Figura ; Carlota
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Title
Figura ; Carlota
Collection
Names
Maxwell, Carla (Dancer)
Watt, Nina (Dancer)
Varone, Doug (Dancer)
Cratty, Bill (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Solino, Louis (Dancer)
Bernhard, Sue (Dancer)
Carmany, Ginga (Dancer)
Lome, Russell (Dancer)
May, Jim, 1944- (Dancer)
Louis, Murray (Choreographer)
Limón, José (Choreographer)
Kukil, Bohdan (Director)
Nelson, Richard, 1938-1996 (Lighting designer)
Garcia, Frank (Costume designer)
Winter, Paul (Composer)
Lecuona, Ernesto, 1896-1963 (Composer)
Segovia, Andrés, 1893-1987 (Composer)
Lawrence, Pauline (Costume designer)
Tomlinson, Charles D (Costume designer)
Diamond, Dennis (Director)
José Limón Dance Company (Performer)
Kukil, Bohdan (Videographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1979-07
Place: United States
Table Of Contents
Figura (approx. 25 min.). Choreography: Murray Louis. Music: Paul Winter Consort, [Ernesto] Lecuona [y Casado], and [Andrés] Segovia. Costumes: Frank Garcia. Perf. by Nina Watt, Carla Maxwell, Douglas Varone, and Robert Swinston. -- Carlota (approx. 24 min.). Choreography: José Limón. Performed without musical accompaniment. Costumes: Pauline Lawrence and Charles Tomlinson. Perf. by Maxwell (Carlota, Empress); Louis Solino (Maximilian, Emperor); Swinston (Benito Juarez, President); Sue Bernhard, Ginga Carmany, and Watt (court ladies); Bill Cratty, Russell Lome, Jim May, and Varone (guerrillas).
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7235
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3145 (former)
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in July 1979, as part of the American Dance Festival Video Archival Project directed by Dennis Diamond. Coordinating director/cameraperson: Bohdan Kukil.
Performers: Performed by members of the José Limón Dance Company.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videotape reel (48 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926028994-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12172148
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 15b338e0-3f1f-0135-7cac-152d424ee1a8
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Figura ; Carlota" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15b338e0-3f1f-0135-7cac-152d424ee1a8
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Figura ; Carlota Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15b338e0-3f1f-0135-7cac-152d424ee1a8
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Figura ; Carlota" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/15b338e0-3f1f-0135-7cac-152d424ee1a8
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