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An attractive production

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Title

An attractive production

Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Names

Skinner, Doug (Composer)
Skinner, Doug (Performer)
Dannenberg, Helen (Choreographer)
Fontaine, Jeff (Lighting designer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Dannenberg, Helen (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1985

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Prelude in A major. -- What it's like to be dead. -- A bucket of gems. -- The Muscatel suite. Second movement choreographed and danced by Dannenberg. -- Eddie's book report. -- The adventures of Pinocchio. -- Walter and Danny start out to go to the beach, but instead--No, wait, I don't want to give away the plot.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2590
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1710 (former)

Subjects

Dance Theater Workshop
Performance art

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on August 13, 1985. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop during the eighth season of The Out-of-Towners & Others.
Creation/Production Credits: Written, composed, and illustrated by Doug Skinner. Lighting: Jeff Fontaine.
Performers: Performed by Doug Skinner, Helen Dannenberg, and Eddie Gray [dummy].

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12168210
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6d58b5e0-b2c4-0131-66b6-3c075448cc4b

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

Date Issued

1985

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "An attractive production" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d58b5e0-b2c4-0131-66b6-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). An attractive production Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d58b5e0-b2c4-0131-66b6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "An attractive production" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d58b5e0-b2c4-0131-66b6-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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