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Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle

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Title
Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle
Additional title: Pursuing the Pleiades
Names
Colton, Richard (Choreographer)
Doyle, Timothy (Choreographer)
Spencer, Amy (Choreographer)
Spencer, Amy (Dancer)
Coyoc, Josie (Dancer)
Feigenbaum, Brian Alexander (Dancer)
LeBeau, Andrew (Dancer)
Mostacci, Denise (Dancer)
Rizzo, Carlo (Dancer)
Gelfand, Jennifer (Dancer)
Schmitz, Peter (Dancer)
Cage, John (Composer)
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 (Composer)
Trenet, Charles, 1913-2001 (Composer)
Paley, Grace (Author)
West, Peter (Lighting designer)
Joly, Christine (Costume designer)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (Composer)
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (Composer)
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 (Author)
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 (Composer)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 (Composer)
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 (Composer)
Spencer/Colton (Company) (Contributor)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Colton, Richard (Director)
Colton, Richard (Dancer)
Doyle, Timothy (Dancer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1993 (Approximate)
Table of Contents
Reel 1. Hospitable remarks (ca. 16 min.) / conceived, choreographed and performed by Richard Colton, Timothy Doyle and Amy Spencer ; music, John Cage (Dream), Frédéric Chopin (Prelude No. 4 in E minor), Charles Trenet (Moi, j'aime le music-hall) ; based on Wants, a short story by Grace Paley ; costumes, Backbay. Current be the pilot (ca. 22 min.) / choreography, Richard Colton and Amy Spencer ; music, J.S. Bach (Cantata 178) ; costumes, Christine Joly de Lotbiniere ; danced by Richard Colton, Josie Coyoc, Brian Feigenbaum, Andrew Lebeau, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Carlo Rizzo, Amy Spencer. Reel 2. Five nights and a day (premiere) (ca. 21 min.) / choreography, Richard Colton and Amy Spencer ; music, Ludwig van Beethoven (Six bagatelles, Op. 126) ; costumes, Christine Joly de Lotbiniere ; cast: I, Jennifer Gelfand ; II, Amy Spencer ; III, Carlo Rizzo with Denise Mostacci Sklar and Brian Feigenbaum ; IV, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Brian Feigenbaum ; V, Brian Feigenbaum, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Carlo Rizzo, Amy Spencer, with Jennifer Gelfand ; VI, Carlo Rizzo, Amy Spencer, with Jennifer Gelfand. The vagabond (ca. 21 min.) / conceived, directed and choreographed by Richard Colton, Timothy Doyle and Amy Spencer ; music, anonymous (Spanish song), Claude Debussy (Minstrels, Preludes Book 1, No. 12), Serge Rachmaninoff (Danse orientale, Op. 2, No. 2), Dmitri Shostakovich (Cello concerto No. 1, second movement) ; based on Daydreams, a short story by Anton Chekhov ; costumes, Christine Joly de Lotbiniere ; cast: Timothy Doyle (vagabond) ; Richard Colton, Jon David Weigand (constables) ; Carlo Rizzo (carpenter) ; Donna La Brecque (wife) ; Jennifer London (mother) ; Erin McMurtry (child) ; Christopher Mattox (baron) ; Amy Spencer (wayfarer) ; with Josie Coyoc, Brian Feigenbaum, Andrew Lebeau, Denise Mostacci Sklar, Peter Schmitz.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4016
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6052 (former)
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Dance
Hospitable remarks (Choreographic work : Colton, Doyle and Spencer)
Current be the pilot (Choreographic work : Colton and Spencer)
Five nights and a day (Choreographic work : Colton and Spencer)
Vagabond (Choreographic work : Colton, Doyle and Spencer)
Genres
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Program title on accompanying house program: Pursuing the Pleiades.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at DTW's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Out-of-Towners series, on September 10, 1993, by Video D Studios.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (59 min.) : sound, color
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14430602
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ad112e40-66b0-0132-3597-3c075448cc4b
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.

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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad112e40-66b0-0132-3597-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad112e40-66b0-0132-3597-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad112e40-66b0-0132-3597-3c075448cc4b

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Spencer/Colton with Timothy Doyle