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The lost treasure of Avant-Garde-Arama

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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PS 122 Video Archive

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Title
The lost treasure of Avant-Garde-Arama
Names
Moulton, Charles, 1954- (Host)
Cantsin, Monty (Performer)
Essmann, Jeffrey (Performer)
Lansner, Gabrielle (Dancer)
Poimboeuf, Jesse (Performer)
Cobb, Catlin (Conceptor)
Cobb, Catlin (Director)
Cobb, Catlin (Performer)
Smith, Hank (Dancer)
Boothe, Power (Director)
Boothe, Power (Conceptor)
Schwartz, Michael (Videographer)
Ferri, David (Lighting designer)
Performance Space 122 (Presenter)
White Noise Radio Theatre (Performing group) (Performer)
Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1986-10-18
Place: New York, NY
Table of Contents
Disc 1 (ca. 43 min.): [Performance art work] / performed by Monty Cantsin -- The Barbie nightclub / performed by Jeffrey Essmann -- [Dance solo] / performed by Gabrielle Lansner -- Fairy stories / performed by White Noise [theater company]. |||| Disc 2 (ca. 48 min.): Further mastications of Prycon Lotor / performed by Jesse Poimboeuf -- 42nd Street. 40-second performances by volunteers from the audience -- A woman like myself (b) / film conceived and directed by Power Boothe and Catlin Cobb ; performed by Catlin Cobb -- [Tap dance solo] / performed by Hank Smith.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6066
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-2516 (former)
Topics
Performance art
Tap dancing
Avant-garde dance
Variety dancing
Avant-Garde-Arama
Genres
Video recordings
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on Oct. 18, 1986, by Character Generators/Video.
Funding: This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (Umatic) (91 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 3/4 in.
Description
Program of avant-garde dance, film, and performance art.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY94-F136
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12175514
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 06143890-a85d-0134-3f17-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1986: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The lost treasure of Avant-Garde-Arama" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1986. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/571869f0-ef96-0133-c4c1-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The lost treasure of Avant-Garde-Arama" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/571869f0-ef96-0133-c4c1-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1986). The lost treasure of Avant-Garde-Arama Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/571869f0-ef96-0133-c4c1-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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The lost treasure of Avant-Garde-Arama