Choreographers Showcase

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Title

Choreographers Showcase

Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Names

Pinnock, Thomas (Choreographer)
Streb, Elizabeth (Choreographer)
Geller, Mickie (Choreographer)
Malamut, David (Dancer)
Dowdell, Annuel (Choreographer)
Lilly, Janet (Choreographer)
Birnbaum, Janice (Dancer)
Jacobson, Ellen (Dancer)
Pollina, Nancy (Dancer)
Biller, Wendy (Choreographer)
Franck, César, 1822-1890 (Contributor)
Sandström, Phil (Contributor)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Pinnock, Thomas (Costume designer)
Pinnock, Thomas (Dancer)
Streb, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Geller, Mickie (Dancer)
Dowdell, Annuel (Dancer)
Lilly, Janet (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1980 (Approximate)

Table Of Contents

Make a joyful noise (ca. 12 min.) / choreography, costume, props, performance, Thomas Pinnock. Pole vaults (ca. 11 min.) / choreography and performance, Elizabeth Streb ; music, Yellow Magic Orchestra (Comic surfin'), Allan Parsons Project (Lucifer). Scraperace (ca. 8 min.) / choreography, Mickie Geller ; performed by Mickie Geller, David Malamut. Lease (ca. 9 min.) / choreography and performance, Annuel Dowdell, Janet Lilly ; music, sound collage. Leave taking (ca. 13 min.) / subtitled In memory of James Waring ; choreography, Wendy Biller ; music, César Franck (Prelude, fugue and variations) ; costumes, Vanessa James ; performed by Janice Birnbaum, Ellen Jacobson, Roland Jones, Nancy Pollina.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7219

Subjects

Dance Theater Workshop

Genres

Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: [presented by] Dance Theater Workshop.
Content: Title on accompanying house program: DTW Choreographers Showcase.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at American Theatre Laboratory, New York, on June 3, 1980, by Video D Studios.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videotape reel (53 min.) : sound, black and white. ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14430556
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bd750e60-e365-0130-4d7f-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

Moving Image

Date Issued

1980

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Choreographers Showcase" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd750e60-e365-0130-4d7f-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). Choreographers Showcase Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd750e60-e365-0130-4d7f-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Choreographers Showcase" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd750e60-e365-0130-4d7f-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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