Graciela Daniele

Uprooted es un documental que celebra la historia, el linaje y las progresiones futuras de la danza jazz. Explorando y comentando las influencias políticas y sociales, la película es una conversación honesta que aborda temas como la apropiación, el racismo, el socialismo y el sexismo. Con apariciones especiales de Debbie Allen, George Faison, Chita Rivera, Camille, A. Brown y Thomas F. DeFrantz. Uprooted también muestra los trabajos de los Hermanos Nicholas, Pepsi Bethel, Jack Cole, Katherine Dunham, Bob Fosse y Gene Kelly, arrojando luz sobre lo que todos tenemos en común: el ritmo y la necesidad humana básica de pasárselo bien.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents a 2013 concert celebrating Chita Rivera's 80th birthday as a fundraiser to aid struggling artists during the pandemic. Chita offers a musical retrospective of her career in the theatre with guest stars Tommy Tune and Ben Vereen. Includes songs from 'Seventh Heaven,' 'West Side Story,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'The Happy Time,' 'Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,' 'Chicago,' 'The Rink,' 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' & 'The Visit,' among others.

A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. Originally aired as Episode 2 of Season 43 of the PBS series Great Performances.

It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s drama, designed by Richard Hudson and with choreography by Graciela Daniele, provides the perfect setting for superstar Renée Fleming’s captivating performance of the title role. A beautiful but evil sorceress in the times of the Crusades, Armida sets out to regain the love of the Frankish knight Rinaldo (Lawrence Brownlee) by putting her magical spells on him. She at first succeeds to draw him into her web of sorcery, but ultimately divine intervention—and his fellow soldiers—free Rinaldo from his enchantment—much to the vengeful fury of Armida and her demons.

Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes hilarious perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen," on their way to try to compete in the final citywide.

Live from Carnegie Hall and hosted by Julie Andrews, a host of glittering Broadway stars sing Broadway's best and most enduring love songs. This production is a filmed record of a concert given on 16 October 2000 at the City Center for Music and Dance, New York City, to raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The occasion was particularly notable in that it marked Julie Andrews' (brief) return to singing in public after a four-year hiatus. Originally broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances" (season 29, episode 8).

Live from Carnegie Hall and hosted by Julie Andrews, a host of glittering Broadway stars sing Broadway's best and most enduring love songs. This production is a filmed record of a concert given on 16 October 2000 at the City Center for Music and Dance, New York City, to raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The occasion was particularly notable in that it marked Julie Andrews' (brief) return to singing in public after a four-year hiatus. Originally broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances" (season 29, episode 8).

El matrimonio formado por Steffi y Bob es el paradigma de la familia burguesa de Nueva YorK: son ricos, liberales y socialmente comprometidos. Steffi estuvo casada con Joe, un tipo sin suerte con las mujeres, con quien tiene una hija algo inestable. Bob tiene un hijo conservador, una hija que ha puesto en peligro su boda al enamorarse de un delincuente y otras dos hijas adolescentes que se pelean por chicos multimillonarios. Todos ellos pasean sus problemas por Nueva York, París, Venecia.

Nueva York. Una galerista (Helena Bonham Carter) convence a su marido (Woody Allen), periodista deportivo, para adoptar a un bebé. El marido, asombrado por la inteligencia del niño, quiere saber si su madre biológica es también superdotada; así que decide buscarla. Cuando consigue localizarla, resulta que se trata de una tierna prostituta, con muy pocas luces, que aspira a ser actriz (Mira Sorvino).

En Nueva York en la década de 1920, un joven dramaturgo llega a un acuerdo con un gángster: El gánster financiará su obra, pero a cambio debe ofrecer un papel a su novia. Ésta va a los ensayos protegida por un guardaespaldas que poco a poco se entromete en la dirección de la obra.

Broomfield's behind-the-scenes document of the making of a musical becomes a ceremonious unmaking-of as egos, budgets and general calamity conspire to ruin the best efforts of all involved in the New York rehearsals for an extravagant, glitzy production.

This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a series of interviews with real working people--construction workers, waitresses, firemen, secretaries, and cleaning women, Working is both an exploration of the individuals' occupations and a lament for lost hopes and dreams.