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Riverside Dance Festival, 1979 January 13

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Title

Riverside Dance Festival, 1979 January 13

Collection

Bertram Ross Video Archive

Names

Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003 (Choreographer)
Ross, Bertram, 1920-2003 (Performer)
Wallowitch, John (Performer)
Wallowitch, John (Composer)
Walker, David T (Composer)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 (Composer)
Abrams, Linda (Dancer)
Bochette, Alyce (Dancer)
Capps, David (Dancer)
Delano, Laura (Dancer)
DeWees, John (Dancer)
Ducker, Ellen (Dancer)
Ellner, Miriam (Dancer)
Morgan, Anthony (Dancer)
Odellas, Paula (Dancer)
Richebacher, Tom (Dancer)
Wolf, Raymond (Dancer)
Weissman, Rita (Costume designer)
Gisondi, John (Lighting designer)
Bertram Ross and Company (Dancer)
Riverside Dance Festival (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1979-01-13

Table Of Contents

Mandala (premiere) (13 min.) / music, David Walker with Dan Erkkila (taped Chinese flutes) ; dancers, Alyce Bochette, David Capps, Laura Delano, Ellen Ducker, Anthony Morgan, Tom Richebacher, Raymond Wolf. |||| Image (premiere) (4 min.) / music, J.S. Bach ; dancer, Bertram Ross. |||| Serenade (premiere) (12 min.) / music, Igor Stravinsky ; dancers, Paula Odellas, David Capps, Anthony Morgan, Tom Richebacher. |||| Departures And Endings (premiere) (13 min.) / music, David Walker ; dancers, Linda Abrams, Laura Delano, John DeWees, Ellen Ducker, Miriam Ellner, Anthony Morgan, Paula Odellas, Raymond Wolf. |||| Let's Face The Music And Dance (premiere) (14 min.) / music, the Sex Pistols ; original piano dance music by John Wallowitch ; medley by Irving Berlin, George Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern Dorothy Fields, Cole Porter; music by Tony Scibetta and lyrics by John Wallowitch (Let me dance) ; performers, Bertram Ross and John Wallowitch (pianist).

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2701

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: choreography by Bertram Ross ; dancers, Bertram Ross Dance Company.
Content: Reel 1 (29 min.): Mandala, Image, Serenade. Reel 2 (27 min.): Departures And Endings, Let's Face The Music And Dance.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography, Bertram Ross ; lighting design, John Gisondi ; costume design, Rita Weissmann.
Performers: Dancers, Bertram Ross Dance Company: Linda Abrams, ALyce Bochette, David Capps, Laura Delano, John DeWees, Ellen Ducker, Miriam Ellner, Anthony Morgan, Paula Odellas, Tom Richebacher, Raymond Wolf.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Theatre of the Riverside Church, New York, N.Y., as part of the Riverside Dance Festival, 1979 January 13
Acquisition: Gift; William Prensky; 2009.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videotape reels (56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 942677161
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20908283
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3893c130-7391-0134-3fac-00505686a51c

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. "Riverside Dance Festival, 1979 January 13" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3893c130-7391-0134-3fac-00505686a51c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1979). Riverside Dance Festival, 1979 January 13 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3893c130-7391-0134-3fac-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Riverside Dance Festival, 1979 January 13" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3893c130-7391-0134-3fac-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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