About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry

Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Jerome Robbins Dance Division

  • Choregraphie
  • A long minuet as danced at Bath
  • Sketchbook
  • Sarah Bernhardt's farewell American tour
  • Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French
  • The dance score
  • Traité élémentaire, théorique et pratique de l'art de la danse
  • Sketchbook
  • Coreografie per ballabili d'opera
  • Caricature of Sergeĭ Dyagilev
  • La sténochorégraphie
  • Ehon Tsūhōshi
  • Le maître a danser
  • America
  • Costume designs for the ballet La Pastorella Svizzera
Previous Next

COLLECTION
General Dance Video Archive

This Item

Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry
Additional title: Branching waters (Choreographic work : Becker)
Additional title: Arms of darkness (Choreographic work : Becker)
Additional title: Imperfect cry (Choreographic work : Becker)
Names
Balish, June (Dancer)
Howarth, Dianne (Dancer)
Ko, Akiko (Dancer)
Sarcos, Ricardo (Dancer)
Tanaka, Yasushi (French artist, 1886-) (Dancer)
Willingham, Scot (Dancer)
Yannatos, Kalya (Dancer)
Becker, Robin (Dancer)
MacKinnon, Paula (Dancer)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 (Composer)
Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959 (Composer)
Hansen, Eric (Costume designer)
Giraud, Tiyé (Composer)
Holub, Johannes (Videographer)
Robin Becker and Company (Dancer)
Becker, Robin (Choreographer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990 - 1991
Table of Contents
Branching waters (approx. 19 min.). Music: Rachmaninoff (Piano concerto no. 3, first movement). Costumes: Eric Hansen. Perf. by June Balish, Dianne Howarth, Akiko Ko, Ricardo Sarcos, Yasushi Tanaka, Scot Willingham, and Kalya Yannatos. -- Arms of darkness (approx. 17 min.). Music composed and performed by Tiyé Giraud. Costumes: Hansen. Perf. by Robin Becker and Paula MacKinnon. -- Imperfect cry (approx. 10 min.). Music: Ernest Bloch. Costumes: Hansen. Perf. by Becker.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3275
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4177 (former)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Branching waters and Arms of darkness videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, in March 1991. Imperfect cry videotaped at St. Mark's in 1990.
Performers: Performed by Robin Becker and Company.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (46 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY946067166-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12176141
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 07c2b0d0-b454-0136-16b5-6b1cc0118f14
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

  • 1990: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990 - 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/07c2b0d0-b454-0136-16b5-6b1cc0118f14

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/07c2b0d0-b454-0136-16b5-6b1cc0118f14

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990 - 1991). Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/07c2b0d0-b454-0136-16b5-6b1cc0118f14

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/07c2b0d0-b454-0136-16b5-6b1cc0118f14 | title= (moving image) Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry, (1990 - 1991)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 20, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Branching waters [and] Arms of darkness [and] Imperfect cry