40 second variations

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Title

40 second variations

Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Names

Rinker, Kenneth (Choreographer)
Cervetti, Sergio (Composer)
Kenneth Rinker Dance Company (Choreographer)
CBS Cable (Contributor)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1981

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9195
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6138 (former)

Subjects

Dance Theater Workshop
Dance
Forty second/42nd variations (Choreographic work : Rinker)

Genres

Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: CBS Cable ; choreography by Kenneth Rinker.
Content: Original container labeled "Final edited version; dub #1, 7/17/81."
Content: Time code at top of frame; technicians' voices occasionally audible.
Creation/Production Credits: Music, Sergio Cervetti.
Performers: Danced by the Kenneth Rinker Dance Company.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Television version of a dance work originally presented onstage in 1979 under the title Forty second/42nd variations. The ending is recorded twice.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F916
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14430561
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e575ba0-8046-0135-0916-039811501676

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Date Issued

1981

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "40 second variations" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e575ba0-8046-0135-0916-039811501676

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). 40 second variations Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e575ba0-8046-0135-0916-039811501676

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "40 second variations" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e575ba0-8046-0135-0916-039811501676

Wikipedia citation

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