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Riverside Dance Festival, A Reel One-Five

Title: Riverside Dance Festival, 1980: A Reel One-Five / choreography, Bertram Ross ; dancers, Bertram Ross Dance Company.
Publication: 1980.

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Description

5 streaming video files (111 min.) : sound, black and white.

Uniform Title

Vanya: Three pastels (Choreographic work : Ross)
Rencounters (Choreographic work : Ross)
Ceremony (Choreographic work : Ross)
Threads (Choreographic work : Ross)
Departures and endings (Choreographic work : Ross)
Dear friend and gentle heart (Choreographic work : Ross)

Alternative Title

Bertram Ross Video Archive.

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Title from the Riverside Dance Festival 1980 program in the Dance Division's *MGZB Bertram Ross Dance Company [Programs].
The A in the subtitle and content notes refers to Program A.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Choreographer/artistic director, Bertram Ross ; lighting designer, John Gisondi ; stage manager, Frank Davis.

Source (note)

William Prensky;

Contents

[Program] A, Reel One (31 min.). Vanya: Three Pastels (premiere) (10 min.) / piano, John Wallowitch ; text, Anton Chekov (Uncle Vanya) ; costume & performance by Bertram Ross -- Rencounters (1978) (21 min.) / music, Frank Martin ; costumes, Rita Weissman ; dancers, Cheryl Bell, Heather Campbell, Moss Cohen, Ellen Ducker, Hilary Easton, Stephanie Gross, Anthony Morgan, Paula Odellas, Rebecca West.
[Program] A, Reel Two (26 min.). Ceremony (1979) (9 min.) / music, David Sapperstein ; costumes, Rita Weissman ; dancers, Anthony Morgan, Paula Odellas, Christer Uhre, Christopher Yeatman -- Threads (premiere, to Joyce Trisler) (17 min.) / music, John Wallowitch (premiere) ; costumes, Miriam Ellner ; set, Alan Alpert ; dancers, Ellen Ducker, Bertram Ross, Mark Rubin.
[Program] A, Reel Three (14 min.). Departures and Endings (1979) / music, David Walker ; dancers, Cheryl Bell, Heather Campbell, Moss Cohen, Stephanie Gross, Anthony Morgan, Richard Moss, Paula Odellas, Rebecca West.
[Program] A, Reel Four (approximately 33 min.). Dear Friend and Gentle Heart (premiere) [beginning] / music, collage of songs and writings by or about Stephen Foster by Bertram Ross and Brooks Williams with the assistance of Eve Saint John (Soprano), Wade Williams (Baritone), and John Wallowitch (Pianist) ; costumes, Karen Eister ; masks, Philip Matsu ; sets, Karen Eister ; cast, Stephen Foster, Family, Friends and Strangers ; dancers, Cheryl Bell, Heather Campbell, Moss Cohen, Ellen Ducker, Hilary Easton, Stephanie Gross, Anthony Morgan, Richard Moss, Christer Uhre, Rebecca West, Tony Westwood, Christopher Yeatman with Mark Rubin (as Stephen Collins Foster).
[Program] A, Reel Five (7 min.). Dear Friend and Gentle Heart (premiere) [conclusion] / music, Collage of songs and writings by or about Stephen Foster by Bertram Ross and Brooks Williams with the assistance of Eve Saint John (Soprano), Wade Williams (Baritone), and John Wallowitch (Pianist) ; costumes, Karen Eister ; masks, Philip Matsu ; sets, Karen Eister ; cast, Stephen Foster, Family, Friends and Strangers ; dancers, Cheryl Bell, Heather Campbell, Moss Cohen, Ellen Ducker, Hilary Easton, Stephanie Gross, Anthony Morgan, Richard Moss, Christer Uhre, Rebecca West, Tony Westwood, Christopher Yeatman with Mark Rubin (as Stephen Collins Foster).

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2692

OCLC

942638821

Title

Riverside Dance Festival, 1980: A Reel One-Five / choreography, Bertram Ross ; dancers, Bertram Ross Dance Company.

Production

1980.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

video

Type of Carrier

online resource

Original Version

Original format: 5 open reels ; 1/2 in.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits

Choreographer/artistic director, Bertram Ross ; lighting designer, John Gisondi ; stage manager, Frank Davis.

Performer

Dancers, The Bertram Ross Dance Company: Cheryl Bell, Heather Campbell, Moss Cohen, Ellen Ducker, Hilary Easton, Miriam Ellner, Stephanie Gross, Anthony Morgan, Richard Moss, Paula Odellas, Mark Rubin, Christer Uhre, Rebecca West, Tony Westwood, Christopher Yeatman.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Theatre of the Riverside Church, New York, N.Y., 1980 May 28-June 1.

Source

Gift; William Prensky; 2009.

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Added Author

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, choreographer.

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, artistic director.

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, dancer.

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, author of dialog.

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003, costume designer.

Martin, Frank, 1890-1974, composer.

Weissman, Rita, costume designer.

Sapperstein, David, composer.

Ellner, Miriam, costume desiger.

Alpert, Alan, set designer.

Walker, David T., composer.

Williams, Brooks, author of dialog.

Eister, Karen, costume designer.

Matsu, Philip, designer.

Eister, Karen, set designer.

Wallowitch, John, performer.

Bell, Cheryl, 1947- dancer.

Campbell, Heather, dancer.

Cohen, Moss, dancer.

Ducker, Ellen, dancer.

Easton, Hilary, dancer.

Ellner, Miriam, dancer.

Gross, Stephanie, dancer.

Morgan, Anthony, dancer.

Moss, Richard, dancer.

Odellas, Paula, dancer.

Rubin, Mark, dancer.

Uhre, Christer, dancer.

West, Rebecca, dancer.

Westwood, Tony, dancer.

Yeatman, Christopher, dancer.

Gisondi, John, lighting designer.

Davis, Frank, stage manager.

Bertram Ross and Company, dancers.

Riverside Dance Festival, presenter.

Prensky, William, donor.

Added Title

Container of (work): Vanya: Three pastels (Choreographic work : Ross)

Container of (work): Rencounters (Choreographic work : Ross)

Container of (work): Ceremony (Choreographic work : Ross)

Container of (work): Threads (Choreographic work : Ross)

Container of (work): Departures and endings (Choreographic work : Ross)

Container of (work): Dear friend and gentle heart (Choreographic work : Ross)

Bertram Ross Video Archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2692

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