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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03
Additional title: David Gordon archive
Additional title: Mysteries and what's so funny? (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Names
Glass, Philip (Composer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Author of dialog)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Stage director)
Cohen, Scott, 1961- (Performer)
Porter, Adina (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Fire, Norma (Performer)
Hoffman, Jane, 1911-2004 (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Performer)
Cunningham, Scott (Performer)
Pashalinski, Lola (Performer)
Graham, Karen (Performer)
Moss, Dean (Performer)
Playten, Alice (Performer)
Roth, Tisha (Performer)
Kux, Bill (Performer)
Matz, Jerry (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Musical director)
Kotlowitz, Dan (Lighting designer)
Meschter, Dave (Sound designer)
Wheeler, Jedediah (Producer)
Fitzgerald, Ed (Stage manager)
Grooms, Red (Designer)
Diamond, Dennis (Associated name)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Performer)
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)
Collection

David Gordon Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1993-01-03
Table of Contents
Reel 1 (53 min.). The Mysteries and What's So Funny? (beginning) -- Reel 2 (approximately 39 min.). The Mysteries and What's so Funny? (conclusion).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3881
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Written and Directed by David Gordon ; performed by Pick Up Co.
Content: Presented by Pick Up Performance Company, Inc., Managing Director, June Poster, in association with the Joyce Theater Foundation.
Creation/production credits: Music by Philip Glass; Visual Design by Red Grooms; Music Director, Alan Johnson; Lighting Designer, Dan Kotlowitz; Sound Designer, David Meschter; Casting, Vince Liebhart and Judy Dennis; Produced by Jedediah Wheeler; Stage Manager, Ed Fitzgerald; video production, Video D Studios; Camera, Dennis Diamond ; Audio Engineer, Harold James.
Performers: Performed by Pick Up Co.: Valda Setterfield (Marcel Duchamp), Scott Cohen (Young Sam), Scott Cunningham (Anger I), Norma Fire (Detective, Only Oldest Child), Karen Graham (Young Rose), Jane Hoffman (Fanny), Alan Johnson (Pianist), Bill Kux (Mr. Him), Jerry Matz (Old Sam), Dean Moss (Young Artist), Lola Pashalinski (Old Rose), Alice Playten (Actor, Grandfather, Father, etc.), Adina Porter (Anger II), Tisha Roth (Mrs. Him).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at The Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y. 1993 January 3.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co. 2014.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (93 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 896442762
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20478285
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e0824e80-66aa-0132-3933-3c075448cc4b
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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  • 1993: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e1b86550-66aa-0132-ef9e-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e1b86550-66aa-0132-ef9e-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e1b86550-66aa-0132-ef9e-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1993-01-03