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Blondell Cummings' Food for thought

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
Blondell Cummings' Food for thought
Names
Duyfjes, Barbara (Dancer)
Cummings, Blondell (Choreographer)
Cummings, Blondell (Dancer)
Monsod, Trinket (Choreographer)
Monsod, Trinket (Dancer)
Paley, Grace (Author)
Eno, Brian, 1948- (Composer)
Monk, Meredith (Composer)
Fisher, Linda, musician (Composer)
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828 (Composer)
Tate, Greg (Contributor)
Bogursky, Jefferson (Videographer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1983
Place: New York, NY
Table of Contents
Chicken soup / choreographed and danced by Cummings ; texts, Grace Paley and Pat Stein ; music, Brian Eno, Meredith Monk, and Colin Walcott -- Sea urchin / choreographed (in collaboration with Cummings) and danced by Trinket Monsod ; music, Schubert (finale from the Trout quintet) ; texts, Michael Segell, Gault and Millan -- Meat and potatoes / choreographed and performed by Cummings ; music collage, Linda Fisher ; rap, Greg Tate -- Tossed salad / choreographed and danced by Cummings and Monsod ; music, Linda Fisher -- With house dressing / choreography, Cummings ; music and story collage, Linda Fisher ; performed by Adrienne Berg, Saskia De Boer, Barbara Duyfjes, Mindy Levine, and Leslie Yancy -- Chocolate / choreographed and performed by Cummings ; music collage, Linda Fisher.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6203
Shelf locator: *MGZIA 4-192 (former)
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Food for thought (Choreographic work : Cummings)
Chicken soup (Choreographic work : Cummings)
Genres
Filmed performances
Filmed dance
Notes
Creation/production credits: Choreography chiefly by Blondell Cummings ; light collages, Caterina Bertolotto Banks ; narrative by Patricia Jones and Mindy Levine entitled Food portrait begins program and is heard intermittently throughout.
Venue: Videotaped at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on February 18, 1983, by Jefferson Bogursky of Video D Studios as part of Dance Theater Workshop's Dance Video Access project.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY847039864-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12160626
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7ac40c60-b5c1-0134-86c8-00505686a51c
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

  • 1983: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Blondell Cummings' Food for thought" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b229dae0-ef96-0133-5b09-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Blondell Cummings' Food for thought" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b229dae0-ef96-0133-5b09-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1983). Blondell Cummings' Food for thought Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b229dae0-ef96-0133-5b09-60f81dd2b63c

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Blondell Cummings' Food for thought