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Min Tanaka: performing at the Jack Smith retrospective exhibition Flaming Creature

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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

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Min Tanaka

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Title
Min Tanaka: performing at the Jack Smith retrospective exhibition Flaming Creature
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Tanaka, Min (Choreographer)
Fuller, Zack (Dancer)
Lajko, Felix (Composer)
Smith, Jack, 1932-1989 (Artist)
Steiner, Charles (Videographer)
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center (Associated name)
Vagabond Video (Videographer)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Tanaka, Min (Dancer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1998-01-11
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2404
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5393 (former)
Topics
Butō
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: improvisational solo dance by Min Tanaka ; sound and additional dance by Zack Fuller ; recorded music by Felix Lajko.
Content: Recording made possible by the cooperation of Min Tanaka, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, N.Y., on January 11, 1998, by Charles Steiner of Vagabond Video.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (62 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Performance in an art gallery by the Japanese Butō dancer-choreographer Min Tanaka. Parts of the performance take place in front of a screening of Jack Smith's underground film Flaming creatures (1963).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2580
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13681522
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ae0662c0-9181-0135-dfd2-518c7086c040
Rights Statement
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  • 1998: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Min Tanaka" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1998. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/592f5ac5-dc39-4968-95f9-6a594a99da7d

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Min Tanaka" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/592f5ac5-dc39-4968-95f9-6a594a99da7d

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1998). Min Tanaka Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/592f5ac5-dc39-4968-95f9-6a594a99da7d

Wikipedia Citation

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Min Tanaka