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La bonne dame: remembering George Sand

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Title

La bonne dame: remembering George Sand

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Zall, Deborah (Choreographer)
Zall, Deborah (Dancer)
Iervasi, Nicola (Dancer)
Chase, David (Actor)
McDonald, Tanny, 1940- (Dancer)
Musset, Alfred de, 1810-1857 (Author)
Baldridge, Mary Humphrey (Researcher)
Christopher, S. D. (Spider Duncan) (Director)
Hudacko, George (Designer)
Giannini, Christina (Costume designer)
Grant, William H., III (Lighting designer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
Quinn, David P. (Film editor)
Classic Contemporary Dance Heritage, Ltd (Presenter)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2001-06-12
Place: New York, NY

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6689

Subjects

Sand, George, 1804-1876
Drama

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: presented by Classic Contemporary Dance Heritage, Ltd. ; conception and choreography by Deborah Zall ; [stage] direction by Spider Duncan Christopher ; text researched and shaped by Mary Humphrey Baldridge.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Creation/Production Credits: Recording made possible by the cooperation of Classic Contemporary Dance Heritage, Ltd., the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Creation/Production Credits: Translation of Alfred de Musset poem, Deirdre Mahoney ; [music, various composers] ; set, George Hudacko ; costumes, A. Christina Giannini ; lighting, William H. Grant III.
Performers: Deborah Zall (George Sand's male persona) ; Nicola Iervasi (dancer) (Alfred de Musset) ; David Chase (actor) (Alfred de Musset) ; Tanny McDonald (George Sand).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, New York, N.Y., on June 12, 2001, by Dennis Diamond of Video D Studios, Inc. ; camera, Dennis Diamond, David [P.] Quinn ; AVID editor, David P. Quinn.
Funding: This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (65 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Dance/theater piece inspired by the life of the 19th-century French writer George Sand (Aurore Dudevant), who adopted masculine attire as well as a male pseudonym.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY02-F33
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15346302
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c0a93a50-ba49-0134-a2f2-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La bonne dame: remembering George Sand" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2001. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0a93a50-ba49-0134-a2f2-00505686a51c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2001). La bonne dame: remembering George Sand Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0a93a50-ba49-0134-a2f2-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La bonne dame: remembering George Sand" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c0a93a50-ba49-0134-a2f2-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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