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White Oak Dance Project: McGuffin piece, 1999-01-12

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
White Oak Dance Project: McGuffin piece, 1999-01-12
Additional title: MacGuffin (Choreographic work : Greenberg)
Names
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- (Dancer)
Greenberg, Neil, 1959- (Choreographer)
Sheffer, Jonathan (Conductor)
Eos Orchestra (Performer)
Dancers Responding to AIDS (Organization) (Organizer)
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)
Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.) (Production company)
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975 (Composer)
Collection

Mikhail Baryshnikov Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1999-01-12
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 494
Topics
Dance
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
White Oak Dance Project
Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975. Psycho. Selections
Orchestral music
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Music
Notes
Content: Title transcribed from videocassette label.
Content: Date determined by cataloger from content.
Venue: Recorded 1999 January 12 St. Mark's Church, New York, New York.
Acquisition: Gift; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2011.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (19 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
Mikhail Baryshnikov in a benefit performance for Dancers Responding to AIDS at St. Mark's Church / Danspace. This is Baryshnikov's solo from the start of Neil Greenberg's "MacGuffin", normally an ensemble piece for White Oak Dance Project. Eos Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Sheffer, accompanies him during the performance. Sheffer and Baryshnikov address the audience afterward; Baryshnikov jokes about the proximity of the audience. Most of the text titles of the piece are out of frame. Title misspelled on videocasette label.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 893979651
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20321386
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2dd4e8c0-645d-0132-12da-3c075448cc4b
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "White Oak Dance Project" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1999. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2dd4e8c0-645d-0132-12da-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "White Oak Dance Project" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2dd4e8c0-645d-0132-12da-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1999). White Oak Dance Project Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2dd4e8c0-645d-0132-12da-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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White Oak Dance Project