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Food for thought: a benefit for neighborhood food distribution programs

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Title

Food for thought: a benefit for neighborhood food distribution programs

Collection

Danspace Project Video Archive

Names

Cohen, Zeevaeva (Dancer)
Alenikoff, Frances (Choreographer)
Cunningham, James (Author)
Jowitt, Deborah (Choreographer)
Tarnay, Linda (Choreographer)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Choreographer)
Thompson, Walter (Composer)
Fritz, David (Curator)
Valle, Leonel (Lighting designer)
Oved, Margalit (Composer)
Ellmann, Barbara (Director)
Barrier, Andrea (Costume designer)
Smitheimer, Eileen (Production personnel)
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 (Composer)
Moore, Jack (Costume designer)
Allison, Elizabeth (Costume designer)
Tsug, Eva (Costume designer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Alenikoff, Frances (Composer)
Alenikoff, Frances (Dancer)
Alenikoff, Frances (Author)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Dancer)
Oved, Margalit (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1996-02-04

Table Of Contents

Reel 1. Sarah (an excerpt from Mothers of Israel) (ca. 11 min.) / choreography, Margalit Oved ; music and text, Margalit Oved, based on traditional Arabic song, and a biblical text ; performed by Ze'eva Cohen. |||| Re-Membering (ca. 22 min.) / choreography, text, songs and performance, Frances Alenikoff. |||| The secret of the missing contact (For Raymond Dooley) (ca. 9 min.) / choreography, text and performance, James Cunningham ; direction, Barbara Ellmann ; costume, Andrea Barrier ; sound design, Eileen Smitheimer. |||| Reel 2. Body (in)print (ca. 12 min.) / choreography and performance, Deborah Jowitt. Recording erroneously dated February 3 on frame. |||| Half past kissing time (A dance for Jack) (ca. 7 min.) / choreography and performance, Linda Tarnay ; music, Giacomo Puccini ; costume, Jack Moore (kimono), Elizabeth Allison (jumpsuit). |||| Middlepass #1: Root (work-in-progress) (ca. 8 min.) / choreography, Gus Solomons jr. ; original score, Walter Thompson ; costume concept, Eva Tsug ; performed by Gus Solomons jr. (dancer) and Walter Thompson (saxophonist).

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7716
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5634 (former)

Subjects

Danspace Project (New York, N.Y.)
Benefit performances
Food for Thought (Benefit)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: presented by Danspace Project ; executive director, Laurie Uprichard ; curated by David Fritz.
Content: Accompanied by house program.
Creation/Production Credits: Lighting, Leonel Valle.
Performers: Introduction by David Fritz.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, on February 4, 1996, by Video D Studios.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Date: Copyright 1996.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (69 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2940
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13800994
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c5f035e0-8047-0135-51d9-067d09c97be8

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

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Food for thought: a benefit for neighborhood food distribution programs" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1996. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c5f035e0-8047-0135-51d9-067d09c97be8

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1996). Food for thought: a benefit for neighborhood food distribution programs Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c5f035e0-8047-0135-51d9-067d09c97be8

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Food for thought: a benefit for neighborhood food distribution programs" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c5f035e0-8047-0135-51d9-067d09c97be8

Wikipedia citation

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