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Avant-Garde-Arama: hands across Siberia

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Title

Avant-Garde-Arama: hands across Siberia

Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

Names

Russell, Mark, 1954- (Host)
Russell, Mark, 1954- (Speaker)
Kharitonov, Victor (Performer)
Sackerlotzky, Heide (Performer)
Kaminsky, Leonid (Performer)
Godwin, James (Performer)
Ageshin, Boris (Performer)
Jackson, Judith Alexa (Performer)
Ryvkin, Vadim (Performer)
Ryvkin, Victor (Performer)
Eichenberger, Estelle (Choreographer)
Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich, 1933-2017 (Author)
Cooper-Moore (Composer)
Schurink, Erik (Designer)
Ferri, David (Lighting designer)
Richards, Peter (Videographer)
Finger Lakes Trio (Musical group) (Musician)
Koo Dance (Company) (Performer)
Performance Space 122 (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1989-04-15

Table Of Contents

1 (ca. 58 min.). Introduction by Russell -- Millimeter / choreography, Estelle Eichenberger ; music, Cooper-Moore ; projections, Erik Schurink ; performed by Heide Sackerlotzky of Koo Dance -- Lesson in laughter / performed by Kaminsky -- [Performance art work] / performed by James Godwin -- Father and son ; [and] The mime [excerpt] / performed by Ageshin. |||| 2 (ca. 54 min.). Bags and mother tree foot [excerpts] / performed by Judith Jackson -- [Songs] / performed by Vadim Ryvkin and others -- [Song] / performed by Victor Ryvkin -- 42nd Street. 40-second performances by volunteers from the audience. |||| 3 (ca. 31 min.) The toymaker / poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko ; introduced and translated by Whittaker ; performed by Kharitonov -- [Songs] / performed by the Finger Lakes Trio.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8300

Subjects

Performance art
Experimental theater
Avant-garde (Music)
Mimes
Avant-Garde-Arama

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Decor, Poodle World Productions ; lighting, David Ferri.
Performers: Featured guests: Victor Kharitonov, Leonid Kaminsky, and Vadim Ryvkin of Leningrad's Experiment Theater, with Victor Ryvkin, brother of Vadim ; interpreter, Robert Whittaker.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on April 15, 1989, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Peter Richards.

Physical Description

Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (144 min. total) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Program of music, dance, mime, and performance art, interspersed with speeches by Kharitonov, director of the Experiment Theater.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F78
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176362
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): abfa18d0-8f03-0138-d579-1197f7115377

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

Date Issued

1989-04-15

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Avant-Garde-Arama: hands across Siberia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abfa18d0-8f03-0138-d579-1197f7115377

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Avant-Garde-Arama: hands across Siberia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abfa18d0-8f03-0138-d579-1197f7115377

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Avant-Garde-Arama: hands across Siberia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abfa18d0-8f03-0138-d579-1197f7115377

Wikipedia citation

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