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On Fire with African Dance : Cultural Exchange through Ancestors, Inspiration, and Grace

Title
On Fire with African Dance : Cultural Exchange through Ancestors, Inspiration, and Grace / a presentation by Ronald K. Brown/Evidence with Arcell Cabuag, Otis Donovan Herring, Annique S. Roberts, Clarice Young ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Publication
2013.

Available Online

NYPL Digital Collections

Details

Additional Authors
  • Brown, Ronald K., 1966-
  • Cabuag, Arcell
  • Herring, Otis Donovan
  • Roberts, Annique
  • Young, Clarice
  • Schmidt, Jan, 1948-
  • Penn, Robert E.
  • Evidence Dance Company.
  • Robert Penn Productions.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Description
1 streaming video file (approximately 66 min.) : sound, color; H.264 file.
Summary
Ronald K. Brown discusses his dance background and childhood; Brown and dancers talk about their trips to Africa, Brown discusses how African dance is incorporated into his choreography, and the discussion is interspersed with video footage.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
  • Panel discussions.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Introduced by Jan Schmidt (Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division).
  • Widescreen.
  • Video played during presentation courtesy of Evidence, A Dance Company.
  • A series of free public programs on African dance presented by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division with The Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Credits (note)
  • Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Funding (note)
  • Recording made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Contents
Introduction (26 min.) / speakers, Jan Schmidt and Ronald K. Brown -- Panel (approximately 40 min.) / panelist: Ronald K. Brown with Archell Cabuag, Otis Donovan Herring, Annique S. Roberts, Clarice Young.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1329
OCLC
846501244
Title
On Fire with African Dance : Cultural Exchange through Ancestors, Inspiration, and Grace / a presentation by Ronald K. Brown/Evidence with Arcell Cabuag, Otis Donovan Herring, Annique S. Roberts, Clarice Young ; presented by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Production
2013.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file streaming H.264
Series
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image original documentation
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on 2013 April 4
Performer
Speakers, Jan Schmidt and Ronald K. Brown.
Panel: Ronald K. Brown/Evidence with Archell Cabuag, Otis Donovan Herring, Annique S. Roberts, Clarice Young.
Credits
Videography production, Robert Penn Productions ; producer, Robert Penn ; director of photography, Jonathan Weaver ; editor, Robert Penn.
Funding
Recording made possible by the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- choreographer.
Brown, Ronald K., 1966- speaker.
Cabuag, Arcell, speaker.
Herring, Otis Donovan, speaker.
Roberts, Annique, speaker.
Young, Clarice, speaker.
Schmidt, Jan, 1948- speaker.
Penn, Robert E., videographer.
Penn, Robert E., editor.
Evidence Dance Company.
Robert Penn Productions.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1329
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