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Greek dreams [and] Plains daybreak [and] Heyoka

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Erick Hawkins Video Archive

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Greek dreams [and] Plains daybreak [and] Heyoka

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Title
Greek dreams [and] Plains daybreak [and] Heyoka
Additional title: Greek dreams, with flute (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
Additional title: Plains daybreak (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
Additional title: Heyoka (Choreographic work : Hawkins)
Names
Hawkins, Erick (Donor)
Hawkins, Erick (Choreographer)
Hawkins, Erick (Dancer)
Dorazio, Ralph (Set designer)
Raya (Costume designer)
Taggart, Tad (Costume designer)
Ward, Cathy (Dancer)
Andresen, Douglas (Dancer)
Howard, Randy (Dancer) (Dancer)
Tai, Daniel (Dancer)
Wisniewski, Mark (Dancer)
Blake, Braxton (Conductor)
Pelton, Helen (Dancer)
Reynolds, Cynthia (Dancer)
Pettibone, Laura (Dancer)
Hovhaness, Alan, 1911-2000 (Composer)
Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997 (Composer)
Lee, Ralph (Designer)
Lee, Ralph (Set designer)
Joyce Theater (New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)
Erick Hawkins Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Erick Hawkins Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983
Table of Contents
Greek dreams, with flute (37 min.) / six sections: i. nymph of the grass of meadows, ii. gymnopaidia and strphe of gift bringers, iii. plat's 2 are halves of 1, iv. cloudcuckooborough, v. chorus of the daughters of okeanos, vi. satyr play. Choreography by Erick Hawkins ; music by Debussy, Ohana, Hovhaness, Keetbaas, Matsudaira ; music played by Timothy Malosh (flutist) ; costumes by Raya and Tad Taggart ; sculptures by Ralph Dorazio ; dancers, Cathy Ward (i) ; Douglas Andresen, Cynthia Reynolds, Helen Pelton, Laura Pettibone (ii) ; Cathy Ward and Rand Howard (iii) ; Daniel Tai (iv) ; Cynthia Reynolds, Helen Pelton, Laura Pettibone, Cathy Ward (v) ; Helen Pelton, Laura Pettibone, Cynthia Reynolds, Cathy Ward, Douglas Andresen, Rand Howard, Daniel Tai, and Mark Wisniewski (vi). |||| Plains daybreak [ends abruptly] (33 min.) / scenario and choreography by Erick Hawkins ; music by Alan Hovhaness ; designs by Ralph Lee ; dancers, Douglas Andresen (buffalo), Mark Wisniewski (antelope), Rand [i.e. Randy] Howard (coyote), Daniel Tai (porcupine), Cathy Ward (hawk), Cynthia Reynolds (fish), Helen Pelton (snake), Laura Pettibone (raccoon), Erick Hawkins (first man). |||| Heyoka [begins abruptly] (18 min.) / choreography by Erick Hawkins ; music by Ross Lee Finney ; sculpture by Ralph Dorazio ; dancers, Cathy Ward, Rand Howard, Laura Pettibone, Daniel Tai, Cynthia Reynolds, Helen Pelton, Douglas Andresen, Mark Wisniewski.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7478
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Credits taken from the Dance Division's *MGZB Erick Hawkins Dance Company [programs].
Content: Program for Feb. 10, 1983 lists choreographic works: Greek dreams, with flute ; The Joshua Tree, or, Three outlaws ; and Heyoka.
Performers: Music performed live by The Hawkins Theatre Orchestra ; conductor, Braxton Blake.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, N.Y., on Feb. 10, 1983.
Biographical/historical: Greek dreams, with flute premiered on Sept. 7, 1973 at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. ; Plans daybreak premiered on Apr. 19, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio ; Heyoka premiered on Sept. 14, 1981 at Alice Tully Hall, New York, N.Y.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19716130
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7cbefca0-e361-0130-f669-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Greek dreams [and] Plains daybreak [and] Heyoka" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f03a770-e361-0130-dfd2-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Greek dreams [and] Plains daybreak [and] Heyoka" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f03a770-e361-0130-dfd2-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1983). Greek dreams [and] Plains daybreak [and] Heyoka Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f03a770-e361-0130-dfd2-3c075448cc4b

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Greek dreams [and] Plains daybreak [and] Heyoka