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Hadassah and Company

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Hadassah and Company

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Title
Hadassah and Company
Names
Hadassah, 1909?-1992 (Dancer)
Fain, Shulamith (Dancer)
Scherman, Benjamin B. (Cinematographer)
Hadassah and Company (Dancer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1949 - 1952
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3278
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4391 (former)
Genres
Motion pictures
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Title from information provided by filmmaker.
Content: Recording locations and dates from original film can.
Performers: Danced by Hadassah and Company: Hadassah, Shulamith Fain, Sylvia Maier, Esta Beck, Lou Norman, John Fealy, Stephen Vendola, and others.
Venue: Filmed at various locations and dates, including Taft High School, city not identified, on October 29, 1949 ; photo studio, city not identified, in February 1951 ; Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachusetts, on June 29-July 1, 1951 ; Schroon Crest, Chesterton, New York, in June 1951 ; and in performance in "Dance and music around the world" at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, on March 3, 1952.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (18 min.) : silent, color and black and white ; 3/4 in.
Description
Very brief excerpts from performances of various ethnic dances, including Israeli suite and Fable, combined with candid footage of dancers backstage, and outdoor views of buildings at Jacob's Pillow. Visibility is sometimes poor due to low-level stage lighting.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F129
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12400529
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d0f33e40-b44d-0136-1870-71343b4115df
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1949: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Hadassah and Company" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1949 - 1952. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/de27497b-857c-4a3f-a124-8a051ed8d4e6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Hadassah and Company" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/de27497b-857c-4a3f-a124-8a051ed8d4e6

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1949 - 1952). Hadassah and Company Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/de27497b-857c-4a3f-a124-8a051ed8d4e6

Wikipedia Citation

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Hadassah and Company