Burt Alcantara

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Title

Burt Alcantara

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Alcantara, Burt (Interviewee)
O'Neill, Joan (Interviewer)
Diamond, Dennis (Producer)
Diamond, Dennis (Director)
Alcantara, Burt (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1975-12-29

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6369
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 5-285 (former)

Subjects

Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
Synthesizer music

Genres

Television Programs
Interviews
Demo Recordings

Notes

Venue: Telecast on Dance, New York style, December 29, 1975 on cable channel "D."
Biographical/Historical: Burt Alcantara, composer of Zygoat, theme of the Dance, New York style television series.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (28 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Burt Alcantara discusses electronic music and composing for dancers; gives a demonstration of the Moog synthesizer.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY787011154-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12157348
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c182d790-7c52-0134-df1d-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. "Burt Alcantara" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c182d790-7c52-0134-df1d-00505686a51c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975). Burt Alcantara Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c182d790-7c52-0134-df1d-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Burt Alcantara" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c182d790-7c52-0134-df1d-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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