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Items Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05

Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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David Gordon Video Archive

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Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05

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Title
Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05
Additional title: David Gordon archive
Names
Gordon, David, 1936- (Director)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Choreographer)
Tipton, Jennifer (Lighting designer)
Dissette, Alyce (Producer)
Gordon, Michael (Composer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Author)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Walton, William (British landscapist and watercolorist, active 1841-1866) (Composer)
Nyman, Michael (Composer)
Nancarrow, Conlan (Composer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Performer)
Graham, Karen (Performer)
Cunningham, Scott (Performer)
Brdnik, Tadej (Performer)
Fitzgerald, Ed (Performer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Producer)
Spoleto Festival U.S.A (Associated name)
Collection

David Gordon Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2004-05
Table of Contents
Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) ; Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) ; FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3907
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: a Pick Up Performance Co. production.
Creation/production credits: Directed & choreographed by David Gordon ; Lighting: Jennifer Tipton ; Stage Manager: Ed Fitzgerald ; Produced by Alyce Dissette ; PRIVATE LIVES: BREAKFAST audio: Ruth St. Dennis & Ted Shawn, Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence, Merce Cunningham & Robert Rauschenberg, Toni Lander & Bruce Marks ; PERFORMANCE music: Michael Gordon ; DANCING HENRY: words: W. Shakespeare & D. Gordon ; music: William Walton ; FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy: Music: Michael Nyman, Conlan Nancarrow ; Words: David Gordon.
Performers: With Valda Setterfield, David Gordon, Karen Graham, Scott Cunningham, Tadej Brdnik: PRIVATE LIVES: BREAKFAST with Valda Setterfield & David Gordon ; COUCH with Valda Setterfield & Karen Graham ; SLEEPLESS NIGHTS with Valda Setterfield, Scott Cunningham, Tadej Brdnik, Karen Graham & Ed Fitzgerald ; PERFORMANCE with Valda Setterfield, David Gordon, Scott Cunningham, Karen Graham & Tadej Brdnik ; DANCING HENRY: FRENCH LESSON with Valda Setterfield & Karen Graham ; SEA VOYAGE with Valda Setterfield, Scott Cunningham, Karen Graham & Tadej Brdnik ; WOOING with Valda Setterfield, Karen Graham & Tadej Brdnik ; FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy: CLOSE UP with Valda Setterfield & David Gordon ; SOMETHING SMELLS with Valda Setterfield & David Gordon ; TRADING PARTNERS with Karen Graham, Scott Cunningham & Tadej Brdnik ; SEVEN THIRTY with Karen Graham & Scott Cunningham ; THE LONG WALK with Valda Setterfield & David Gordon.
Venue: Recorded May 2004 Emmett Robinson Theatre, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co. 2014.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
An event designed for Spoleto USA which includes dancing and talking suites from: PRIVATE LIVES OF DANCERS (2002-03), DANCING HENRY FIVE (2004), FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (2001).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 898031495
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20495528
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1a98c740-66ac-0132-5c73-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2004. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1bdb7800-66ac-0132-ff5a-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1bdb7800-66ac-0132-ff5a-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2004). Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1bdb7800-66ac-0132-ff5a-3c075448cc4b

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Private Lives of Dancers (excerpt) [and] Dancing Henry Five (excerpt) [and] FAMILY$DEATH@ART.COMedy (excerpt) : rehearsal, 2004-05