Roger Tolle/Theatre for Bodies and Voices

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Title

Roger Tolle/Theatre for Bodies and Voices

Collection

The Roger Tolle Video Archive

Names

Tolle, Roger (Choreographer)
Tolle, Roger (Dancer)
Curtis, Martha (Dancer)
Fischer-Credo, Cornelius (Dancer)
Hall, Laurence (Dancer)
Jacoby, Ann (Dancer)
Savage, Janet (Dancer)
Smith, Jenifer (Dancer)
Minter, Drew (Dancer)
Silverman, Judith (Dancer)
Wright, Geoffrey, 1912-2010 (Composer)
Berio, Luciano, 1925-2003 (Composer)
Bergeron, George (Costume designer)
Diamond, Stuart S (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1980-11-12

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Dance suite from The song weavers (approx. 25 min.). Music: Geoffrey Wright. Perf. by Martha Curtis, Cornelius Fischer-Credo, Laurence Hall, Ann Jacoby, Janet Savage, Jenifer Smith, and Roger Tolle. -- Sequenza III (approx. 10 min.). Music: Luciano Berio. Costume: George Bergeron. Perf. by Drew Minter. -- Traveling songs (approx. 23 min.). Music: Stuart Diamond, in collaboration with the performers. Costumes: George Bergeron. Perf. by Curtis, Minter, Savage, Judi Silverman, Smith, and Tolle.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8972
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3621 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Beverly Brown Dancenter, New York, on November 12, 1980. Presented by Body/Voice Theatre Foundation, Inc.
Performers: Performed by Roger Tolle/Theatre for Bodies and Voices.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videotape reel (59 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY936026877-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12174786
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 37f55eb0-7a0c-0135-71c7-1f48a411cf54

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roger Tolle/Theatre for Bodies and Voices" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37f55eb0-7a0c-0135-71c7-1f48a411cf54

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). Roger Tolle/Theatre for Bodies and Voices Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37f55eb0-7a0c-0135-71c7-1f48a411cf54

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roger Tolle/Theatre for Bodies and Voices" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37f55eb0-7a0c-0135-71c7-1f48a411cf54

Wikipedia citation

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