A day at Jacob's Pillow (Motion picture)
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Title
A day at Jacob's Pillow (Motion picture)
Collection
Names
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Dancer)
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 (Dancer)
La Meri, 1898-1988 (Dancer)
Matteo (Dancer)
Green, Jerry (Dancer)
Baribault, Phillip (Cinematographer)
Jacob's Pillow School of the Dance (Event place)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1950
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 2-296
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Motion Pictures
Documentary Films
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: Filmed by Phillip Baribault.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (9 min.) : silent, color and black and white ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Brief scenes of activities at Jacob's Pillow including performance shots of Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, La Meri, Matteo, Jerry Green. Dances include fragments of White jade (St Denis), Prometheus bound (Shawn).
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737034861-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12147354
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c06a7410-7695-0138-ee67-5d824716ea75
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A day at Jacob's Pillow (Motion picture)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c06a7410-7695-0138-ee67-5d824716ea75
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1950). A day at Jacob's Pillow (Motion picture) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c06a7410-7695-0138-ee67-5d824716ea75
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A day at Jacob's Pillow (Motion picture)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c06a7410-7695-0138-ee67-5d824716ea75
Wikipedia citation
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