The watchers

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Title

The watchers

Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Names

Kraus, Lisa (Choreographer)
Finkel, Amy (Dancer)
Nelson, Jeremy (Dancer)
Byrne, David, 1952- (Composer)
Eno, Brian, 1948- (Composer)
Hagen, John Milton, 1892-1977 (Composer)
Becker, Frances (Videographer)
Margonelli, Peter (Videographer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Talking Heads (Musical group) (Contributor)
Kraus, Lisa (Videographer)
Kraus, Lisa (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1984

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2577
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1064 (former)

Subjects

Dance Theater Workshop
Watchers (Choreographic work : Kraus)

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: Subtitle: Made for TV. Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on November 19, 1984.
Statement Of Responsibility: Presented by Dance Theater Workshop during the Fall Events 1984.
Statement Of Responsibility: Choreography: Lisa Kraus. Music: John Hagen, David Byrne, Brian Eno and the Talking Heads. Video: Lisa Kraus and Frances Becker. Night sequence video: Peter Margonelli. Lighting: Phil Sandström.
Performers: Performed by Lisa Kraus and Dancers: Amy Finkel, Lisa Kraus, and Jeremy Nelson.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (53 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12166667
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 41d5dc80-b2c3-0131-40b2-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Date Issued

1984

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The watchers" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41d5dc80-b2c3-0131-40b2-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1984). The watchers Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41d5dc80-b2c3-0131-40b2-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The watchers" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/41d5dc80-b2c3-0131-40b2-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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