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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Janis Brenner's The Memory Project

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Title
Janis Brenner's The Memory Project
Additional title: Memory Project
Additional title: Memory of All That (Choreographic work : Brenner)
Names
Brenner, Janis (Choreographer)
Richman, Howard (Composer)
Florida International University (Performer)
Collection

Janis Brenner Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2004-01-31
Library locations
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
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (61 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
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.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19992042
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2b669130-6f19-0131-062a-3c075448cc4b
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  • 2004: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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/347c2c90-6f19-0131-40cc-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 March 25, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/347c2c90-6f19-0131-40cc-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/347c2c90-6f19-0131-40cc-3c075448cc4b

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Janis Brenner's The Memory Project