherine Dunham, this concert presents choreographic works based on ethnographic research." -- notes, house program.
• For additional information about the Society of Dance History Scholars, please refer to the collection, Society of Dance History Scholars records, 1978-2007 NYPL Dance Division call number: *MGZMD 222.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Josephine Louis Theatre, Northwestern Univ., as part of the Dancing from the Center conference, in Chicago, Ill., on June 10, 2005.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Society of Dance History Scholars;

Contents

• Disc 1. Introduction (24 min.) / choreography and performance, Reggie Wilson ; lighting design, Kevin Rechner.
• Race Travels: Care packages from Trinidad to Chicago and back again... (excerpts) (35 min.) / choreography and text, Noble Douglas Dance Company and ThickRoutes Performance Collage ; featured performers, Felicia Holman, Abra Johnson, Meida Villafana-McNeal ; lighting design, Kevin Rechner ; sound design, Meida Villafana-McNeal. Movement 1, Geographies / featured video performer, Sunil Marcelo (NDDCI) ; music, Pete Seeger, the Gaither Vocal Band, 2nd Nature -- Movement II, Boxes / music, Lauryn Hill & mix by DJ J2 and Christopher Wallance with The Commodores, The Jackson Five, Hall & Oates, The waitresses ; ethnographic soundscore featuring local Trinidadians -- Movement III, Disjuncture/Departure / soundscore, NDDCI members ; music, Terence Trent D'Arby.
• Disc 2. Make me a Jewish dance (30 min.) / direction, Rebecca Rossen ; choreography, Rebecca Rossen with Dan Froot & Victoria Marks ; lighting design, Kevin Rechner ; set, Jessica Kuehnau ; costume, Amy Gabbert ; sound editing, David Pavkovic ; performance, David Dorfman. Make me a Jewish dance #1: That's (not) Jewish / improvisational structure, Dan Froot -- Make me a Jewish dance #2: The Jewish gesture / choreography, Victoria Marks ; movement invention, Rebecca Rossen ; music, I gotta be me (sung by Sammy Davis Jr.) -- Make me a Jewish dance #3: Jew Puppet / choreography, Rebecca Rossen ; text, Jewish Joke ; music, Don Byron (Epiloque: Tears), Byron & Mickey Katz (Dreidel song) -- Make me a Jewish dance #4: Happy Jewish feet / direction and text, Rebecca Rossen -- Make me a Jewish dance #5: The Jewish gesture / choreography, Victoria Marks ; movement invention, Rebecca Rossen ; text, Dan Froot ; music, Guy Klucevsek (Rumbling).
• Disc 3. Panel Q and A [Question and Answer] (31 min.) / moderator, Susan Manning ; panelists, Reggie Wilson, Rebecca Rossen, David Dorfman, Felicia Holman, Abra Johnson, Meida Villafana-McNeal.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7038

OCLC

780164628

Title

Ethnochoreography [videorecording] / presented by the Society of Dance History Scholars and Northwestern University.

Imprint

c2005.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Josephine Louis Theatre, Northwestern Univ., as part of the Dancing from the Center conference, in Chicago, Ill., on June 10, 2005.

Performer

Featuring Reggie Wilson, Meida Villafana-McNeal & ThickRoutes Performance Collage, Rebecca Rossen & David Dorfman.

Moderator, Susan Manning.

Source

Gift; Society of Dance History Scholars; Dec. 2011. NN-PD

Added Author

Wilson, Reggie, choreographer.

Wilson, Reggie. Performer

Holman, Felicia. Performer

Johnson, Abra. Performer

McNeal, Meida Teresa. Performer

Rechner, Kevin. Lighting designer

Rossen, Rebecca. Director

Rossen, Rebecca, choreographer.

Dorfman, David. Performer

Froot, Dan, choreographer.

Marks, Victoria, choreographer.

ThickRoutes Performance Collage.

Noble Douglas Dance Company.

Society of Dance History Scholars (U.S.)

Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)

Society of Dance History Scholars. Donor

Added Title

Make me a Jewish dance (Choreographic work : Rossen)

Introduction (Choreographic work : Wilson)

Race travels (Choreographic work)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7038