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Janis Brenner's The Memory Project

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Title

Janis Brenner's The Memory Project

Collection

Janis Brenner Video Archive

Names

Brenner, Janis (Choreographer)
Richman, Howard (Composer)
Florida International University (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2004-01-31

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-6967

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: choreography, Janis Brenner ; presented by Florida International University Dance Department.
Creation/Production Credits: Music, Howard Richman with excerpts from J.S. Bach (Cello Suite no. 1 in G Major), Meredith Monk (Jade, from Songs from the Hill), Zephryn Conte (Card Memory section), and Henry Purcell (Death is a long, long Sleep) ; opening text, Marcel Proust (Remembrance of Things Past) ; poem adapted by Roger Von Oech (A Whack on the Side of the Head).
Performers: Performed by Florida International University Dance Department dancers and community members.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Florida International University Dance Department theater, Miami, Fla. 2004 January 31.
Original Version: Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Acquisition: Gift; Janis Brenner; 2012.
Biographical/Historical: Premiered in its original version at UCLA as a commission from the Dance/World Arts & Cultures Department in April 1994. It premiered with its New York cast in a full-length version at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris on March 25, 1999.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (61 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

The Memory of All That, a voice/movement/text-based work, is an on-going exploration of the interactive dynamic between the power of movement and the power of words and what occurs when both are employed simultaneously.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19992042
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2b669130-6f19-0131-062a-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Janis Brenner's The Memory Project" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2004. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b669130-6f19-0131-062a-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2004). Janis Brenner's The Memory Project Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b669130-6f19-0131-062a-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Janis Brenner's The Memory Project" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b669130-6f19-0131-062a-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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