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Mime is no object

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Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

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Title
Mime is no object
Additional title: Mime is no object [electronic resource]
Names
Feldman, Bob (Performer)
Glassman, Jeff (Performer)
Langerman, Deborah (Performer)
Rebitzer, Robert (Performer)
Diamond, Dennis (Contributor)
Firestone, Donald (Lighting designer)
United Mime Workers (Company) (Performer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1980
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2470
Topics
Dance Theater Workshop
Mime
Genres
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Videotaped in performance during the New Mime series at the American Theater Laboratory, New York on September 6, 1980 by Dennis Diamond as part of the Dance Theater Workshop's Dance/Video Access project.
Creation/production credits: Creation/performance: United Mime Workers: Bob Feldman, Deborah Langerman, and Jeff Glassman. Lighting: Donald Firestone.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (NTSC) (60 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Mime piece (45 min.) entitled Mime is no object: the reproduction of the working day. The artists, representing stereotypes of the workingman, waitress or housewife, and judge, clergyman, or professor, demonstrate the numbing effect of contemporary jobs and roles and the exploitation of the worker by the manipulative upper classes. A fourth company member, Robert Rebitzer, joins the discussion between audience and performers which follows (ca. 15 min.)
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY827014452-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12159576
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b55f93f0-6f23-0131-b57d-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

  • 1980: Issued
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mime is no object" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b96b0130-6f23-0131-7d11-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mime is no object" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b96b0130-6f23-0131-7d11-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). Mime is no object Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b96b0130-6f23-0131-7d11-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Mime is no object