Doug Elkins Dance Company
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Title
Doug Elkins Dance Company
Collection
Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive
Names
Elkins, Doug (Dancer)
Bellamy, Bob (Dancer)
Heijn, Lisa (Dancer)
Moran, Susan (Dancer)
Neumann, David (Dancer)
Nicks, Lisa (Dancer)
Tibbetts, Allan M (Dancer)
Weiner, Jane (Dancer)
Bellamy, Noah (Dancer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Batanian, Matthew (Costume designer)
Brookoff, Matthew (Author)
Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali (Composer)
Byrne, David, 1952- (Composer)
Walicki, Ken (Composer)
Doug Elkins Dance Company (Dancer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1992
Table Of Contents
Cassette 1. Where was Yvonne Rainer when I had Saturday Night Fever? (Very white vignettes) (1991) (ca. 30 min.) / music, Tevares, Barry White, Anita Ward, George McCray ; text compiled by Matthew Brookoff ; text inspired by Time and the dancing image, Spy magazine, The post modern glossary, Decoding advertising, Terpsichore in sneakers, and the works of Yvonne Rainer (1966-1973) ; danced by Bob Bellamy, Lisa Heijn, Susan Moran, David Neumann, Lisa Nicks, Allan M. Tibbetts, Jane Weiner. The stuff of recoiling (premiere) (ca. 20 min.) / music, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, David Byrne ; danced by Bob Bellamy, Doug Elkins, Lisa Heijn, Susan Moran, David Neumann, Lisa Nicks, Allan M. Tibbetts, Jane Weiner. Danforth and multiply (The rituals of democracy) (1990) (ca. 46 min.) / music, David Byrne, Chieftains, Handel, De La Soul, Keith LeBlanc, Sacred Harp, N.W.A., Lenny Bruce, Mouth Music, Mozart, George Carlin ; sound design, Ken Walicki, Stefan Petrucha ; danced by Bob Bellamy, Noah Bellamy, Doug Elkins, Lisa Heijn, Susan Moran, David Neumann, Lisa Nicks, Allan M. Tibbetts, Jane Weiner.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8562
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6175 (former)
Subjects
Dance Theater Workshop
Rainer, Yvonne, 1934-
Dance
Where was Yvonne Rainer on Saturday night? (Choreographic work : Elkins)
Stuff of recoiling (Choreographic work : Elkins)
Danforth and multiply (Choreographic work : Elkins)
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop ; choreography by Doug Elkins.
Content: Concert title on accompanying house program: Translucent illustrations of idiot people.
Creation/Production Credits: Costumes, Matthew Batanian ; lighting, Phil Sandström.
Performers: Danced by the Doug Elkins Dance Company.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on February 27, 1992, by Video D Studios.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (96 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F1017
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14430962
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a4475410-812e-0135-cffa-6bfa9b31a115
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1992
Cite this item
MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Doug Elkins Dance Company" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1992. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4475410-812e-0135-cffa-6bfa9b31a115
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1992). Doug Elkins Dance Company Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4475410-812e-0135-cffa-6bfa9b31a115
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Doug Elkins Dance Company" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a4475410-812e-0135-cffa-6bfa9b31a115
Wikipedia citation
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