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Dance on: Gillespie and Sullivan Dancers

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Title
Dance on: Gillespie and Sullivan Dancers
Names
Mahoney, Billie (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance On Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-05-01
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6911
Topics
Gillespie, Marcella
Sullivan, Helen
Gillespie and Sullivan Dancers
Genres
Television programs
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: produced by Video Workshop for Dance and Theatre.
Performers: Interviewer: Billie Mahoney.
Performers: Interviewees: Gillespie and Sullivan Dancers.
Venue: Two-part program from the public access cable television series Dance on: With Billie Mahoney. Taped by American Cablevision in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 1, 1988.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (58 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Billie Mahoney leads a discussion among seven women who, like her, were teenaged members of the Gillespie and Sullivan Dancers in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1930s and 40s. They reminisce about their teachers Marcella Gillespie and Helen Sullivan, and about their performing experiences, which included ballet, tap, acrobatics, and singing. They also discuss the lifelong influences of dance education and performance, which continue to affect their present-day activities.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY906026047-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12168982
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e602d6a0-8312-0138-707a-577ef6ab379c
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.

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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance on" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac92a883-ece6-44ff-8ec7-b0bd9aac1cec

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dance on" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 29, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac92a883-ece6-44ff-8ec7-b0bd9aac1cec

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). Dance on Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac92a883-ece6-44ff-8ec7-b0bd9aac1cec

Wikipedia Citation

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