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A Day in the Life of Coney Island: Event of the Year 1988, Gala

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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National Dance Institute Video Archive

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A Day in the Life of Coney Island

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Title
A Day in the Life of Coney Island: Event of the Year 1988, Gala
Additional title: Event of the Year 1988: A Day in the Life of Coney Island
Additional title: 1988 Event of the Year: A Day in the Life of Coney Island
Additional title: N.D.I. Event of the Year: A Day in the Life of Coney Island
Additional title: National Dance Institute Moving Image Archive
Names
National Dance Institute (U.S.) (Creator)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Author of dialog)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Stage director)
Levine, David, 1926-2009 (Set designer)
Norris, Lee (Conductor)
Norris, Lee (Arranger)
Foreman, Donlin (Performer)
Lamont, Deni (Performer)
Wright, Valerie (Performer)
James, George (Performer)
Hope, Penelope (Performer)
Fung, Alvin (Performer)
Lewis, Vicki (Performer)
Vaughan, Kevin (Performer)
National Dance Institute (U.S.) (Performer)
National Dance Institute (U.S.) (Presenter)
Collection

National Dance Institute Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-06-14
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4020
Topics
Dance for children -- New York (State) -- New York
Performing arts and children -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Title from opening video credits ; additional titles from original videocassette label ; additional credits from New York Times (June 14, 1988) article entitled, Festival Review/Dance; A Coney Island Cast of a Thousand.
Statement of responsibility: Founder, Jacques D'Amboise
Performers: Performed by Donlin Foreman (overbearing mother), Deni Lamont (timid father), Valerie Wright and George James (two yearning teen-agers), Penelope Hope (imperturbable child), and Alvin Fung (little boy), the North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club from Sydney and the National Dance Institute dancers.
Venue: Videotaped during NDI's Event of the Year performance at Felt Forum, New York, N.Y. as part of the First New York International Festival of the Arts, 1988 June 14.
Acquisition: Gift; Jacques D'Amboise ; 2012.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (55 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 908687113
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20617893
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5d07fe60-4aaa-0133-7394-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A Day in the Life of Coney Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d07fe60-4aaa-0133-7394-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A Day in the Life of Coney Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d07fe60-4aaa-0133-7394-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). A Day in the Life of Coney Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5d07fe60-4aaa-0133-7394-60f81dd2b63c

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A Day in the Life of Coney Island