Bank of New England commercial auditions
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Title
Bank of New England commercial auditions
Collection
Names
St. Gerard, Michael (Dancer)
Krakowski, Jane (Dancer)
Falco, Louis (Choreographer)
Bank of New England (Sponsor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1989-01
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9038
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5674 (former)
Subjects
Jitterbug (Dance)
Dance -- Auditions
Dance in advertising
Genres
Notes
Content: Title and program information provided by Alan Sener.
Content: Original container labeled Bank of New England/"Dancers"/Edited version/1-25-89 ; list of dancers enclosed (names sometimes differ slightly from the names given orally).
Performers: Danced by 15 couples: Iris Gillette and Spike Alexander, Aimee Turner and Michael St. Gerard, Tricia [Behn] Mitchell and Marty Behn, Rocky Santo and Caroline Key Johnson, Jeff [T.] Cain and Mary Ann Lamb, Cindy Oakes and Alan Edwards, Jane Krakowski and Mike [Michael] Lord, Christopher [Chris] Scott and Julie Hayes, Tia Riebling and Christopher Scott [second appearance], Megan Gallivan and Alec Timerman, Celeste Carr and Gary O'Brien, Nancy Lemenger [Lemenager?] and Brian Nugent, Karen Webster and Jim Soriero, Susan Christy and Fred Tallaksen, Jane Lanier and Keith Crowningshield [Crowningsheild?].
Venue: Videotaped in January 1989 ; location not identified.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (21 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Auditions for a commercial for the Bank of New England, to be choreographed by Louis Falco. Prompted by an off-screen interviewer, the pairs of dancers introduce themselves by name and brief résumé, then improvise a jitterbug. All the couples dance to the same music.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2945
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13800999
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 89df6b50-8cce-0135-a345-07d84e294707
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bank of New England commercial auditions" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89df6b50-8cce-0135-a345-07d84e294707
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. Bank of New England commercial auditions Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89df6b50-8cce-0135-a345-07d84e294707
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Bank of New England commercial auditions" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/89df6b50-8cce-0135-a345-07d84e294707
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