Twelve most famous fashion models of 1952
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Title
Twelve most famous fashion models of 1952
Collection
Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive
Names
Buckwalter, Melinda (Dancer)
Casper, Linda (Dancer)
Cooper, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Fretté, Brian (Dancer)
Henkel, Edward (Dancer)
Lipson, Lauren (Dancer)
Nagata, Mariko (Dancer)
Nolan, Sylvia (Dancer)
Thomas, Colby (Dancer)
Van de Walle, Dorothée (Dancer)
Nash, Matthew (Choreographer)
Deal, Dennis (Arranger)
Taalsohn, Sylvia (Costume designer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Matthew Nash Music and Dance (Associated name)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Nash, Matthew (Dancer)
Deal, Dennis (Performer)
Deal, Dennis (Conductor)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1989 (Approximate)
Table Of Contents
Reel 1 (ca. 41 min.). I, Couple / danced by Dorothée Van de Walle, Steven Moore -- II, Dreaming / danced by Sylvia Nolan -- III, Comfort and request -- IV, In mother's closet -- V, Twelve most famous -- VI, Father and daughter / danced by Melinda Buckwalter, Edward Henkel -- VII, Fire and ice / danced by Linda Casper, Colby Thomas -- VIII, The trial of Roxanne or The stenographer's dream / danced by Lauren Lipson (Roxanne Kamenstein) ; Steven Moore (Mr. Stein, prosecuting attorney) ; Edward Henkel (presiding judge) ; Matthew Nash (George Spelcheck, court stenographer) ; Elizabeth Cooper, Mariko Nagata, Brian Fretté (material exhibits). Reel 2 (ca. 27 min.). IX, The Revlon room -- X, Bacchus and Ariadne or The dance as an art -- XI, Interview -- XII, Aftermath.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4790
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5860 (former)
Subjects
Dance Theater Workshop
Dance
Twelve most famous fashion models of 1952 (Choreographic work : Nash)
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop ; choreography and music by Matthew Nash.
Creation/Production Credits: Musical arrangements, Dennis Deal ; costumes, Sylvia Taalsohn ; lighting, Phil Sandström.
Performers: Danced by Matthew Nash Music and Dance: Melinda Buckwalter, Linda Casper, Elizabeth Cooper, Brian Fretté, Edward Henkel, Lauren Lipson, Steven Moore, Mariko Nagata, Matthew Nash, Sylvia Nolan, Colby Thomas, Dorothée Van de Walle.
Performers: Music performed by Daroslaw Powishrowski (violin), Steve Garwood (cello), Allen Won (reeds), Eric Charleston (marimba), Dennis Deal (piano/conductor).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Winter Events, on February 18, 1989, by Video D Studios.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (68 min.) : sound, color
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3155
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13987250
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 011bc930-4b5c-0133-8581-60f81dd2b63c
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1989
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Twelve most famous fashion models of 1952" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/011bc930-4b5c-0133-8581-60f81dd2b63c
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Twelve most famous fashion models of 1952 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/011bc930-4b5c-0133-8581-60f81dd2b63c
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Twelve most famous fashion models of 1952" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/011bc930-4b5c-0133-8581-60f81dd2b63c
Wikipedia citation
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