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Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122

Title
Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122 [electronic resource]
Publication
1988.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Russell, Mark, 1954-
  • Tropicana, Carmelita
  • Murrin, Tom
  • Skaggs, Sarah
  • Zambrano, David
  • Fleming, Donald (Dancer)
  • Varone, Doug
  • Hughes, Holly
  • Miller, Bebe
  • Leslie, David, performance artist
  • Fenley, Molissa
  • Yarden, Guy
  • Cochrane, Chris
  • Cartwright, George
  • Hoskin, Paul
  • Oleszko, Pat
  • Bush, Lisa
  • Hwang, Koosil-ja, 1960-
  • Nieland, Charles
  • McMahon, Jeff
  • Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
  • Ferri, David
  • Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
  • Perron, Wendy
  • Performance Space 122
  • Ninth Street Theater (Company)
  • Bosho (Musical group)
  • Video D Studios
Description
3 streaming video files (NTSC) (135 min.) : sd., col.
Uniform Title
  • Force of circumstance (Choreographic work : Skaggs)
  • Cross body ride (Choreographic work : McMahon)
  • Barcarolle and nocturne (Choreographic work : Varone)
  • State of darkness (Choreographic work : Fenley)
Subject
  • Benefit performances
  • Arts fund raising
  • Television. Get down!
  • Performance art
  • Music > United States
  • Stilt dancing
  • Cinedance
  • Torch dances
  • Jugglers and juggling
  • Kung-fu
Note
  • Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios for Dance Theater Workshop's Dance/Video Access project at Performance Space 122, New York, on February 5, 1988 (8 p.m.). Host: Carmelita Tropicana.
  • Lighting: David Ferri.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local note
  • Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3718.
Contents
CONTENTS: Reel 1 (approx. 62 min.): [Music, stilt dancing, torch dance/juggling], perf. by Ninth Street Theater and Lam Street Band. -- [Comedy act], perf. by the Alien Comic (Tom Murrin). -- Force of circumstance, chor/perf. by Sarah Skaggs. -- Cross body ride [film]. Director/camera/editor: Jeff McMahon. Score: Charles Nieland. Perf. on film by David Zambrano and Donald Fleming. -- Nocturne in D flat major. Chor/perf: Doug Varone. Mus: Frédéric Chopin. -- [Performance piece], perf. by Holly Hughes. -- Reel 2 (approx. 61 min.): The hell dances: excerpt from a work-in-progress. Chor/perf: Bebe Miller. Mus: Saqqara Dogs. -- Raffle drawing, with Pat Oleszko in goose costume. -- The avant garde breaks into midtown [video of a performance at the Equitable Tower, New York, on October 1, 1987], perf. by David Leslie with kung fu artists from New York Wu Shu Academy. -- Speech by Mark Russell, executive director of Performance Space 122. -- State of darkness, chor/perf. by Molissa Fenley. Mus: Igor Stravinsky (The rite of spring). -- [Musical piece], perf. by Guy Yarden, Chris Cochrane, George Cartwright, and Paul Hoskin. -- Reel 3 (approx. 12 min.): [Don't tell us]: excerpt from a work-in-progress. Chor: Wendy Perron. Mus: Bosho [musical group]. Perf. by Lisa Bush and Kumiko Kimoto.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2812
OCLC
NYPY936049976-F
Title
Get down!: Benefit for Performance Space 122 [electronic resource]
Imprint
1988.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3718.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Local Subject
Benefit performances.
Arts fund raising.
Television. Get down!
Local Subject
Music -- United States.
Stilt dancing.
Cinedance.
Torch dances.
Jugglers and juggling.
Kung-fu.
Added Author
Russell, Mark, 1954- speaker.
Tropicana, Carmelita, host.
Murrin, Tom. Performer
Skaggs, Sarah, choreographer, dancer.
Zambrano, David. Performer
Fleming, Donald (Dancer) Performer
Varone, Doug, choreographer, dancer.
Hughes, Holly. Performer
Miller, Bebe, choreographer, dancer.
Leslie, David, performance artist.
Fenley, Molissa, choreographer, dancer.
Yarden, Guy. Musician
Cochrane, Chris. Musician
Cartwright, George. Musician
Hoskin, Paul. Musician
Oleszko, Pat. Performer
Bush, Lisa, choreographer, dancer.
Hwang, Koosil-ja, 1960- dancer.
Nieland, Charles. Composer
McMahon, Jeff, film director.
McMahon, Jeff, director of photography.
McMahon, Jeff, editor of a moving image work.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer
Ferri, David. Lighting designer
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer
Perron, Wendy, choreographer.
Performance Space 122.
Ninth Street Theater (Company)
Bosho (Musical group)
Video D Studios.
Added Title
Container of (work): Force of circumstance (Choreographic work : Skaggs)
Container of (work): Cross body ride (Choreographic work : McMahon)
Container of (work): Barcarolle and nocturne (Choreographic work : Varone)
Container of (work): State of darkness (Choreographic work : Fenley)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3718 (former)
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