Ordinary movement as a resource for dance
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Title
Ordinary movement as a resource for dance
Collection
Names
Summers, Elaine, 1925-2014 (Producer)
Ogsbury, Alexandra (Dancer)
Bannon, Tony (Cinematographer)
Moore, Carman (Composer)
Serrie, Lee (Videographer)
Elaine Summers Experimental Intermedia Foundation (Producer)
Summers, Elaine, 1925-2014 (Choreographer)
Summers, Elaine, 1925-2014 (Cinematographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1981
Table Of Contents
Choreographer/filmmaker Elaine Summers, photographed on location in New York, talks about finding movement ideas in the "natural movement of people walking in the streets." The dancer Alexandra Ogsbury is seen briefly, rehearsing in Summers' studio. - Excerpts from the motion picture (?) Illuminated workingman, performed on location in Buffalo and New York. - City people moving. Choreographed in 1970; video variation created in 1981. Camera: Lee Serrie.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7655
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-886 (former)
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: Produced by Elaine Summers Experimental Intermedia Foundation. Video camera/editing: Lee Serrie. Films: Elaine Summers and Tony Bannon. Slides: Paula Court.
Performers: Performed by Alexandra Ogsbury, Michelle Berne, Tedrian Chizik, Roberta Garrison, Edward Bhartonn, Roberto Gautier, Shirley Mischer, Robert Coe, Polly Freeman Boulakbasi, Tsi Ma, James Auwae, Ann Waxman, Wendy Biller, and Harold Hamilton, with CETA dancers Merian Soto, David Malamut, Charles Dennis, Andrew Borg, Nusha Martynuk, and others.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (25 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY906022063-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12168801
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 03a9d4b0-8070-0135-b8d8-5f382ee574f0
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1981
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ordinary movement as a resource for dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03a9d4b0-8070-0135-b8d8-5f382ee574f0
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). Ordinary movement as a resource for dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03a9d4b0-8070-0135-b8d8-5f382ee574f0
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ordinary movement as a resource for dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03a9d4b0-8070-0135-b8d8-5f382ee574f0
Wikipedia citation
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