Opus pocus

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Title

Opus pocus

Collection

The Gus Solomons Video Archive

Names

Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Donor)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Choreographer)
Twining, Toby (Choreographer)
Boomershine, Ty (Dancer)
Daniel, Hef (Dancer)
Johnson, Mark (Dancer)
Noll, Sarah (Dancer)
Yu, Cheng-Chieh (Dancer)
Zimmerman, Paul (Dancer)
De Vere, Scott (Designer)
Jackson, Suzanne (Costume designer)
Iannaccone, Ernest (Lighting designer)
Richards, Peter (Videographer)
Solomons Company/Dance (Performer)
Character Generators/Video (Videographer)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Composer)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Dancer)
Twining, Toby (Composer)
Twining, Toby (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1991-03-17

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7782
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6267 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: [presented by] the Solomons Company/Dance ; Gut Boys plus-- ; sound and movement by Gus Solomons, Jr. and Toby Twining in collaboration with the performers.
Content: Location from original container.
Creation/Production Credits: Structure and visual presentation, Scott de Vere ; clothing, Suzanne Jackson ; lighting, Ernest Iannaccone.
Performers: Performed by the Solomons Company/Dance: Ty Boomershine, Hef Daniel, Mark Johnson, Sarah Noll, Gus Solomons, Jr., Toby Twining, Cheng-Chieh Yu, Paul Zimmerman.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the 14th Street Dance Center, New York, on March 17, 1991, by Character Generators/Video ; cameraperson, Peter Richards.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Date: Copyright: 1991.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (60 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY00-F139
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14649052
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3769b000-7bb7-0135-6dc8-19ca50a7ec32

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Opus pocus" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3769b000-7bb7-0135-6dc8-19ca50a7ec32

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Opus pocus Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3769b000-7bb7-0135-6dc8-19ca50a7ec32

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Opus pocus" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3769b000-7bb7-0135-6dc8-19ca50a7ec32

Wikipedia citation

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