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Bentwood Pieces [and] Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [and] Workprints [and] Risks and Pleasures

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Janet Mansfield Soares Video Archive

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Bentwood Pieces [and] Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [and] Workprints [and] Risks and Pleasures

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Title
Bentwood Pieces [and] Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [and] Workprints [and] Risks and Pleasures
Additional title: Bentwood pieces (Choreographic work : Soares)
Additional title: Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing (Choreographic work : Soares)
Additional title: Workprints (Choreographic work : Soares)
Additional title: Risks and Pleasures (Choreographic work : Soares)
Names
Soares, Janet Mansfield (Choreographer)
Hess, Carol (Dancer)
Todd, Jay (Dancer)
Stevens, Cat, 1948- (Composer)
Kozera, Meg (Costume designer)
Seiden, Mark (Sound designer)
Parichy, Dennis (Set designer)
Roberts, Linda (Dancer)
Kahn, Hannah, 1949- (Dancer)
Johnson, Kate (Dancer)
Fogel, Jessica (Dancer)
Sullivan, Catherine (Dancer)
DANCES/Janet Soares (Dance company) (Dancer)
Collection

Janet Mansfield Soares Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1974-03-07
Date Created: 1974-10-05
Date Created: 1975-03-15
Date Created: 1975-10-10
Table of Contents
Bentwood Pieces [Dance Uptown, 14th Series, at Minor Latham Playhouse, Columbia University, on March 7, 1974] (16 min.) / music, Beethoven (Rondo in G Major, Opus 51, no. 2) ; possible dancers, Carol Hess and Jay Todd. |||| Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [Dance Uptown, 15th Series, at Barnard College Gymnasium, on October 15, 1974] (13 min.) / music, Cat Stevens ; costumes, Meg Kozera ; dancers, DANCES/Janet Soares. |||| Workprints [Winter Festival, at Barnard College Gymnasium, on March 15, 1975] (21 min.) / music collage, Mark Seiden ; set design, Dennis Parichy ; possible dancers, Carol Hess, Linda Roberts, Hannah Kahn, Kate Johnson; and workmen. |||| Introduction (1 min.) / by Janet Soares -- Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [Winter Festival, at Barnard College Gymnasium, on March 15, 1975] (10 min.) / music, Cat Stevens ; costumes, Meg Kozera ; dancers, DANCES/Janet Soares. |||| Risks and Pleasures [Dance Uptown, 16th Series, Program IV, at Barnard College Gymnasium, on October 10, 1975] (11 min.) / costume design, Meg Kozera ; dancers (in order of appearance): Carol Hess, Jessica Fogel, Hannah Kahn, Catherine Sullivan, Linda Roberts.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7589
Topics
Modern dance -- United States
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Title from original container label.
Venue: Videotaped during four different performances at Minor Latham Playhouse, Columbia University and the Barnard College Gymnasium, New York, N.Y. 1974 March 7 and October 5, 1975 March 15 and October 10.
Acquisition: Gift; Janet Soares; 2010.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20197912
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0ac19e00-e84e-0131-3d52-3c075448cc4b
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.

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bentwood Pieces [and] Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [and] Workprints [and] Risks and Pleasures" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1974. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c57ae00-e84e-0131-92de-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bentwood Pieces [and] Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [and] Workprints [and] Risks and Pleasures" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c57ae00-e84e-0131-92de-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1974). Bentwood Pieces [and] Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [and] Workprints [and] Risks and Pleasures Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c57ae00-e84e-0131-92de-3c075448cc4b

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Bentwood Pieces [and] Singing low songs ... and even thinking ... dancing [and] Workprints [and] Risks and Pleasures