Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Corey, Rita
2. Corey, Rita.
3. Hiltermann, Bob
4. Chevy, Ed
5. Mason, Lynn
6. Laird, Scott.
7. Brecker, Candace.
8. Cole, Janis.
9. Harris, Janet.
10. Prevor, Beth.
11. Pasqualetti, John
12. Pierce, Crispin
13. Bo Diddley, 1928-2008.
14. Martin, Janis, 1940-
15. Musign Theatre Company.
16. Hands On (Organization)
17. Alice Cooper (Musical group)
18. Blasters (Musical group)
19. Nazareth (Musical group)
20. Wall of Voodoo (Musical group)
21. B-52's (Musical group)
22. Devo (Musical group)
23. Champs (Musical group)
24. Flash Cadillac (Musical group)
25. Sha Na Na (Musical group)
26. Danny & the Juniors.
27. Dance Theater Workshop.
28. Video D Studios.

Description

1. 3 videodiscs (NTSC) (122 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Dance theater works by a company of deaf performers working in music, dance, and American Sign Language. Members of Hands On, a producer of sign-interpreted performances, join the cast for a discussion (much of it in American Sign Language) with the audience at the end of cassette 2. Hands On staff: Candace Brecker, Janis Cole, Janet Harris, and Beth Prevor.

Alternative title

1. New ventures

Subject

1. Deaf > Means of communication
2. Sign-interpreted performances
3. Sign language
4. Dance
5. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Disc 1 (38 min.): Good vibrations: Hello hooray / music, Alice Cooper -- What I should've done tonight / music, Musical Chair -- I'm shakin' / music, Blasters -- Love hurts / music, Nazareth -- Nothing / music, excerpt from A chorus line -- Main title / music, Silent movie -- On Interstate 15 / music, Wall of Voodoo -- Be good Johnny / music, Men at work -- Butterbean / music, B52's -- That's good / music, Devo.
2. Disc 2 (45 min.): Burnin' rubber II (30 min.): Say man / music, Bo Diddley -- Train to nowhere / contributing choreographer, John Pasqualetti ; music, The Champs -- My boy Elvis / music, Janis Martin -- Up on the mountain / music, Flash Cadillac -- Tell him no / music, Flash Cadillac -- Chantilly lace / music, Sha Na Na -- At the hop / contributing choreographer, Crispin Pierce ; music, Danny and the Juniors -- Lover never say goodbye / music, Sha Na Na -- Rock 'n' roll is here to stay / music, Sha Na Na -- Discussion (15 min.).
3. Disc 3 (38 min.): Same program as disc 1.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2683

Note

1. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop during the Winter Events 1984.
2. The butterbean and the blockhead in Silent movie performed by Lynn Mason.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting, Scott Laird.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped by Video D Studios for the Dance/Video Access project at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, in performance on April 18 (?), 1984 (cassettes 1 and 2), and in dress rehearsal, under work lights, on April 9, 1984 (cassette 3).

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Musign [videorecording] / choreography/direction, Rita Corey.

Imprint

1. 1984.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Lighting, Scott Laird.

Performer

1. Performed by Musign: Rita Corey, Bob Hiltermann, and Ed Chevy, with Lynn Mason.

Event

1. Videotaped by Video D Studios for the Dance/Video Access project at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, in performance on April 18 (?), 1984 (cassettes 1 and 2), and in dress rehearsal, under work lights, on April 9, 1984 (cassette 3).

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3832.

Local subject

1. Sign-interpreted performances.

Added author

1. Corey, Rita, dancer.
2. Corey, Rita, choreographer.
3. Corey, Rita. Director
4. Hiltermann, Bob, dancer.
5. Chevy, Ed, dancer.
6. Mason, Lynn, dancer.
7. Laird, Scott. Lighting designer
8. Brecker, Candace.
9. Cole, Janis.
10. Harris, Janet.
11. Prevor, Beth.
12. Pasqualetti, John, choreographer.
13. Pierce, Crispin, choreographer.
14. Bo Diddley, 1928-2008. Composer
15. Martin, Janis, 1940- Composer
16. Musign Theatre Company.
17. Hands On (Organization)
18. Alice Cooper (Musical group)
19. Blasters (Musical group)
20. Nazareth (Musical group)
21. Wall of Voodoo (Musical group)
22. B-52's (Musical group)
23. Devo (Musical group)
24. Champs (Musical group)
25. Flash Cadillac (Musical group)
26. Sha Na Na (Musical group)
27. Danny & the Juniors.
28. Dance Theater Workshop.
29. Video D Studios.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-2683