The camera in the body's hands. Painter's dream
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Title
The camera in the body's hands. Painter's dream
Collection
Names
Overlie, Mary (Interviewee)
Beavers, Wendell (Dancer)
Martin, Nina (Dancer)
Langland, Paul (Dancer)
Warrilow, David (Dancer)
Svane, Christina (Interviewer)
Lemessurier, Claire (Interviewer)
Kerry, Richard (Lighting designer)
Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.) (Event place)
Le Messurier, Claire (Videographer)
Svane, Christina (Videographer)
Overlie, Mary (Dancer)
Overlie, Mary (Choreographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1978-06
Place: U.S.
Publisher: Channel D
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8975
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4038 (former)
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Interviews
Filmed Performances
Notes
Content: Edited version of the dance work Painter's dream.
Content: Performed without musical accompaniment.
Performers: Guest artist: David Warrilow.
Performers: Interviewers: Christina Svane and Claire Le Messurier.
Venue: Dance work recorded for the cable television program The camera in the body's hands at The Kitchen Center, New York, in June 1978.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videotape reel (32 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
As her modern dance work Painter's dream is performed, choreographer Mary Overlie, heard in voice-over, discusses her interest in and observations of the painter's craft, her own use of space and imagery, and other aspects of the piece.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F524
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12684594
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 18162fc0-7af1-0135-6f8a-0690c79455ae
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The camera in the body's hands. Painter's dream" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18162fc0-7af1-0135-6f8a-0690c79455ae
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. The camera in the body's hands. Painter's dream Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18162fc0-7af1-0135-6f8a-0690c79455ae
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The camera in the body's hands. Painter's dream" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18162fc0-7af1-0135-6f8a-0690c79455ae
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