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May O'Donnell Concert Dance Company, 1988 June 16

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Title

May O'Donnell Concert Dance Company, 1988 June 16

Collection

May O'Donnell and Ray Green Video Archive

Names

O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004 (Choreographer)
O'Donnell, May, 1906-2004 (Artistic director)
Green, Ray, 1908-1997 (Composer)
Green, Ray, 1908-1997 (Musical director)
Verlezza, Barbara (Dancer)
Benz, Rachel Berman (Dancer)
Davidson, Priscilla (Dancer)
Freilinghaus, Lynn (Dancer)
Fretté, Brian (Dancer)
Gill, Alice (Dancer)
Howell, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Lushington, Nancy (Dancer)
Miesemer, Russell (Dancer)
Verlezza, Sabatino (Dancer)
Wildman, Amy (Dancer)
Garcia, Roberto (Stage manager)
Nowicki, Stefan (Lighting designer)
Noling, David (Lighting designer)
Leal, Ron (Costume designer)
Fenhagen, James (Set designer)
Krauss, Gary (Videographer)
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 (Composer)
May O'Donnell Concert Dance Company (Production company)
O'Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation (Donor)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1988-06-16
Place: New York, NY

Table Of Contents

Powers of Ten (1984) (17 min.) / choreography by May O'Donnell ; music for synthesizer by Ray Green ; costumes by Ron Leal ; stage set design by James Fenhagen -- Three Nocturnes and a Quartet (1981) (16 min.) / choreography by May O'Donnell ; music by Frederic Chopin -- Suspension (1943) (14 min.) / choreography by May O'Donnell ; music by Ray Green -- Etudes and Scherzos by the Numbers (1988) (A work in progress from the teaching repertory of May O'Donnell) (19 min.) / choreography by May O'Donnell ; music by Ray Green.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3201

Genres

Video Recordings
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: artistic director, May O'Donnell ; music director, Ray Green.
Content: Title from original VHS cassette label.
Content: Occasional brief speeches and audience talking between pieces.
Creation/Production Credits: Resident lighting designer, Stefan Nowicki ; guest lighting designer, David Noling ; stage manager, Roberto Garcia ; videotaped by Gary Krauss.
Performers: Dancers, Barbara Allegra, Rachel Berman, Priscilla Davidson, Lynn Freilinghaus, Brian Frette, Alice Gill, Elizabeth Howell, Nancy Lushington, Russell Miesemer, Sabatino Verlezza, Amy Wildman.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at CSC Repertory Theater, New York, N.Y., 1988 June 16.
Acquisition: Gift; O'Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation; 2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (66 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 968926889
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21152373
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9a676db0-facc-0134-3b28-395ba8b7fe55

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. "May O'Donnell Concert Dance Company, 1988 June 16" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a676db0-facc-0134-3b28-395ba8b7fe55

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). May O'Donnell Concert Dance Company, 1988 June 16 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a676db0-facc-0134-3b28-395ba8b7fe55

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "May O'Donnell Concert Dance Company, 1988 June 16" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9a676db0-facc-0134-3b28-395ba8b7fe55

Wikipedia citation

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