Ode to a cube: John Kelly in concert
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Title
Ode to a cube: John Kelly in concert
Collection
Names
Kelly, John, 1954- (Performer)
Snyder, Huck (Designer)
Thies, Howard (Lighting designer)
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 (Composer)
Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886 (Composer)
Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 (Composer)
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921 (Composer)
Schwartz, Michael (Videographer)
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club (Presenter)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1988-11-11
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8189
Subjects
Genres
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: Songs and arias, Bizet (Habañera), Caccini (Amarilli), Ponchielli (Voce di donna), Jule Styne (Who are you now?), Saint-Saëns (Amour, viens aider) ; additional music, Aram Khachaturian, Giuseppe Verdi, Claudio Monteverdi, W.A. Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, Joni Mitchell, Adolphe Adam, Henry Purcell, Paul Whiteman ; assistance with decor, Huck Snyder ; lighting, Howard Thies.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at La Mama E.T.C., New York, on November 11, 1988, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Michael Schwartz.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (46 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
Solo performance combining songs and performance art.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F452
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176736
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 28bee010-8670-0138-5572-0d16fdd5ccf1
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ode to a cube: John Kelly in concert" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28bee010-8670-0138-5572-0d16fdd5ccf1
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). Ode to a cube: John Kelly in concert Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28bee010-8670-0138-5572-0d16fdd5ccf1
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ode to a cube: John Kelly in concert" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28bee010-8670-0138-5572-0d16fdd5ccf1
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