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On your knees Avant-Garde-Arama

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Title

On your knees Avant-Garde-Arama

Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

Names

Fashion, Mr (Host)
Zawerucha, Stefa (Choreographer)
Lerner, Lisa (Performer)
Moerman, Maxine (Choreographer)
Pope. L, 1955- (Speaker)
Liebman, Jessica (Performer)
Martin, Tim (Choreographer)
Ruller, Thomas (Performer)
Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835 (Composer)
Ferri, David (Lighting designer)
Armijo, Arthur, 1960-1993 (Videographer)
Avant-Garde-Arama (Associated name)
Performance Space 122 (Event place)
Zawerucha, Stefa (Dancer)
Moerman, Maxine (Dancer)
Martin, Tim (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1990-06-22

Table Of Contents

1 (ca. 52 min.). [Dance/theater work] / conceived and choreographed by Stefa Zawerucha ; performed by Zawerucha and others -- Lila's hair [excerpt] / performed by Lisa Lerner and others -- Apple / [choreography and] performance, Maxine Moerman ; music, Bellini ("Casta diva") -- [Monologue] / performed by William Pope L. -- 2 (ca. 52 min.). Cross your fingers / performed by Jessica Liebman -- Walking point / choreography and performance, Tim Martin -- [Performance art work] / performed by Thomas Ruller -- 42nd Street. 40-second performances by volunteers from the audience -- [Songs] / performed by the Traveling Millies [Musical group].

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8365

Subjects

Performance art
Avant-garde (Music)
Avant-Garde-Arama

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Music

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Performance Space 122.
Performers: Host: Mr. Fashion.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on June 22, 1990, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Arthur Armijo.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (104 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Program of avant-garde dance, music, and performance art.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F75
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176359
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8e571e50-87fd-0138-b1a3-00df8d611d3f

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

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "On your knees Avant-Garde-Arama" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e571e50-87fd-0138-b1a3-00df8d611d3f

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). On your knees Avant-Garde-Arama Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e571e50-87fd-0138-b1a3-00df8d611d3f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "On your knees Avant-Garde-Arama" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e571e50-87fd-0138-b1a3-00df8d611d3f

Wikipedia citation

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