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Moonways and dark tides [and] [Korus]

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Title

Moonways and dark tides [and] [Korus]

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009 (Choreographer)
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009 (Commentator)
Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009 (Performer)
Lerner, Raissa (Dancer)
Chou, Chao-hui (Dancer)
Takemitsu, Tōru (Composer)
Prodromidès, Jean (Composer)
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 (Author)
Ward, Penny (Videographer)
Pearl Lang and Company (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1990-07-05

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Moonways and dark tides (approx. 32 min.). Music: Toru Takemitsu. Cast: Prologue: The Company; Full moon and moon set: Women of the Company; Blinded by a moonless night: The Company; Promise of the crescent moon: Chao-hui Chou; Half moon over the waters: Raissa Lerner and the men of the Company; Full moon-set: Lerner and the Company. -- [Korus] (approx. 21 min.). Work in progress, untitled at time of recording. Music: Jean Prodromidès. Text: T.S. Eliot. Performed by Lang (speaking chorus), the women of the Company (movement chorus), and the men of the Company.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2232
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2306 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals
92nd Street Y (New York, N.Y.). Harkness Dance Center

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive in open rehearsal at Buttenweiser Hall, the 92nd Street YMHA, New York, on July 5, 1990, by Penny Ward/Video, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Creation/Production Credits: Performed by the Pearl Lang Dance Theater: Elizabeth Auclair, Ian Betts, Chao-hui Chou, Michael Donaghy, Silvana Eder, William Elias, Adria Ferrali, Gregory Hofer, Noreen Pietri, Anna Shoub, Yasushi Tanaka, Anne Tobias, and Constantine Torlidakis, with guest artist Raissa Lerner. Each dance is introduced by Pearl Lang.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (53 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY906051468-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12169568
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 54bdfe90-4b52-0133-9981-60f81dd2b63c

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. "Moonways and dark tides [and] [Korus]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54bdfe90-4b52-0133-9981-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). Moonways and dark tides [and] [Korus] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54bdfe90-4b52-0133-9981-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Moonways and dark tides [and] [Korus]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54bdfe90-4b52-0133-9981-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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