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Other voices, other songs: The Greeks

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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General Dance Video Archive

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Title
Other voices, other songs: The Greeks
Names
Vouras, Mary (Teacher)
Sapir, Sari (Producer)
Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble (Dancer)
Vouras, Mary (Speaker)
Sapphire Productions (Production company)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1987
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2024
Topics
Folk dancing, Greek
Folk songs, Greek
Musical instruments -- Greece
Dance -- Greece
Folk dancing -- Greece -- Crete
Greek Americans
Clothing & dress -- Greece
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Motion pictures
Documentary films
Notes
Creation/production credits: Produced by Sapphire Productions, Inc., in association with WGBH Educational Foundation. Distributed as a videocassette by Filmakers Library, New York. Producers: Sari Sapir and Bernice Olenick. Executive producer: Raquel Ortiz. Studio director: Philip Gay. Field director/editor/writer: Sari Sapir. Narrator: Tony Saletan.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (28 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary on Greek folk dancing, both in Greece and in the U.S. Dance footage includes informal dancing outdoors in Greece and at a restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and performances by the Contemporary Greek Ensemble in Crete and the Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble in the U.S. Mary Vouras, an authority on Greek folk dancing, leads a class and describes some of the costumes she has collected from different parts of Greece.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12170561
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b2853bc0-6f2b-0131-e385-3c075448cc4b
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1987: Created
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Other voices, other songs: The Greeks" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1987. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b46c4350-6f2b-0131-9af8-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Other voices, other songs: The Greeks" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b46c4350-6f2b-0131-9af8-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1987). Other voices, other songs: The Greeks Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b46c4350-6f2b-0131-9af8-3c075448cc4b

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Other voices, other songs: The Greeks