Repetition and difference; A lover's discourse
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Title
Repetition and difference; A lover's discourse
Collection
Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive
Names
Foster, Susan Leigh (Choreographer)
McCabe, Kay (Dancer)
Russell, George (Dancer)
Sandström, Phil (Designer)
Williams, Beth (Costume designer)
Behrman, David (Composer)
Kuivila, Ron (Composer)
Lucier, Alvin (Composer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Foster, Susan Leigh (Dancer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1984
Table Of Contents
CONTENTS: Repetition and difference. Music: Alvin Lucier. Part I: Music: "Still and moving lines of silence in families of hyperbolas," sung by soprano Rebecca Armstrong. Part II: Music: "Sferics." Scenery: Sandström. Part III: Music: "Music on a long thin wire." Costume: Beth Williams. Perf. by Foster. -- A lover's discourse. Part I: Love is like a cigarette. Music: David Behrman ("August night"); Richard Jerome and Walter Kent ("Love is like a cigarette"); Duke Ellington Orchestra with Ivie Anderson. Perf. by McCabe and Russell. Part II: Love is like... Music: Ron Kuivila ("Generalized pang"). Perf. by McCabe, Russell, and Foster.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2558
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1043 (former)
Subjects
Dance Theater Workshop
Lover's discourse (Choreographic work : Foster)
Genres
Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Notes
Venue: Videotaped by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on August 24, 1984. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of the seventh season of The Out-of-Towners and Others.
Statement Of Responsibility: Choreography: Susan Foster. Lighting: Phil Sandstrom.
Performers: Performed by Susan Foster and Dancers: Susan Foster, Kay McCabe, and George Russell.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12165613
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8441c660-b2c1-0131-99fd-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1984
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Repetition and difference; A lover's discourse" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8441c660-b2c1-0131-99fd-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1984). Repetition and difference; A lover's discourse Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8441c660-b2c1-0131-99fd-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Repetition and difference; A lover's discourse" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8441c660-b2c1-0131-99fd-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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