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Title

Summer dances

Collection

The Dan Wagoner Video Archive

Names

Renzi, Marta (Choreographer)
Perez, Rudy (Choreographer)
Dunn, Douglas, 1942- (Choreographer)
Armitage, Karole (Choreographer)
Barzyk, Fred (Producer)
Heller, Dick (Director)
Springsteen, Bruce (Composer)
Atlas, Charles (Film director)
Dowling, Susan (Producer)
Atwood, David (Producer)
Bye, Reed (Author)
Waldman, Anne, 1945- (Author)
Wagoner, Dan (Choreographer)
Rudy Perez Dance Theater (Dancer)
Dan Wagoner and dancers (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1985

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS. - You little wild heart: Excerpt (approx. 6 min.) Producer/editor: Susan Dowling. Director: Dick Heller. Camera: Robin Doty. Original concept/choreography: Marta Renzi. Music: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. Performed by Marta Renzi and others. For a complete version of this videodance, see: *MGZIC 9-578. - District 1: Excerpt (approx. 5 min.). Producer/director: Fred Barzyk. Choreography: Rudy Perez. Performed by Perez and others. For a complete version, see: *MGZIC 9-47 District 1 [and] Pale cool, pale warm. - George's house: Excerpt (approx. 2 min.). Producer/director: David Atwood. Camera: Frank Lane. Choreography: Dan Wagoner. Music: The White Oak Mountain Boys. Performed by Ann Asnes, Regan Frey, Sue Hendrickson, Sally Hess, Judith Moss, and Faith Pettit. For a complete version, see: *MGZIC 9-46. - Secret of the waterfall: Excerpt (approx. 2 min.). Producer: Susan Dowling. Director/editor/designer: Charles Atlas. Choreography: Douglas Dunn. Text: Reed Bye and Anne Waldman. Performed by Susan Blankensop, Douglas Dunn, Diane Frank, John McLaughlin, Deborah Riley, and Grazia Della-Terza. For a complete version, see: *MGZIC 9-2483. - From an island summer: Excerpt (approx. 11 min.). Coordinating producer: Jacqueline Pine. WGBH producer: Susan Dowling. Director/editor: Charles Atlas. Director of photography: Paul Gibson. Choreography: Karole Armitage. Music: Henry Fiol (Vien y baila mi son). |||| Performed by Karole Armitage, Lita Bossert, Donald Byrd, Patrick McMullan, and Mary Beth Vishno. For a complete version, see: *MGZIC 9-2484 Solos, duets, pizza.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8582
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2486 (former)

Genres

Television Programs
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Motion Pictures

Notes

Content: Telecast on the Alive from Off-Center series (program #106), produced by KCTA-TV/Minneapolis-St. Paul and Walker Art Center. Producer: Tom Adair. Executive producer: Melinda Ward. Writer: Art Silverman. Host: Susan Stamberg.
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) (27 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Program consisting of excerpts from five videodances produced by WGBH/Boston's New Television Workshop. Executive producer: Susan Dowling.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY916009043-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12169827
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a37cba70-7b84-0135-189a-005d2fc9e6d6

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. "Summer dances" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a37cba70-7b84-0135-189a-005d2fc9e6d6

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). Summer dances Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a37cba70-7b84-0135-189a-005d2fc9e6d6

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Summer dances" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a37cba70-7b84-0135-189a-005d2fc9e6d6

Wikipedia citation

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