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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

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12165613
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8441c660-b2c1-0131-99fd-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

Date Issued

1984

Cite this item

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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