My civilization
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Title
My civilization
Collection
Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive
Names
Zaloom, Paul (Author)
Zaloom, Paul (Designer)
Zaloom, Paul (Performer)
White, David R (Speaker)
Osman, Donny (Author)
Hartley, Jan (Designer)
Schaffner, William Shipley (Lighting designer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1991 (Approximate)
Table Of Contents
Reel 1. Introduction (ca. 2 min.) / by David R. White, executive director and producer, Dance Theater Workshop. Incomplete -- My civilization (ca. 30 min.) -- Phood (ca. 17 min.) -- Reel 2. Meanwhile-- (ca. 39 min.).
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4010
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6046 (former)
Subjects
Dance Theater Workshop
Performance art
Wit and humor
Drama
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop's Economy Tires Theater ; researched, written, designed and performed by Paul Zaloom ; directed and with additional writing by Donny Osman.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Creation/Production Credits: Lighting, William Shipley Schaffner ; slide projections design, Jan Hartley ; slide photography, Elizabeth Ennis and Paul Sharratt ; special effects for Meanwhile--, Fred Buchholz ; overhead projection design, Paul Zaloom.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on January 12, 1991, by Video D Studios.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (88 min.) : sound, color
Abstract
Three satires, utilizing overhead projections, slides, and found objects.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14430594
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ad04ad40-66af-0132-7345-3c075448cc4b
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
Date Issued
1991
Cite this item
MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "My civilization" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad04ad40-66af-0132-7345-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). My civilization Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad04ad40-66af-0132-7345-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "My civilization" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad04ad40-66af-0132-7345-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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