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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Co. in the Boston premiere of : Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin "The promised land"

Title: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Co. in the Boston premiere of : Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin "The promised land", May 2, 1991 / [presented by] Dance Umbrella ; choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill.
Publication: 1991.

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Found In

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

Description

2 online resources (2 video files (163 min., 55 sec.)) : sound, color

Summary

A video recording of a stage performance of Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin/The promised land by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts on May 2, 1991. The entire performance was originally captured over two videocassettes.

Alternative Title

Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin Boston rehearsal
Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin: Faith/The promised land Dance Umbrella, London

Genre/Form

Filmed performances.

Note

This performance was made possible, in part, by generous support from the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Videotaped by Peter Benjamin Productions.
Choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill ; music performed live by The Julius Hemphill Sextet ; sets and costumes designed by Huck Snyder ; lighting design by Robert Wierzel.

Performer (note)

Performed by: Bill T. Jones, Arthur Aviles, Leonard Cruz, Sean Curran, Lawrence Goldhuber, Greg Hubbard, Heidi Latsky, Betsy McCracken, Maya Saffrin, Andrea Woods ; Guest artists: R. Justice Allen, John Cowles, Sage Cowles, Niles Ford, Andrea E. Smith ; The Julius Hemphill Sextet: Julius Hemphill, Kenny Berger, James Carter, Marty Ehrlich, Carl Grubbs, Andrew White ; Special guest speaker: Estella Jones ; Community participants in the final act "The promised land": Marianna Anner, Maya Apfelbaum, Scott F. Arliss, Demitrios Athens, Ted Bale, Tahia Bell, Lisa Bonomini, Helena Chang, Peter J. Chefalo, Deborah P. Coconis, Josie Coyoc, Amy Crandall, Joelle Garfi, Tracey Goldberg, Stephen Gross, Michelle Hall, Stephen F. Houldsworth, Joseph Itz, Marianne Kowalski, Sandra Levitt, Keith Peter Maddy, Rick Mauran, Walter McLean, G. Blake Meike, Rolando Mercado, Sandy Migliaccio, Betty Milhendler, Jean Moncrieff, James Montalvo, Majorie Morgan, Samuel Young Parkinson, Ralph V. Parks, Sara Ray, Richard Rhiew, Marguerite Ro, Malaya Rucker, Emily Maria Schriebl, Michael Erik Selbst, Suzy Shedo, Thea Singer, Clark G. Smith, Emiko Tamagawa, Darla Villani, Lansing Wagner, Greg Weithman, Dara Wishingrad, George Whiteside and the Episcopal Chaplain of Harvard and Radcliffe Reverend G. Stewart Burns.

Event (note)

Recorded at Majestic Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts on May 2, 1991.

OCLC

NEW

Title

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Co. in the Boston premiere of : Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin "The promised land", May 2, 1991 / [presented by] Dance Umbrella ; choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill.

Production

1991.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

011800 012555

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Credits

Videotaped by Peter Benjamin Productions.

Choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill ; music performed live by The Julius Hemphill Sextet ; sets and costumes designed by Huck Snyder ; lighting design by Robert Wierzel.

Cast

Performed by: Bill T. Jones, Arthur Aviles, Leonard Cruz, Sean Curran, Lawrence Goldhuber, Greg Hubbard, Heidi Latsky, Betsy McCracken, Maya Saffrin, Andrea Woods ; Guest artists: R. Justice Allen, John Cowles, Sage Cowles, Niles Ford, Andrea E. Smith ; The Julius Hemphill Sextet: Julius Hemphill, Kenny Berger, James Carter, Marty Ehrlich, Carl Grubbs, Andrew White ; Special guest speaker: Estella Jones ; Community participants in the final act "The promised land": Marianna Anner, Maya Apfelbaum, Scott F. Arliss, Demitrios Athens, Ted Bale, Tahia Bell, Lisa Bonomini, Helena Chang, Peter J. Chefalo, Deborah P. Coconis, Josie Coyoc, Amy Crandall, Joelle Garfi, Tracey Goldberg, Stephen Gross, Michelle Hall, Stephen F. Houldsworth, Joseph Itz, Marianne Kowalski, Sandra Levitt, Keith Peter Maddy, Rick Mauran, Walter McLean, G. Blake Meike, Rolando Mercado, Sandy Migliaccio, Betty Milhendler, Jean Moncrieff, James Montalvo, Majorie Morgan, Samuel Young Parkinson, Ralph V. Parks, Sara Ray, Richard Rhiew, Marguerite Ro, Malaya Rucker, Emily Maria Schriebl, Michael Erik Selbst, Suzy Shedo, Thea Singer, Clark G. Smith, Emiko Tamagawa, Darla Villani, Lansing Wagner, Greg Weithman, Dara Wishingrad, George Whiteside and the Episcopal Chaplain of Harvard and Radcliffe Reverend G. Stewart Burns.

