The big picture

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Title

The big picture

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Chuma, Yoshiko (Choreographer)
Sheppard, Harry Whittaker (Dancer)
Fleming, Donald (Dancer)
Tufts, Gayle (Dancer)
Tufts, Gayle (Composer)
Tufts, Gayle (Lyricist)
Froot, Dan (Dancer)
Froot, Dan (Composer)
Froot, Dan (Lyricist)
Hendryx, Nona (Composer)
Oechsle, Gabriele (Dancer)
Waltz, Sasha (Dancer)
Jacquette, Yvonne (Set designer)
Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks (Dancer)
Chuma, Yoshiko (Director)
Chuma, Yoshiko (Dancer)
Hendryx, Nona (Dancer)
Hendryx, Nona (Lyricist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1987-02-01

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6926

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Conceived and directed by: Yoshiko Chuma. Music and lyrics: Nona Hendryx. Additional music and lyrics: Dan Froot and Gayle Tufts. Screenplay: Catherine Bush. Set design: Yvonne Jacquette. Costumes: Timi Brown. Additional text and choreography: The School of Hard Knocks. Lighting: Stan Pressner.
Performers: Performed by the School of Hard Knocks: Harry Whittaker Sheppard, Donald Fleming, Gayle Tufts, Dan Froot, Yoshiko Chuma, Nona Hendryx, Gabriele Oechsle, and Sasha Waltz. Musical selections: Wireless, American dream catalogue, How I see the world, The winds of change, and The big picture: Movements 1-4.
Venue: Videotaped February 1, 1987 during performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York.

Physical Description

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

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY896016663-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12167264
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7796a530-8283-0138-e007-0d52a4d17c21

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The big picture" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7796a530-8283-0138-e007-0d52a4d17c21

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987). The big picture Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7796a530-8283-0138-e007-0d52a4d17c21

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The big picture" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7796a530-8283-0138-e007-0d52a4d17c21

Wikipedia citation

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