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Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company, 1983 May 15

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Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company, 1983 May 15
Additional title: Riverside Dance Festival
Additional title: Jerry Ames Archive
Additional title: Tapists (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Mood Espagnol (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Slip and slide (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Swingin' (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Baroque tapestry (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Plus three (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Sound footing (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: American Irish jig (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Currents (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Softly (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Fingers and the feet (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Tapper's waltz (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Ramblin' rhythm (Choreographic work : Ames)
Additional title: Steppin' out (Choreographic work : Ames)
Names
Ames, Jerry (Choreographer)
Ames, Jerry (Dancer)
Ames, Jerry (Singer)
Altman, Marcia (Dancer)
Luthern, Lenore (Dancer)
Orrach, Joe (Dancer)
Perri, Laraine (Dancer)
Peters, Anthony (Dancer)
Wawro, Cheryl (Dancer)
Barnes, Rolf (Performer)
Barnes, Rolf (Musical director)
Link, Gordon (Lighting designer)
Link, Gordon (Stage manager)
Guerra, Jesse (Costume designer)
Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company (Dancer)
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Jerry Ames Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983-05-15
Table of Contents
Reel 1 (Tape #1) (60 min.). The Tapists (3 min.) / music, typewriter sounds ; dancers, Laraine Perri, Lenore Luthern, Cheryl Wawro -- Mood Espagnol (2 min.) / music, Siboney ; dancer, Jerry Ames -- Slip and Slide (3 min.) / music, Sandpaper Ballet ; dancers, Anthony Peters, Cheryl Wawro, Lenore Luthern, Laraine Perri, Joe Orrach, Marcia Altman -- Swingin' (4 min.) / music, Blues in B Flat ; dancer, Jerry Ames -- Baroque Tapestry (5 min.) / music, Bach's Italian Concerto ; dancers, Marcia Altman, Laraine Perri, Cheryl Wawro, Lenore Luthern -- Plus Three (3 min.) / music, Cute and Crazy Rhythm ; dancers, Jerry Ames, Anthony Peters, Joe Orrach -- Sound Footing (5 min.) / music, Big Noise from Winnetka ; dancers, Jerry Ames, Anthony Peters, Lenore Luthern, Laraine Perri -- Rodgers and Hart Medley (8 min.) / musicians, Rolf Barnes Trio -- An American Irish Jig (4 min.) / music, The Irish Washerwoman ; dancers, Cheryl Wawro, Joe Orrach, Lenore Luthern, Anthony Peters, Marcia Altman, Laraine Perri -- Intermission -- Currents (11 min.) / music, A Capella ; dancers, Joe Orrach, Cheryl Wawro, Laraine Perri, Anthony Peters, Marcia Altman, Lenore Luthern -- Softly (4 min.) / music, The Old Soft Shoe Old Folks at Home ; dancer, Jerry Ames -- Sides of Sondheim (approximately 7 min.) / musicians, Rolf Barnes Trio -- The Fingers and the Feet (Improvisation) [beginning, ends abruptly] (1 min.) / musicians, Rolf Barnes Trio ; dancer singer, Jerry Ames. |||| Reel 2 (Tape #2) (17 min.). The Fingers and the Feet (Improvisation) [conclusion] (7 min.) / musicians, Rolf Barnes Trio ; dancer singer, Jerry Ames -- Tapper's Waltz (4 min.) / music, Real Live Girl ; dancers singers, Anthony Peters, Laraine Perri, Joe Orrach, Lenore Luthern -- Ramblin' Rhythm (2 min.) / music, Yankee Mambo ; dancers, Jerry Ames and Marcia Altman -- Steppin' Out (4 min.) / music, Give My Regards to Broadway ; dancers, Entire Company.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2090
Topics
Tap dancing
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: choreography by Jerry Ames ; presented by The Riverside Dance Festival.
Creation/production credits: Choreography, Jerry Ames ; musical director, Rolf Barnes ; lighting design & stage manager, Gordon Link ; costumes, Jesse Guerra.
Performers: The Company, Marcia Altman, Jerry Ames, Leonre Luthern, Joe Orrach, Karaine Perri, Anthony Peters, Cheryl Wawro.
Venue: Videotaped during performance at Riverside Church theater, New York, N.Y., 1983 May 15.
Acquisition: Gift; donated by Estate of Jerry Ames, 2011.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (77 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 940565309
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20903410
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cb4891f0-72c9-0134-666c-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company, 1983 May 15" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/235b95b0-a964-0133-9dac-60f81dd2b63c

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company, 1983 May 15" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/235b95b0-a964-0133-9dac-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1983). Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company, 1983 May 15 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/235b95b0-a964-0133-9dac-60f81dd2b63c

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Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company, 1983 May 15