Event

Recorded at Majestic Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts on May 2, 1991.

Original Version

Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Co. in the Boston premiere of : Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin "The promised land", 1991. 2 videocassettes (163 min., 55 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)321877 (SPEC AMI ID)321875

Local Note

Dance company identifier on original item label: P91522, P9154

Added Author

Choreography (work): Jones, Bill T. Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin/The promised land.

Hemphill, Julius, composer, musician.

Snyder, Huck, set designer, costume designer.

Wierzel, Robert, lighting designer.

Jones, Bill T., director, performer.

Aviles, Arthur, dancer.

Cruz, Leonard, dancer.

Curran, Sean, dancer.

Goldhuber, Lawrence, dancer.

Hubbard, Greg, dancer.

Latsky, Heidi, dancer.

McCracken, Betsy, dancer.

Saffrin, Maya, dancer.

Woods, Andrea, dancer.

Allen, R. Justice, performer.

Cowles, John, performer.

Cowles, Sage, performer.

Ford, Niles, performer.

Smith, Andrea E., performer.

Jones, Estella, performer.

Anner, Marianna, performer.

Apfelbaum, Maya, performer.

Arliss, Scott F., performer.

Athens, Demitrios, performer.

Bale, Ted, performer.

Bell, Tahia, performer.

Bonomini, Lisa, performer.

Chang, Helena, performer.

Chefalo, Peter J., performer.

Coconis, Deborah P., performer.

Coyoc, Josie, performer.

Crandall, Amy, performer.

Garfi, Joelle, performer.

Goldberg, Tracey, performer.

Gross, Stephen, performer.

Hall, Michelle, performer.

Houldsworth, Stephen F., performer.

Itz, Joseph, performer.

Kowalski, Marianne, performer.

Levitt, Sandra, performer.

Maddy, Keith Peter, performer.

Mauran, Rick, performer.

McLean, Walter, performer.

Meike, G. Blake, performer.

Mercado, Rolando, performer.

Migliaccio, Sandy, performer.

Milhendler, Betty, performer.

Moncrieff, Jean, performer.

Montalvo, James, performer.

Morgan, Majorie, performer.

Parkinson, Samuel Young, performer.

Parks, Ralph V., performer.

Ray, Sara, performer.

Rhiew, Richard, performer.

Ro, Marguerite, performer.

Rucker, Malaya, performer.

Schriebl, Emily Maria, performer.

Selbst, Michael Erik, performer.

Shedo, Suzy, performer.

Singer, Thea, performer.

Smith, Clark G., performer.

Tamagawa, Emiko, performer.

Villani, Darla, performer.

Wagner, Lansing, performer.

Weithman, Greg, performer.

Wishingrad, Dara, performer.

Whiteside, George, performer.

Burns, G. Stewart, performer.

Berger, Kenny, musician.

Carter, James, musician.

Ehrlich, Marty, musician.

Grubbs, Carl, musician.

White, Andrew, musician.

Peter Benjamin Productions, filmmaker.

Julius Hemphill Sextet, musician.

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

Majestic Theatre (Boston, Mass.), event place.

Dance Umbrella, presenter.

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

Found In:

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

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