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Erick Hawkins Dance Company

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Title

Erick Hawkins Dance Company

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961 (Composer)
Diamond, David, 1915-2005 (Composer)
Kim, Willa (Costume designer)
Boxer, Stanley (Sculptor)
Lee, Ralph (Designer)
Takemitsu, Tōru (Composer)
Holub, Johannes (Videographer)
Hawkins, Erick (Choreographer)
Dorazio, Ralph (Designer)
Ge, Gan-Ru, 1954- (Composer)
Elliot, Patrick (Costume designer)
Engstrom, Robert (Lighting designer)
Erick Hawkins Dance Company (Performer)
Hawkins, Erick (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1986-02-05

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Cassette 1. Classic kite tails. Music: David Diamond. Sculptures: Stanley Boxer. Dawn dazzled door. Music: Toru Takemitsu. Scenery: Ralph Dorazio. -- Cassette 2. Death is the hunter (with Erick Hawkins as Death). Music: Wallingford Riegger. Scenery and masks: Ralph Lee. Costumes: Willa Kim. Today, with dragon. Music: Ge Gan-ru. Sculptures: Ralph Dorazio. Costumes: Patrick Elliot.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7494
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1128 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Filmed for the Jerome Robbins Archive by Johannes Holub with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment on the Arts during a dress rehearsal at Alice Tully Hall, New York, on February 5, 1986.
Performers: Danced by members of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company: Erick Hawkins, Katherine Duke, Randy Howard, Gloria McLean, Laura Pettibone, James Reedy, Cynthia Reynolds, Daniel Tai, Mariko Tanabe, Cathy Ward, and Mark Wisniewski.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (74 min., 12 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12173704
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6b2e4c30-6453-0132-69cb-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. "Erick Hawkins Dance Company" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1986. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b2e4c30-6453-0132-69cb-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1986). Erick Hawkins Dance Company Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b2e4c30-6453-0132-69cb-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Erick Hawkins Dance Company" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b2e4c30-6453-0132-69cb-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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