On doing

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Title

On doing

Collection

Senta Driver Video Archive

Names

Driver, Senta (Choreographer)
Clark, Jeffery (Dancer)
Riche, Nicole (Dancer)
Ledesma, Jorge (Dancer)
Giannini, Christina (Costume designer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
Johnson, Tom (Composer)
Harry (Company) (Production company)
Driver, Senta (Dancer)
Johnson, Tom (Author)
Parker, Carol (Sculptor)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1979
Place: New York, NY

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7255 ; *MGZIC 9-3169 (former)

Genres

Video Recordings
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance by Dennis Diamond at P.S. 1, New York, on January 21, 1979.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Senta Driver. Music/text: Tom Johnson. Sculptures: Carol Parker. Costumes: A. Christina Giannini.
Performers: Performed by Harry (Company): Jeffery Clark, Jorge Ledesma, Nicole Riché, and Senta Driver, with Margaret Goodman (soprano). Includes part of a speech by Driver on her work Theory and practice.
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

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926019161-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12171900
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0f5d2bc0-34f5-0135-c538-35158573fd9e

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. "On doing" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f5d2bc0-34f5-0135-c538-35158573fd9e

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1979). On doing Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f5d2bc0-34f5-0135-c538-35158573fd9e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "On doing" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0f5d2bc0-34f5-0135-c538-35158573fd9e

Wikipedia citation

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