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Title
Beginning of the end of the
Additional title: Beginning of the end of the... (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Stage director)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Choreographer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Author of dialog)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Performer)
Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 (Author)
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Composer)
Tipton, Jennifer (Lighting designer)
Cohn, Charlotte (Performer)
Cunningham, Scott (Performer)
Fire, Norma (Performer)
Graham, Karen (Performer)
Mattocks, Aaron (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Skeist, David (Performer)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Performer)
Holub, Johannes (Videographer)
Holub, Johannes (Editor)
Holub, Jenny (Videographer)
Johannes Holub Videographers (Videographer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Performer)
Quartetto David (Performer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2012-06-24
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3293
Topics
Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 -- Plays. Selections. English
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 -- Minuets, violins (2), viola, cello
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 -- Crisantemi
Joyce SoHo (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: written, directed & choreographed by David Gordon ; based on text by Luigi Pirandello ; produced by Alyce Dissette.
Content: Widescreen.
Content: The recording of this work was made possible by the cooperation of The Joyce Theater, Pick Up Performance Co(s), and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.
Creation/production credits: Texts by Luigi Pirandello (Characters in Search of an Author, A Character's Tradegy, and The Man with the Flowers in His Mouth); music by Giacomo Puccini (Three minuets in A Major for String Quartet and Crisantemi); played by Quartetto David (Mauro Loguercio, Gabriele Baffero (violins), Antonio Leofreddi (viola), Marco Decimo (Cello)); lighting, Jennifer Tipton.
Creation/production credits: Video documentation by Johannes Holub Videographers ; camera, Jennifer Holub, Johannes Holub ; editor, Johannes Holub.
Performers: Players, Charlotte Cohn as Stepdaughter & Nurse ; Scott Cunningham as Dancer w/ short sleeves ; Norma Fire as Woman w/ Veil & Woman w/ Jacket ; David Gordon as Director & Author ; Karen Graham as Dancer w/ no sleeves ; Aaron Mattocks as Dancer w/ long sleeves ; Valda Setterfiled as Leading Lady & Author's Wife ; David Skeist as Son and Man w/ Flower in his mouth ; Gus Solomons Jr. as Father & Commuter.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Joyce Soho, New York, N.Y. on 2012 June 24.
Funding: This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Funding: The assistance of the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.
Funding: The Dance Division gratefully acknowledges the assistance of The Jerome Robbins Foundation.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (72 min.) : sound, color
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 894086804
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20322852
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2d439d40-6461-0132-f0a3-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Beginning of the end of the" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2012. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2e67cd10-6461-0132-a5fc-3c075448cc4b

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Beginning of the end of the