NTD Catalog

Folksay

Choreographer

Sophie Maslow
General Information

Dance ID

348

Year choreographed

1942

Premier

New Dance Group

Premier city

NULL

Premier state

NULL

Premier country

NULL

Premier date

March 10, 1942

Description of work

This is a delightful suite of dances each with the flavor of a different area and time — the Plains, the California 49’ers, a Brooklyn street, and so on. They reflect the choreographer’s belief in the essential goodness of ordinary folk.

Version staged by

Linda Grandey, Sophie Maslow

Running time

18:00

Running time comments

NULL

Style of Movement

Modern

ICKL Number

931

Status of score

Typewriter/LW

Pagination

xxxvii, 174

Level of Notation

Advanced

Score revised by

Score updated by

Notation checked by

NULL

Movement checked by

NULL

Certified by

NULL

Transcribed by

Gina Jacobs (2001) LW 3.2.4, Mira Kim (2003 ) LW 3.2.4, Mira Kim (2007) LW 3.2.4

Notator

K. Wright Dunkley

Year Notated

1972

Number of women

5

Number of minimum women

5

Number of men

4

Number of minimum men

4

Number of either gender

Number of minimum either gender

Number of soloist women

Number of soloist men

Number of soloist either gender

Number of principle women

Number of principle men

Number of principle either gender

total cast

11

Alternate cast

NULL

Additional cast

2 male folk singers (or 1 singer and 1 actor)

level of dancer

Professional

Dancers in staged version

Jean Goddard (Lucy Guerriero), Terry Writz (Audie Chang), Diane Salzberg, Kathleen Reilly (Shelley Ziebel), Lana Rouff (Cindy Ingraham), Alfred Wilson, Charles Scheinberg (Bob Vanek), Elise Passikoff (Mindy Landow)

Dancers in original version

Anneliese Widman, William Bales, Muriel Manings, Nina Caiserman, Billie Kirpich Irving Burton, Donald McKayle, Sophie Maslow, Alvin Beam

casting notes

The dancers do not need to keep the same letter throughout the work. More than nine dancers can be used. Each section should be cast with the best dancers for that section, rather than selecting just nine dancers to perform the entire work. No section should use more dancers than are scored

Costume Information

Costume sketches and information are provided with score

Lighting Information

Basic lighting information provided with score

Props Information

Set Information

Misc Production Information

NULL

Composers

Anonymous, Woody Guthrie: Arranged

Music Title

[Traditional]

Music Formats

Unmarked Score, Audiocassette, CD

Live Music Required

Yes

Music in Public Domain

Yes

Music right comments

NULL

Music availability offsite

NULL

Other music information

Permission for Education

Yes

Permission for education comments

NULL

Permission for Research

Yes

Permission for Research comments

NULL

Permission for Performance

Contact DNB

Permission for Performance Comments

Coaching is required

Dance in public domain

Copyright Information

Copyright 1977 by Sophie Maslow

Royalty fees

$

Royalty fees B

Licensing fees

$$$$

Licensing fees B

Archival score comment

Locate at OSU Library

DNB archival score available

Yes

archival score box level

Master Box 22

archival score condition

Excellent

archival revised score

Yes

archival revised score comments

NULL

Master copy available

Yes

Master copy comments

NULL

Archival offsite copy

Microfilms: NYPL Dance Division *ZBD-127 Reel 135//*ZZ-176176; OSU Special Collection Box 3-111, 111.2, Box 8-346, 347

Archival paybills

Programs

Archival photos

B&W Prints, CD-ROM

Archival papers

Correspondence

Press material

NULL

Moving picture format

VHS or PAL Video: The Ohio State University Dance Company, Sullivant Hall Theater, Columbus, Ohio, March 2, 1989. Staged by Odette Blum, VHS or PAL Video: Company and year unknown, VHS or PAL Video: Dubbed from reel to reel ca. February, 1990, VHS or PAL Video: [Note — In house use only] The New Dance Group Gala Concert, 1994, DVD: The Ohio State University Dance Company, Sullivant Hall Theater, Columbus, Ohio, March 2, 1989. Staged by Odette Blum, DVD: The Ohio State University, 1982, DVD: Sophie Maslow Dance Company, Riverside Church, New York, April 1980, Film (1/2”): Black and white, Film (1/2”): Binghamton College SUNY, studio rehearsal with K. Dunkley and S. Maslow, ca 1972, Film (1/2”): Eastern Michigan University, Film (1/2”): Delacorte Theater. August 30, 1975. Rehearsal

LabanWriter formats

CD-ROM, Floppy Disk

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