Merge
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Title
Merge
Collection
Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive
Names
Alexander, Susan (Dancer)
Bergman, Valerie (Dancer)
Camera, Rosemary (Dancer)
Malamut, David (Dancer)
Mouton, Donald (Dancer)
Wong, Mel (Choreographer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
Mel Wong dance company (Performer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1981
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8538
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6147 (former)
Subjects
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: [production?] assisted by Dance Theater Workshop, Video D Studios ; choreography by Mel Wong ; video collaborator, Dennis Diamond.
Content: Original container dated 5/16/81.
Creation/Production Credits: Costumes, Gabriel Berry [given as Gabrille on frame] ; assistant editor, Burt Alcantara.
Performers: Danced by the Mel Wong Dance Company: Susan Alexander, Joe Bietola, Valerie Bergman, Rosemary Camera, David Malamut, Hope Mauzerall, Donald Mouton, Gayle Ziaks.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (32 min.) : silent, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
Videodance work described on original container as "a video collaboration with choreography by Mel Wong and video by Dennis Diamond." Although there is no soundtrack on this recording, the credits on frame list the following: music, Rob Kaplan [given as Bob on frame] ; musicians, Rheva Kaplan (flute), Alan Evens and Mitchell Rose (synthesizers).
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F924
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14430955
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c681d730-8065-0135-986e-4d1f5e2845ad
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1981
Cite this item
MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Merge" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c681d730-8065-0135-986e-4d1f5e2845ad
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). Merge Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c681d730-8065-0135-986e-4d1f5e2845ad
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Merge" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c681d730-8065-0135-986e-4d1f5e2845ad
Wikipedia citation
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