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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 September 20

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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David Gordon Video Archive

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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 September 20

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Title
The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 September 20
Additional title: David Gordon archive
Additional title: Mysteries and what's so funny? (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Names
Glass, Philip (Composer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Author)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Stage director)
Bode, Benjamin (Performer)
Kandel, Karen (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Fire, Norma (Performer)
Hoffman, Jane, 1911-2004 (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Performer)
Cunningham, Scott (Performer)
Pashalinski, Lola (Performer)
Graham, Karen (Performer)
Moss, Dean (Performer)
Playten, Alice (Performer)
Crosby, Kim, 1960- (Performer)
Walker, Jonathan (Performer)
Seamon, Edward (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Musical director)
Kotlowitz, Dan (Lighting designer)
Meschter, David (Sound designer)
Wheeler, Jedediah (Producer)
Grooms, Red (Designer)
Benjamin, Peter (Videographer)
Peter Benjamin Productions (Videographer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Performer)
American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.) (Presenter)
Collection

David Gordon Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-09-20
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3871
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Written and Directed by David Gordon ; Music by Philip Glass ; Visual Design by Red Grooms ; presented by American Repertory Theatre.
Creation/production credits: Produced in association with: David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
Creation/production credits: Produced by Jedediah Wheeler; Music Director, Alan Johnson; Lighting Designer, Dan Kotlowitz; Sound Designer, David Meschter; videotape cameraman, Peter Benjamin (Peter Benjamin Productions).
Performers: Cast: Benjamin Bode (Young Sam), Scott Cunningham (Anger I), Karen Evans-Kandel (Anger II), Norma Fire (Detective, Only Oldest Child), Karen Graham (Young Rose), Jane Hoffman (Fanny), Alan Johnson (Pianist), Dean Moss (Young Artist), Lola Pashalinski (Old Rose), Alice Playten (Actor, Grandfather, Father, etc.), Valda Setterfield (Marcel Duchamp), Kim Crosby Westenberg (Mrs. Him), Jonathan Walker (Mr. Him), Edward Seamon (Old Sam).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, Mass. on 1991 September 20.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co., 2014.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 894587385
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20471976
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 82766270-66aa-0132-21d2-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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.

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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 September 20" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83dfdf20-66aa-0132-3a18-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 September 20" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83dfdf20-66aa-0132-3a18-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 September 20 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/83dfdf20-66aa-0132-3a18-3c075448cc4b

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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 September 20