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Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122

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Title
Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122
Additional title: Force of circumstance (Choreographic work : Skaggs)
Additional title: Cross body ride (Choreographic work : McMahon)
Additional title: Barcarolle and nocturne (Choreographic work : Varone)
Additional title: State of darkness (Choreographic work : Fenley)
Names
Russell, Mark, 1954- (Speaker)
Tropicana, Carmelita (Host)
Murrin, Tom (Performer)
Skaggs, Sarah (Choreographer)
Zambrano, David (Performer)
Fleming, Donald (Performer)
Varone, Doug (Choreographer)
Hughes, Holly (Performer)
Miller, Bebe (Choreographer)
Leslie, David (Performance artist) (Performer)
Fenley, Molissa (Choreographer)
Yarden, Guy (Musician)
Cochrane, Chris (Musician)
Cartwright, George (Musician)
Hoskin, Paul (Musician)
Oleszko, Pat (Performer)
Bush, Lisa (Choreographer)
Hwang, Koosil-ja, 1960- (Dancer)
Nieland, Charles (Composer)
McMahon, Jeff (Director)
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 (Composer)
Ferri, David (Lighting designer)
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 (Composer)
Perron, Wendy (Choreographer)
Performance Space 122 (Event place)
Ninth Street Theater (Company) (Performer)
Bosho (Musical group) (Performer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-02-05
Table of Contents
CONTENTS: Reel 1 (approx. 62 min.): [Music, stilt dancing, torch dance/juggling], perf. by Ninth Street Theater and Lam Street Band. -- [Comedy act], perf. by the Alien Comic (Tom Murrin). -- Force of circumstance, chor/perf. by Sarah Skaggs. -- Cross body ride [film]. Director/camera/editor: Jeff McMahon. Score: Charles Nieland. Perf. on film by David Zambrano and Donald Fleming. -- Nocturne in D flat major. Chor/perf: Doug Varone. Mus: Frédéric Chopin. -- [Performance piece], perf. by Holly Hughes. -- Reel 2 (approx. 61 min.): The hell dances: excerpt from a work-in-progress. Chor/perf: Bebe Miller. Mus: Saqqara Dogs. -- Raffle drawing, with Pat Oleszko in goose costume. -- The avant garde breaks into midtown [video of a performance at the Equitable Tower, New York, on October 1, 1987], perf. by David Leslie with kung fu artists from New York Wu Shu Academy. -- Speech by Mark Russell, executive director of Performance Space 122. -- State of darkness, chor/perf. by Molissa Fenley. Mus: Igor Stravinsky (The rite of spring). -- [Musical piece], perf. by Guy Yarden, Chris Cochrane, George Cartwright, and Paul Hoskin. -- Reel 3 (approx. 12 min.): [Don't tell us]: excerpt from a work-in-progress. Chor: Wendy Perron. Mus: Bosho [musical group]. Perf. by Lisa Bush and Kumiko Kimoto.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2812
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3718 (former)
Topics
Benefit performances
Arts fund raising
Performance art
Music -- United States
Dance
Jugglers
Juggling
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Music
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios for Dance Theater Workshop's Dance/Video Access project at Performance Space 122, New York, on February 5, 1988 (8 p.m.). Host: Carmelita Tropicana.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (135 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12175188
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 33603d40-b2bd-0131-1394-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344be560-b2bd-0131-c0bf-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344be560-b2bd-0131-c0bf-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/344be560-b2bd-0131-c0bf-3c075448cc4b

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Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122