Seacoast sketches

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Title

Seacoast sketches

Collection

Keith Lee Video Archive

Names

Berry, April (Dancer)
Cowan, Leroy (Dancer)
Lee, Keith (Choreographer)
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 (Composer)
Capitol Ballet Company (Washington, D.C.) (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1979-02

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7723
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-547 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in February 1979 during a performance at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D. C.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Keith Lee. Music: Benjamin Britten (Four sea interludes, from Peter Grimes)
Performers: Performed by members of the Capitol Ballet Company, with April Berry and Leroy Cowan in the pas de deux.
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) (19 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY867014501-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12162457
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0a49bd60-8077-0135-84ef-0cfa9b4cdf5b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Seacoast sketches" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a49bd60-8077-0135-84ef-0cfa9b4cdf5b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Seacoast sketches Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a49bd60-8077-0135-84ef-0cfa9b4cdf5b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Seacoast sketches" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a49bd60-8077-0135-84ef-0cfa9b4cdf5b

Wikipedia citation

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