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Poems, proverbs, prayers

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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

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Poems, proverbs, prayers

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Title
Poems, proverbs, prayers
Additional title: Poem: from Song of songs (Choreographic work : Sokolow)
Additional title: Rachel (Choreographic work : Giudice, Ross and Zall)
Additional title: Proverbs (Choreographic work : Dudley)
Additional title: Kaddisch (Choreographic work : Sokolow)
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Ross, Bertram, 1920- (Narrator)
Zall, Deborah (Choreographer)
Giudice, John (Choreographer)
Sokolow, Anna (Choreographer)
Dudley, Jane (Choreographer)
Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959 (Composer)
Steeber, James (Composer)
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 (Composer)
Giannini, Christina (Costume designer)
Korff, William (Designer)
Effron, Edward (Lighting designer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
Diamond, Dennis (Director)
Ramsay, Andrew (Videographer)
Classic Contemporary Dance Heritage, Ltd (Production company)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Ross, Bertram, 1920- (Choreographer)
Ross, Bertram, 1920- (Dancer)
Zall, Deborah (Dancer)
Giudice, John (Dancer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1994
Table of Contents
Poem: from Song of songs (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Anna Sokolow ; music, Ernest Bloch ; costume, A. Christina Giannini ; performed by Deborah Zall -- Noah (ca. 17 min.) / words from the play Noah by Audre Obey ; Noah performed by Bertram Ross ; the sections of the work are Before the flood and After the flood -- Rachel (ca. 25 min.) / conceived by Deborah Zall in memory of her father ; choreography, collaboration between Ross, Zall, and John Giudice ; original music, James Steeber ; costumes, Giannini ; performed by Ross, Zall, and Giudice ; pianist, Steeber -- Kaddish (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Sokolow ; music, Maurice Ravel ; costume, Giannini ; performed by Zall -- Proverbs (ca. 22 min.) / choreography, Jane Dudley ; music, klezmer ; design and costume, William Korff ; performed by Zall (dancer) and Ross (dancer/narrator).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2333
Topics
Biblical characters in dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: produced by Classic Contemporary Dance Heritage, Ltd. ; performed by Bertram Ross, Deborah Zall, and John Giudice.
Creation/production credits: Recording made possible by the cooperation of Bertram Ross, Deborah Zall, John Giudice, and the Classic Contemporary Dance Heritage, Ltd., and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, New York, on September 18, 1994, by Video D Studios Inc., Dennis Diamond, director/camera, and Andrew Ramsay, camera.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (76 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Dance/theater concert dedicated to Estelle Sommers.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F140
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12176424
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0c892530-871b-0138-d8d4-07d6c6ccb651
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Poems, proverbs, prayers" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c892530-871b-0138-d8d4-07d6c6ccb651

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Poems, proverbs, prayers" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c892530-871b-0138-d8d4-07d6c6ccb651

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). Poems, proverbs, prayers Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0c892530-871b-0138-d8d4-07d6c6ccb651

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Poems, proverbs, prayers