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> 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