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Portrait of Billie

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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John Butler Video Archive

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Portrait of Billie

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Title
Portrait of Billie
Additional title: Portrait of Billie (Choreographic work : Butler)
Names
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- (Dancer)
Dove, Ulysses (Dancer)
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (Singer)
Collection

John Butler Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1992 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Studio rehearsal (ca. 41 min.) / probably recorded in New York, 1992 ; observers include John Butler and Joseph H. Mazo. |||| Studio rehearsal (ca. 6 min.) probably recorded in New York, 1992 ; observers include John Butler and Joseph H. Mazo. |||| Studio performance (ca. 15 min.); continued on cassette 2. |||| Studio performance, continued (ca. 3 min.). |||| Performance (ca. 21 min.) / recorded at Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., in summer 1992 ; performance preceded by ca. 4 min. of Carmen de Lavallade warming up in practice clothes onstage.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9185
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5798 (former)
Topics
Mazo, Joseph H.
Butler, John, 1920-1993
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: choreography by John Butler ; songs performed by Billie Holiday.
Content: Title from original container.
Performers: Danced by Carmen de Lavallade and Ulysses Dove.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (86 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3215
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13912013
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 37a0bd70-8045-0135-6c80-41df93e3567e
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1992: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Billie" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1992. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a61434ea-43c9-44ba-8378-3f67ac2f2863

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of Billie" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a61434ea-43c9-44ba-8378-3f67ac2f2863

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1992). Portrait of Billie Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a61434ea-43c9-44ba-8378-3f67ac2f2863

Wikipedia Citation

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Portrait of Billie