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The Gender Project: Women Hitting the Wall, 2002 February 22-23

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Janis Brenner Video Archive

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The Gender Project

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Title
The Gender Project: Women Hitting the Wall, 2002 February 22-23
Additional title: Women Hitting the Wall
Names
Shaw, JoAnna Mendl (Creator)
Wood, Ellis (Creator)
Brenner, Janis (Narrator)
Gender Project (New York, N.Y.) (Associated name)
Collection

Janis Brenner Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2002-02
Table of Contents
Women Hitting the Wall performance (February 22, 2002) (44 min.) -- Women Hitting the Wall performance (February 23, 2002) (46 min.).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-6965
Topics
Women choreographers -- Chicago (Ill.)
Women dancers -- Chicago (Ill.)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Biographical/historical: The Gender Project started in 1998 out of an informal conversation that Joanna Mendl Shaw had with Ellis Wood. We launched a research project that choreographer Janis Brenner initiated, to look at both New York and national statistics and compare male and female representation. Wishing to disseminate these statistics in an unusual and very visible way, we created a performance project titled Women Hitting the Wall and featuring Janis Brenner as Narrator. Reading of statistics became the thread that wove together a series of solos. We did four versions of Women Hitting the Wall in New York, one in Chicago, and one in Philadelphia. The performances always concluded with a facilitated discussion. -- Joanna Mendle Shaw: The Gender Project, New York Foundation for the Arts (www.nyfa.org).
Performers: Narrator, Janis Brenner ; performers, women choreographers and dancers from Chicago.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Links Hall, Chicago, Ill. 2002 February 22-23.
Acquisition: Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19997113
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e53bc430-6f1c-0131-e558-3c075448cc4b
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Gender Project" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2002. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e9413e10-6f1c-0131-26c2-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Gender Project" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e9413e10-6f1c-0131-26c2-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2002). The Gender Project Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e9413e10-6f1c-0131-26c2-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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The Gender Project