Spoleto '81 (Charleston, S.C.)

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Title

Spoleto '81 (Charleston, S.C.)

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Vernon, Janet (Dancer) (Dancer)
Murphy, Graeme (Choreographer)
Boston Mime Theatre (Performer)
Sydney Dance Company (Dancer)
Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (Event place)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1981

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS. - Boston Mime Theatre: Performance of a short work set to a Beatles' song. - La Claca, a group of actors and mummers from Barcelona: Performance of two short works with Joan Baxias explaining aspects of it. - Kathakali: Excerpts from "story-plays" based upon Indian legends, and an explanation and demonstration of some of the gestures inherent in this dance form. - Sydney Dance Company: Excerpt of Shéhérazade (Murphy) featuring Janet Vernon, and Daphnis and Chloe (Murphy). Graeme Murphy briefly discusses his work.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1566

Subjects

Mime
Kathakali
Spoleto Festival U.S.A.

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: A production of South Carolina Educational Television. Narrator: Bob Edwards. Producer and writer: Benjamin Dunlap.
Content: Subtitled: Mime's the word. Program on four groups appearing at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12160182
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7dc03620-0826-0131-efb9-3c075448cc4b

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. "Spoleto '81 (Charleston, S.C.)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7dc03620-0826-0131-efb9-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). Spoleto '81 (Charleston, S.C.) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7dc03620-0826-0131-efb9-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Spoleto '81 (Charleston, S.C.)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7dc03620-0826-0131-efb9-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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