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BTJAZDC : performance and Q and A

Title: BTJAZDC : performance and Q and A, June 17, 2005 / performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at Aaron Davis Hall in New York, NY ; choreography by Bill T. Jones.
Publication: 2005.

Details

Additional Authors

Found In

Contained in (manifestation): Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company records.

Description

3 online resources (3 video files (144 min., 12 sec.)) : sound, color

Summary

A video recording of a stage performance of Blind date, and Reading, mercy and the artificial nigger by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at Aaron Davis Hall in New York, NY on June 17, 2005. Before the performance, there is a short introduction to the evening's performance. Following the performance, there is a question and answer session with the company members. The entire event was originally captured over three videocassettes.

Uniform Title

Reading, mercy and the artificial nigger (Choreographic work : Jones)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Title and date from original videocassette labels.
Production credits from the event program in the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company records dated June 16-18, 2005.
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

Performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Asli Bulbul, Catherine Cabeen, Leah Cox, Maija Garcia, Shaneeka Harrell, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Wen-Chung Lin, Malcolm Low, Erick Montes, Gaetan Pettigrew, Charles Scott, Donald C. Shorter Jr, and Stuart Singer ; guest musicians: Brett O'Mara, Jessie Reagen, and Daniel Bernard Roumain ; special guest artists: Stephanie Berry, Carl Hancock Rux, and Andrea Smith.

Event (note)

Recorded at Aaron Davis Hall in New York, NY on June 17, 2005.

Contents

File 1. Blind date / choreography by Bill T. Jones ; original music composed and performed by Daniel Bernard Roumain ; additional music by Akim Funk Buddha (Throat singing, percussion) and Neel Mugari (Throat singing, sitar) ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach Violin sonata no.1 in G minor, BWV 1001: fugue and adagio ; recorded performances by Gidon Kremer (violin) and Nurit Pacht (violin) ; Mrs. McGrath 1815 traditional Irish folk song ; original text by Bill T. Jones, Andrea Smith, and The Company ; sets by Bjorn G. Amelan ; costumes by Liz Prince ; lighting by Robert Wierzel ; projection by Peter Nigrini ; danced by Bill T. Jones, Andrea Smith, and The Company (starts at 03:10, 58 min.) -- File 2. Blind date [continued from cassette 1] / (starts at 00:14, 5 min.) -- Reading, mercy and the artificial nigger / choreography by Bill T. Jones ; based on The artificial nigger, a short story by Flannery O'Connor ; reading by Stephanie Berry and Carl Hancock Rux ; music by Daniel Bernard Roumain ; music performed by Brett O'Mara (violin), Jessie Reagan (cello), and Daniel Bernard Roumain (piano) ; sets by Bjorn G. Amelan ; costumes by Liz Prince ; lighting by Robert Wierzel ; video directed by Gregory Bain and edited by Leonard Eisenberg ; danced by Asli Bulbul, Catherine Cabeen, Leah Cox, Shaneeka Harrell, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Wen-Chung Lin, Malcolm Low, Erick Montes, Gaetan Pettigrew, and Donald C. Shorter Jr. (starts at 06:30, 45 min.) -- File 3. Question and answer session featuring Bill T. Jones and the members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

OCLC

1430211478

Title

BTJAZDC : performance and Q and A, June 17, 2005 / performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at Aaron Davis Hall in New York, NY ; choreography by Bill T. Jones.

Production

2005.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

010219 005500 002653

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Cast

Performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Asli Bulbul, Catherine Cabeen, Leah Cox, Maija Garcia, Shaneeka Harrell, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Wen-Chung Lin, Malcolm Low, Erick Montes, Gaetan Pettigrew, Charles Scott, Donald C. Shorter Jr, and Stuart Singer ; guest musicians: Brett O'Mara, Jessie Reagen, and Daniel Bernard Roumain ; special guest artists: Stephanie Berry, Carl Hancock Rux, and Andrea Smith.

Event

Recorded at Aaron Davis Hall in New York, NY on June 17, 2005.

Original Version

Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): BTJAZDC : performance and Q and A, 2005. 3 videocassettes (144 min., 12 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)322695 (SPEC AMI ID)322696 (SPEC AMI ID)322694

Added Author

Choreography (work): Jones, Bill T. Blind date.

Music (work): Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 1. Adagio.

Music (work): Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Sonata, no. 1. Fuga.

Amelan, Bjorn G., 1955- set designer.

Prince, Liz, 1961- costume designer.

Wierzel, Robert, lighting designer.

Nigrini, Peter, designer.

Kremer, Gidon, 1947- performer.

Pacht, Nurit, performer.

Berry, Stephanie, performer.

Rux, Carl Hancock, performer.

O'Mara, Brett, performer.

Reagan, Jessie, performer.

Bain, Gregory L, director.

Eisenberg, Leonard J., artist.

Roumain, Daniel Bernard, composer, performer.

Jones, Bill T., choreographer, performer.

Smith, Andrea E., performer.

Bulbul, Asli, dancer.

Cabeen, Catherine, dancer.

Cox, Leah (Dancer), dancer.

Garcia, Maija, dancer.

Harrell, Shaneeka, dancer.

Jackson, Ayo Janeen, dancer.

Lin, Wen-Chung (Dancer), dancer.

Low, Malcolm (Dancer), dancer.

Montes, Erick, dancer.

Pettigrew, Gaetan, dancer.

Scott, Charles (Dancer), dancer.

Shorter, Donald C., Jr., dancer.

Singer, Stuart, dancer.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, dancer.

Aaron Davis Hall (New York, N.Y.), event place.

Original physical media: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company, donor.

Added Title

Choreography (work): Reading, mercy and the artificial nigger (Choreographic work : Jones)

Found In:

Contained in (manifestation): Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company records.

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