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Upping the ante and going for broke: a special benefit performance for DTW's New Song series

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
Upping the ante and going for broke: a special benefit performance for DTW's New Song series
Names
Hirsch, Shelley (Singer)
Weinstein, David (Performer)
Green, Miles (Instrumentalist)
Monk, Meredith (Singer)
Kelly, John, 1954- (Singer)
Torm-Tohá, Fernando (Instrumentalist)
Goese, Mimi (Singer)
Peacock, Adam (Instrumentalist)
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 (Composer)
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 (Lyricist)
Feingold, Michael (Translator)
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 (Composer)
Rückert, Friedrich, 1788-1866 (Lyricist)
Dumont, Charles, 1929- (Composer)
Elderkin, Antoinette (Lighting designer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Lehrer, Scott (Production personnel)
Hugo Largo (Musical group) (Musician)
Dance Theater Workshop (Presenter)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Green, Miles (Singer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-04-13
Table of Contents
Cassette 1. [Welcome] / by David R. White, executive director of Dance Theater Workshop. |||| Power muzak (ca. 18 min.) / performed by Shelley [spelled Shelly on frame] Hirsch (vocals) ; David Weinstein (tape). |||| Distance vs. resistance [and] Silent, I scream (ca. 13 min.) / performed by Miles Green (guitar, vocals), Erin Green (vocals), Ramon Diaz (electronic percussion), Jeffrey T. Eldredge (synthesizer). |||| Light songs (ca. 27 min.) / performed by Meredith Monk. |||| Cassette 2. [Three songs] (ca. 17 min.) / sung by John Kelly, with Fernando Torm-Tohá (piano) ; the songs are: Nanna's lied / music, Kurt Weill ; lyrics, Bertolt Brecht ; English translation, Michael Feingold -- Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen / music, Gustav Mahler ; lyrics, Friedrich Rückert -- Mon dieu! / music, Charles Dumont [erroneously attributed to Mahler on frame] ; lyrics, Michel Vaucaire. |||| Back (ca. 21 min.) / performed by Hugo Largo: Mimi Goese (vocals), Adam Peacock (guitar, bass), Bill Stair (bass).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8420
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Music -- United States -- 20th century
Genres
Filmed performances
Music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop Economy Tires Music Hall.
Accompanied by house program.
Creation/production credits: Sound, Scott Lehrer ; lighting, Antoinette Elderkin and Phil Sandström.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on April 13, 1991, by Video D Studios.
Acquisition: PAMI; NHPRC; Created 4/26/2019; myd_263835_v01_pm, myd_263836_v01_pm; 2 video files; viewing copy.
Acquisition: Dance Theater Workshop; Received 7/1995; CMS#: 263835, 263836; 2 3/4" U-Matic videocassettes; archival original.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (96 min. total) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Concert of vocal music ; no dance content.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F529
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14430527
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 76b0a820-a383-0138-50e4-15a58e492243
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Upping the ante and going for broke" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8891ea9d-975f-4cc0-b888-947c911bb10f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Upping the ante and going for broke" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8891ea9d-975f-4cc0-b888-947c911bb10f

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Upping the ante and going for broke Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8891ea9d-975f-4cc0-b888-947c911bb10f

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