Margie Gillis

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Title

Margie Gillis

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Gillis, Margie (Choreographer)
Udashkin, Jack (Lighting designer)
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 (Author)
Waits, Tom, 1949- (Composer)
Lavoie, Pierre (Lighting designer)
Clarke, Martha (Choreographer)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Daly, Kitty (Costume designer)
Stegenga, Penny (Lighting designer)
Ballard, Stephanie (Choreographer)
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921 (Composer)
Cernovich, Nicola (Lighting designer)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Gillis, Margie (Dancer)
Gillis, Margie (Costume designer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1980 - 1989 (Approximate)

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Waltzing Matilda (approx. 7 min.). Chor: Margie Gillis. Mus: Tom Waits. Cos: Margie Gillis. Lighting: Jack Udashkin. -- Bloom (approx. 9 min.). Chor: Gillis. Text: James Joyce (excerpt from Ulysses), read by Siobhan McKenna. Cos: Gillis. Lighting: Pierre Lavoie. -- Give me your heart tonight (approx. 3 min.). Chor: Gillis. Mus: Shakin Stevens. Cos: Gillis. Lighting: Udashkin. -- Nocturne (approx. 7 min.). Chor: Martha Clarke. Mus: Felix Mendelssohn. Cos: Kitty Daly. Lighting: Penny Stegenga. -- Mara (approx. 8 min.). Chor: Stephanie Ballard. Mus: Camille Saint-Saëns (from Carnival of the animals). Cos: Stephanie Ballard. Lighting: Nicholas Cernovitch. -- Slipstream (approx. 3 min.). Chor: Gillis. Mus: J. S. Bach. Cos: Gillis. Lighting: Udashkin.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2785
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4218 (former)

Subjects

Gillis, Margie
Modern dance -- Canada

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Videotaped in performance.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (37 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176216
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78f08470-9e86-0132-2077-3c075448cc4b

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. "Margie Gillis" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980 - 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78f08470-9e86-0132-2077-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980 - 1989). Margie Gillis Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78f08470-9e86-0132-2077-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Margie Gillis" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/78f08470-9e86-0132-2077-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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