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Boston Jazz Tap Festival 1990/Dance Umbrella / Jeremy Alliger [festival]
- Title
- Boston Jazz Tap Festival 1990/Dance Umbrella [Festival]
- Performer
- Alliger, Jeremy
- Published/Created
- 1990-05-28
- Genre
- Festival
- Venue
- Abstract
- Boston, MA.
May 28-June 10, 1990 Dance Umbrella Jazz Tap Festival 1990. Produced by Jeremy Alliger's Dance Umbrella, a two-week celebration of the art of jazz tap dance. Including performances, demonstrations and workshops, films, pre-performance lectures, and choreographic premieres.
(June 1-2) New Tap/New Directions (Emerson Majestic Theatre)
Performers: Lynn Dally's Jazz Tap Ensemble (Lynn Dally, Sam Weber, Mark Mendonca, Eric Von Essen, Jeff Colella, Jerry Kalaf) Anita Feldman with Gary Schall, Savion Glover, Josh Hilberman, Pamela Raff, Rhythm Spasm with Julia Boynton and Brian Jones, Shoehorn
(June 8-9) The Great Tap Reunion (Boston Opera House)
Performers: Charles Honi Coles (Master of Ceremonies), Brenda Bufalino, James Buster Brown, Steve Condos, Savion Glover, Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, Sarah Petronio, LaVaughan Robinson, Jimmy Slyde. All-Star Jazz Trio (Major Quincey Holley, Jr., Bross Townsend, Walter L. Bolden)
The program also included the premieres of two new works created during the residency at Dance Umbrella's 1990 Jazz Tap Festival.
Cole's Cuts (world premiere) Choreography: Charles Honi Coles
Asst. to Chor.: James Buster Brown
Music: Shiny Stockings (Count Basie)
Daners: Charon Aldredge, Ira Bernstein, Sherry Eyster Brandt, Liz Fortner, Jeanette Frame, Dirk Hagemann, Megan Haungs, Jos Hilberman, Renee Kreithen, Gene Medler, Manuela Rugner-Collins, Rob Salafia, and Eric Stewart
New Tap Generation(s) (world premiere)
Choreography: Savion Glover
Dance Captain/Asst. Choreographer: Barbara Duffy
Music: "Jazz Corner of the world" and "Birdland" from the album Back On the block, arranged and produced by Quincy Jones.
Dancers: Charon Aldredge, James Beasley, Cynthia Beckford, Jennifer Brody, Tyheesha Collins, Cheri Condon, Jennifer DeChristoforo, Lynn Denekamp, Barbara Duffy, Jean Fielder, Kim Geary, Derick Grant, Sherice Grant, Tasha Hairston, Khalid Hill, Amanda Newton, Nakia Odom, Sterling Ramsey, Aaron Tolson, Amy Whitcher: twenty young dancers in this Glover's choreographic premiere "New Tap Generation(s)" represents Savion Glover's choreographic debut. Commissioned by Dance Umbrella, Boston and Dancing in the Streets with funds from the Ford Foundation.
- Source
- Hill, Constance Valis: Constance Valis Hill, personal collection of tap dance materials. ().
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