Black lake

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Title

Black lake

Collection

Erick Hawkins Video Archive

Names

Hawkins, Erick (Donor)
Hawkins, Erick (Choreographer)
Ward, Cathy (Dancer)
Diachenko, Nada (Dancer)
Richman, Natalie (Dancer)
Tobiason, Kevin (Dancer)
Terry, Cori (Dancer)
Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000 (Composer)
Dorazio, Ralph (Designer)
Erick Hawkins Dance Company (Performer)
Hawkins, Erick (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1977-04 (Questionable)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7205 ; *MGZIC 9-1956 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance, probably at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, in April 1977.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Erick Hawkins. Music: Lucia Dlugoszewski. Designs: Ralph Dorazio.
Performers: Performed by members of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company: Erick Hawkins, Cathy Ward, Nada Diachenko, Kevin Tobiason (?), Cori Terry, Natalie Richman. Probable cast: i, sun setting/night people: Ward, with Hawkins, Richman, Terry, and Tobiason; ii, first star: Diachenko; iii, night birds: Hawkins, Tobiason; iv, moon with clouds: Diachenko, with Terry and Ward; v, longcomet hair: Richman; vi, summer thunder: Hawkins and Ward; vii, little bear/big bear/bears/deep midnight: Richman and Tobiason, with Diachenko, Hawkins, Terry, and Ward; viii, the milky way: Entire cast. Cassette 1: Approx. 32 min. Cassette 2: Approx. 16 min.; repeats exit of vi, summer thunder, and opening of vii, bears.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videotape reels (48 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY916027926-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12170050
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 356c2fd0-34ed-0135-096c-51ded9194cd9

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Black lake" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/356c2fd0-34ed-0135-096c-51ded9194cd9

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Black lake Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/356c2fd0-34ed-0135-096c-51ded9194cd9

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Black lake" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/356c2fd0-34ed-0135-096c-51ded9194cd9

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