Mitchell Rose Dance Company

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Title

Mitchell Rose Dance Company

Collection

Mitchell Rose Dance Company Video Archive

Names

Rose, Mitchell (Choreographer)
Bowers, Martha (Costume designer)
Turocy, Catherine (Dancer)
Bergman, Valerie (Dancer)
Walker, Tertius (Dancer)
Fogel, Jessica (Dancer)
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 (Composer)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945 (Composer)
Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946 (Composer)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (Composer)
Coltrane, John, 1926-1967 (Composer)
Mitchell Rose Dance Company (Dancer)
Rose, Mitchell (Dancer)
Rose, Mitchell (Composer)
Rose, Mitchell (Lighting designer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1978-04

Table Of Contents

Reel 1: When insane, do as the sane do (approx. 12 min.). Music: Mitchell Rose. Perf. by Martha Bowers, Rose, and Catherine Turocy. -- 18 beginnings (approx. 7 min.). Music: collage. Perf. by Valerie Bergman, Bowers, Rose, and Tertius Walker. -- In a sentimental mood (approx. 5 min.). Music: Ellington, Coltrane. Perf. by Bowers and Rose. -- Reel 2: L'Enfant terrible (approx. 11 min.). Lacks audio. Perf. by Bowers and Rose. -- hay, hay, hay (approx. 12 min.). Music: Rose. Perf. by Bowers and Rose with Jessica Fogel. -- Not a bed of roses (approx. 7 min.). Music: Bartók. Perf. by Rose. -- Low art motion '78 (approx. 13 min.). Music: Youmans, Kaper, Allen, Coslow arr. by Jones. Perf. by Rose and Bowers, with Bergman and Walker. -- L'Enfant terrible (approx. 11 min.). Music: Schubert, Bach. Perf. by Rose and Mitchell.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3322
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2735 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance at American Theater Laboratory, New York.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Acquisition: Gift of Mitchell Rose.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Works presented on a program called The primal oom pah-pah. L'Enfant terrible is recorded twice, the first time without audio.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926024883-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12172059
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7917bf60-aa08-0133-0480-60f81dd2b63c

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. "Mitchell Rose Dance Company" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7917bf60-aa08-0133-0480-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Mitchell Rose Dance Company Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7917bf60-aa08-0133-0480-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mitchell Rose Dance Company" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7917bf60-aa08-0133-0480-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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