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Pipedreams: Benefit for Performance Space 122

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Title

Pipedreams: Benefit for Performance Space 122

Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

Names

Melillo, Joseph V. (Host)
Murrin, Tom (Performer)
Reitz, Dana (Performer)
Smith, Michael (Performer)
Skura, Stephanie (Performer)
Lachambre, Benoît (Performer)
Moran, Brian (Performer)
Rousseve, David (Performer)
Segal, Margery (Performer)
Wanner, Debra (Performer)
Neu, Jim (Performer)
Holman, Bob, 1948- (Performer)
Gam, Kaja (Performer)
Paraiso, Nicky (Performer)
Russell, Mark, 1954- (Speaker)
Gross, Steve (Performer)
Cobb, Catlin (Performer)
Shumaker, Helen (Performer)
Gubelman, Serge (Performer)
Elovich, Richard (Author)
Boothe, Power (Conceptor)
Galas, Philip-Dimitri (Author)
Ferri, David (Lighting designer)
O'Riley, Terry. (Author)
Mabou Mines (Theater group) (Performer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Performance Space 122 (Event place)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1987-02-05

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Reel 1: [Musical works], perf. by Serge Gubelman. -- [Comedy number], perf. by The Alien Comic (Tom Murrin). -- Steps, perf. by Dana Reitz. -- A new tomorrow [song], perf. by Michael Smith. -- Chorus line [and] Going off: excerpt, perf. by Stephanie Skura, Benoît Lachambre, Brian Moran, David Rousseve, Margery Segal, and Debra Wanner. -- Trailer for a radio play written by Terry O'Riley, perf. by members of Mabou Mines: Jim Neu, Bob Holman, and Kaja Gam (voice on tape). -- Bobby's birthday like that: excerpt, written by Richard Elovich, perf. by Nicky Paraiso. -- Speech by Mark Russell, executive director of P. S. 122. -- Reel 2: Still life: excerpts, perf. by Steve Gross and others. -- Mad house (b&w film), concept/direction: Power Boothe and Catlin Cobb, with performance on film by Cobb. -- Raffle. -- The bearded lady's manifesto, written by Philip-Dimitri Galas, perf. by Helen Shumaker.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2827
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3746 (former)

Subjects

Benefit performances

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at Performance Space 122, New York, on February 5, 1987 (8 p.m.). Host: Joseph Melillo.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Dance, music, and performance art works interspersed with commentary by the host and a raffle.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12175051
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 42950670-b2bf-0131-e550-3c075448cc4b

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. "Pipedreams: Benefit for Performance Space 122" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42950670-b2bf-0131-e550-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987). Pipedreams: Benefit for Performance Space 122 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42950670-b2bf-0131-e550-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pipedreams: Benefit for Performance Space 122" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/42950670-b2bf-0131-e550-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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