| Sam Sloan 2005-10-29, 7:33 pm |
| The next three episodes of the Sam Sloan TV Show will feature fabulous
dance performances.
Since my show is generally about varieties of chess and go, you may
wonder why I have dancing on my show.
What happened is that my wife, who does not dance, works as a
bookkeeper for a Japanese Dance School. One of her co-workers asked me
to bring my TV camera to record her performance. By coincidence, I had
reserved the TV camera for that day, so I brought it to the
performance.
I thought that as a favor I would just be recording the dance of the
girl herself. I had no idea that the girl herself would not even be
dancing. She was one of the six choreographers and this was a major
production featuring 51 dancers, new original dance sequences, new
original music, and all of it put together and performed by recent
graduates of the Purchase Conservatory of Dance at the State
University of New York at Purchase.
I recorded the entire performance, 3.5 hours of taping. There were two
other TV cameras there brought by other media, but neither of them
were set up or working properly. They had also hired a professional
videographer but he had botched the job. Although the performance was
reported by the New York Times, the Village Voice and other media, I
was the only one with a working camera there and thus only I have a
record of these fabulous dance performances.
I have just finished spending more than 40 hours of editing time in
the BCAT TV editing room and have cut it down to exactly two hours and
one minute. I am releasing these performances on DVD next week.
http://www.samsloan.com/reverb.htm
I am showing the entire seven performances including all 51 dancers on
the Sam Sloan TV Show
This performance is being broadcast on BCAT, Brooklyn Community Access
Television, in three parts.
Part One is the performances choreographed by Sidra Bell and by Ayako
Kurakake. It was broadcast on Channel 67 and Channel 34 in Brooklyn on
Monday, October 24, at 3:30 PM.
Part Two will be the performances choreographed by Kate Hutter and by
Ofelia Loret de Mola with an introduction by Sidra Bell. It will be
broadcast on Monday, October 31 at 3:30 PM New York time.
Part Three will be the performances choreographed by Lane Gifford and
by Nelly van Bommel plus the duet by Kate Hutter. It will be broadcast
on Monday, November 7 at 3:30 PM New York time.
These performances can be viewed in Brooklyn only on Channel 67 or
Channel 34 on The Sam Sloan Show. Internet viewers can see them at
that time only on http://www.bcat.tv/bcat by clicking on Channel One.
However, Internet viewers are warned to click on Channel One at least
15 minutes before show time because some computers may require a new
download or software upgrade before the shows can be seen.
A DVD of the entire two hour performance plus interviews of four of
the dancers can be ordered here.
http://www.ishipress.com/orderbooks.htm
The DVD is now in production and is expected to be released no later
than November 10. Publisher of this DVD is Ishi Press International.
ISBN 092389165X
Choreographers are:
Ayako Kurakake, Ofelia Loret de Mola, Kate Hutter, Lane Gifford, Nelly
van Bommel and Sidra Bell.
Performed October 8, 2005
At Joan Weill Center for Dance
Alvin Ailey Studios NYC
405 West 55th Street
New York NY 10019
Dancers:
Leah Adler
Ruth Anselm
Erin Bellis
Sam Black
Sarah Rose Bodley
Indah Boyle
Peter Chamberlin
Sarah Chiesa
Colleen Cintron
Jessica Cook
Jeff Crumrine
Marie Doherty
Gregory Dolbashian
Brittany Dreher
Elizabeth Edwards
Molly Gawler
Katie Griffler
Jon Guymon
Enrique Guzman Torres
Kattie Hunter
Alexandra Johnson
Jakee Malik Johnson
Julie Johnson
Allison Jones
Masumi Kishimoto
Brigette Koepke
Naomi Luppescu
Meredith Lynn-Oliveri
Miranda Lyon
Emilio Martinez
Dexandro Montalvo
Jeremy Nedd
Amber Lee Parker
Shamel Pitts
Sonia Portugal
Emily Quant
Davon Rainey
Kana Sato
Annika Scheaff
Stuart Singer
Carmen Smith
Renee Smith
Shakirah Stewart
Lucile Trouttet
Nana Tsuda
Emily Vetsch
Nate Yaffe
Partick Welsh
Kevin Williamson
Rebecca Woods
Sam Sloan
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