Avant-Garde-Arama: hands across Siberia
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Title
Avant-Garde-Arama: hands across Siberia
Collection
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
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F78
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176362
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): abfa18d0-8f03-0138-d579-1197f7115377
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1989-04-15
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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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