All about art: a retrospective of early work by John Kelly

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Title

All about art: a retrospective of early work by John Kelly

Collection

John Kelly Video Archive

Names

Kelly, John, 1954- (Choreographer)
Kelly, John, 1954- (Director)
Kelly, John, 1954- (Performer)
Menard, Marleen (Performer)
Story, Guy (Composer)
Snyder, Huck (Designer)
Chase, Anthony G (Cinematographer)
Pressner, Stan (Lighting designer)
Video D Studios (Cinematographer)
Dance Chance (Concert series :(New York, N.Y.) (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1987-04-05

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8188

Subjects

Performance art

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Original music, Guy Story ; sets, Huck Snyder ; film, Anthony Chase ; lighting, Stan Pressner.
Venue: Videotaped at St. Mark's Church, New York, on April 5, 1987, by Video D Studios.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (55 min.) :sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Excerpts from the performance art works The forces of destiny (1982), The Dagmar Onassis story (1983), S. Sebastiano (1982-1984), Pass the blutwurst, bitte (1983-1986), The Mona Lisa (1983), Go west junger Mann (1983-1984), and Born with the moon in Cancer (1986).

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F634
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12319769
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 40049240-a816-0138-28b2-337022b5f4f0

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

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "All about art: a retrospective of early work by John Kelly" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40049240-a816-0138-28b2-337022b5f4f0

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987). All about art: a retrospective of early work by John Kelly Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40049240-a816-0138-28b2-337022b5f4f0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "All about art: a retrospective of early work by John Kelly" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/40049240-a816-0138-28b2-337022b5f4f0

Wikipedia citation

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