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Spear dance [and] Awassa astrige [and] Caligula

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Spear dance [and] Awassa astrige [and] Caligula

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Title
Spear dance [and] Awassa astrige [and] Caligula
Additional title: Spear dance (Choreographic work : Dafora)
Additional title: Awassa astrige (Choreographic work : Dafora)
Additional title: Caligula (Choreographic work : Cohan, M)
Names
Moore, Charles, 1928- (Dancer)
Suzeau, Patrick (Dancer)
Dafora, Asadata, 1890-1965 (Choreographer)
Holub, Johannes (Videographer)
Cohan, Muriel (Choreographer)
Wattenberg, Anne (Costume designer)
Catti (Costume designer)
Atkinson, Vicki (Costume designer)
Charles Moore Dances and Drums of Africa (Company) (Performer)
Collection

TAG Foundation Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977-09-09
Table of Contents
Spear dance / choreography, Asadata Dafora ; music, traditional ; costumes, Vicki Atkinson ; performed by members of the Charles Moore Dances and Drums of Africa Company: Elliott Gillette, David Pace, Jasper Prince, and Terrence Wyatt -- Awassa astrige / choreography, Asadata Dafora ; music, traditional ; costumes, Catti ; performed by Charles Moore -- Caligula / choreography, Muriel Cohan ; costume, Anne Wattenberg ; performed by Patrick Suzeau.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6550
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 5-441 (former)
Topics
New York Dance Festival
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance by Johannes Holub at the New York Dance Festival, Delacorte Theatre on Sept. 9, 1977.
Physical Description
Videotape reel
Extent: 1 videotape reel (22 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY797071114-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12158281
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 67a08330-cc7e-0135-19f2-616458eaca2b
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  • 1977: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Spear dance [and] Awassa astrige [and] Caligula" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83013ea0-ef9d-0133-d68f-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Spear dance [and] Awassa astrige [and] Caligula" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83013ea0-ef9d-0133-d68f-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Spear dance [and] Awassa astrige [and] Caligula Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83013ea0-ef9d-0133-d68f-60f81dd2b63c

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Spear dance [and] Awassa astrige [and] Caligula