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Steve Paxton on Contact Improvisation at 25

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Title
Steve Paxton on Contact Improvisation at 25
Additional title: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Names
Paxton, Steve (Interviewee)
Keefe, Maura (Moderator)
Collection

Mikhail Baryshnikov Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1998-08-07
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 408
Topics
Dance
Paxton, Steve -- Interviews
Modern dance
Dancers -- United States -- Interviews
Contact improvisation
Genres
Filmed dance
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger based on information transcribed from container.
Venue: Filmed at Blake's Barn in Berkshire County, Massachusetts 1998 August 7.
Acquisition: Gift; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2011.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Hi8) (58 min.) : sound, color ; 8 mm
Description
Paxton discusses history of Contact Improvisation and the amazing durability of Contact's intensely physical and intrinsically democratic partnering practice.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20203366
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78f32260-e867-0131-147c-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Steve Paxton on Contact Improvisation at 25" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1998. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b741f40-e867-0131-b912-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Steve Paxton on Contact Improvisation at 25" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b741f40-e867-0131-b912-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1998). Steve Paxton on Contact Improvisation at 25 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7b741f40-e867-0131-b912-3c075448cc4b

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Steve Paxton on Contact Improvisation at 25