Manuel Alum Dance Company
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Title
Manuel Alum Dance Company
Collection
Names
Alum, Manuel (Choreographer)
Nathan, Peter Wilfred (Dancer)
Palo, Jennifer (Dancer)
Psinas, Elvira (Dancer)
Dalgin, Felice (Dancer)
Coker, Kevin (Dancer)
Benford, Tigger (Composer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Blu (Lighting designer)
Manuel Alum Dance Company (Performer)
Alum, Manuel (Costume designer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1978
Table Of Contents
Dream R.E.M. #95733 (ca. 19 min.) / music, Tigger Benford (improvised percussion score) ; danced by the company -- Dream R.E.M. #511772 (ca. 7 min.) / music, John Cage ; danced by Manuel Alum -- Flores para Casals [excerpt] (ca. 3 min.) / music, J.S. Bach ; danced by the company -- Dream R.E.M. #95733 [excerpt] ca. 2 min.) / music, Tigger Benford ; danced by the company -- Flores para Casals [excerpt] (ca. 1 min.) / music, J.S. Bach ; danced by the company.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9650
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4880 (former)
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Content: Title from house program.
Citation/Reference: For other works recorded at the June 11, 1978 performance, see *MGZIC 9-4867 and *MGZIC 9-4900, both titled Manuel Alum Dance Company.
Performers: Danced by the Manuel Alum Dance Company: Manuel Alum, Peter Nathan, Jennifer Palo, Elvira Psinas, Felice Dalgin, and Kevin Coker.
Venue: Dream R.E.M. #95733 and Dream R.E.M. #511772: videotaped in performance at the Theater of the Riverside Church, New York, on June 11, 1978, as part of the Riverside Dance Festival.
Venue: Flores para Casals [excerpts] and Dream R.E.M. #95733 [excerpt]: videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in New York (?), ca. 1978.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (34 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F9
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12392923
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8e73e630-89b7-0135-7a36-0d382ec69b78
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Manuel Alum Dance Company" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e73e630-89b7-0135-7a36-0d382ec69b78
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Manuel Alum Dance Company Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e73e630-89b7-0135-7a36-0d382ec69b78
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Manuel Alum Dance Company" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e73e630-89b7-0135-7a36-0d382ec69b78
Wikipedia citation
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