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The Boston Premiere of Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin : The Promised Land

Title: The Boston Premiere of Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin : The Promised Land, 1991 May 05 / Dance Umbrella's Jeremy Alliger, Director ; Choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill ; text by R. Justice Allen, Ann T. Greene, Estella Jones, Heidi Latsky, and Sojourner Truth ; set and costumes by Huck Snyder ; lighting design by Robert Wierzel.
Publication: 1991.

Details

Additional Authors

Description

1 online resource (1 video file (78 min., 00 sec.)) : sound, color

Summary

A videorecording of the stage performance Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin recorded at Boston's Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre.

Uniform Title

Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin/The promised land (Choreographic work : Jones)

Alternative Title

Boston Rehearsal

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Title and date from original physical media.
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Dance Umbrella's Jeremy Alliger, Director ; Choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill ; text by R. Justice Allen, Ann T. Greene, Estella Jones, Heidi Latsky, and Sojourner Truth ; set and costumes by Huck Snyder ; lighting design by Robert Wierzel.

Performer (note)

Presented by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Co. : Bill T. Jones, Arthur Aviles, Leonard Cruz, Sean Curran, Lawrence Goldhuber, Gregg Hubbard, Heidi Latsky, Betsy McCracken, Maya Saffrin, Andrea E. Woods Valdés, R. Justice Allen, John Cowles, Sage Cowles, Niles Ford, Andrea E. Smith, and Estella Jones.
Community participants in the final act "The Promised Land" : Marianne Anner, Maya Apfelbaum, Scott F. Arliss, Demitrios Athens, Ted Bale, Tahia Bell, Lisa Bonomini, Helena Chang, Peter J. Chefalo, Deborah P. Coconis, Joise 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 Shedd, Thea Singer, Clark G, Smith, Emiko Tamagawa, Darla Villani, Lansing Wagner, Greg Weithman, Dara Wishingrad, George Whiteside, The Episcopal Chaplain of Harvard and Radcliffe Reverend G. Stewart Burns.

Event (note)

Recorded on May 2, 1991.

OCLC

1464273101

Title

The Boston Premiere of Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin : The Promised Land, 1991 May 05 / Dance Umbrella's Jeremy Alliger, Director ; Choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill ; text by R. Justice Allen, Ann T. Greene, Estella Jones, Heidi Latsky, and Sojourner Truth ; set and costumes by Huck Snyder ; lighting design by Robert Wierzel.

Production

1991.

Country of Producing Entity

United States

Playing Time

011800

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Credits

Dance Umbrella's Jeremy Alliger, Director ; Choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones ; music composed by Julius Hemphill ; text by R. Justice Allen, Ann T. Greene, Estella Jones, Heidi Latsky, and Sojourner Truth ; set and costumes by Huck Snyder ; lighting design by Robert Wierzel.

Cast

Presented by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Co. : Bill T. Jones, Arthur Aviles, Leonard Cruz, Sean Curran, Lawrence Goldhuber, Gregg Hubbard, Heidi Latsky, Betsy McCracken, Maya Saffrin, Andrea E. Woods Valdés, R. Justice Allen, John Cowles, Sage Cowles, Niles Ford, Andrea E. Smith, and Estella Jones.

Community participants in the final act "The Promised Land" : Marianne Anner, Maya Apfelbaum, Scott F. Arliss, Demitrios Athens, Ted Bale, Tahia Bell, Lisa Bonomini, Helena Chang, Peter J. Chefalo, Deborah P. Coconis, Joise 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 Shedd, Thea Singer, Clark G, Smith, Emiko Tamagawa, Darla Villani, Lansing Wagner, Greg Weithman, Dara Wishingrad, George Whiteside, The Episcopal Chaplain of Harvard and Radcliffe Reverend G. Stewart Burns.

Event

Recorded on May 2, 1991.

Original Version

Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): The Boston Premiere of Last Upper at Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Promised Land, 1991. 1 videocassette (78 min., 00 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. (SPEC AMI ID)321877

Local Note

Dance company identifier on original item label: P91522

Added Author

Jones, Bill T., dancer, director.

Aviles, Arthur, dancer.

Cruz, Leonard, dancer.

Curran, Sean, dancer.

Goldhuber, Lawrence, dancer.

Hubbard, Gregg, dancer.

Latsky, Heidi, dancer.

McCracken, Betsy, dancer.

Saffrin, Maya, dancer.

Woods Valdés, Andrea E., dancer.

Allen, R. Justice, contributor.

Cowles, John, 1929-2012, contributor.

Cowles, Sage, contributor.

Ford, Niles, contributor.

Smith, Andrea E., dancer.

Jones, Estella, special guest speaker.

Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883, contributor.

Hemphill, Julius, composer.

Berger, Kenny, musician.

Carter, James, 1969- musician.

Ehrlich, Marty, musician.

Grubbs, Carl, musician.

Snyder, Huck, set designer, costumer designer.

Wierzel, Robert, light designer.

White, Andrew, 1942- musician.

Julius Hemphill Sextet, musician.

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

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

New England Foundation for the Arts, sponsoring body.

Peter Benjamin Productions, production company.

Dance Umbrella (Concert series : Boston, Mass.)

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

Added Title

Last supper at Uncle Tom's cabin/The promised land (Choreographic work : Jones)

Related To

Music for (work): Jones, Bill T. Last supper at uncle tom's cabin/The promised land.

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