All that Avant-Garde-Arama
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Title
All that Avant-Garde-Arama
Collection
Names
Bernard, Karen (Choreographer)
Heggen, Gonnie (Choreographer)
Poelstra, Frans (Choreographer)
Hyena, Hank (Performer)
Downey, Dennis (Performer)
Darsow, Fred (Choreographer)
Melnick, Jodi (Dancer)
Schultz, Kristin (Dancer)
Langevin, Karen (Dancer)
De Silva, Maya (Dancer)
Dame, Terry (Composer)
Dame, Terry (Instrumentalist)
Snider, Greta (Cinematographer)
Abbott, Mark (Composer)
Wixon, Scott (Designer)
Ferri, David (Lighting designer)
Armijo, Arthur, 1960-1993 (Videographer)
Performance Space 122 (Presenter)
Bernard, Karen (Dancer)
Heggen, Gonnie (Dancer)
Poelstra, Frans (Dancer)
Darsow, Fred (Dancer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1990-03-09
Table Of Contents
1 (ca. 62 min.). Bali hai / performed by Jasmine and John Richards -- Riffs / choreography and performance, Karen Bernard ; music, Mark Abbott ; visuals, Scott Wixon -- Het valt, ja toch? [excerpt] / choreography and performance, Gonnie Heggen and Frans Poelstra -- The agony of contact lenses [excerpt from Miracles of the flesh] / performed by Hank Hyena -- 12 men on the moon / performed by Dennis Downey. |||| 2 (ca. 47 min.). Fiesta por sevillanas / choreography, Fred Darsow ; music, El Pali ; I, Dijo la liebre, performed by Darsow, Jodi Melnick, and Kristin Schultz ; II, Front, performed by Darsow ; III, La malena, performed by Maya de Silva, Karen Langevin, Melnick, and Schultz -- Futility / film by Greta Snider -- The anarchist's vomit [excerpt from Miracles of the flesh] / performed by Hank Hyena -- 42nd Street. 40-second performances by volunteers from the audience -- Wake the jessamy bride [excerpts] / music, Terry Dame ; performed by the Huntington Group: Thomas Piercy (clarinet), Chris Kuhn (cello), Dame (piano), and Maria Breyer (percussion).
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8347
Subjects
Performance art
Avant-garde (Music)
Experimental films
Avant-Garde-Arama
Genres
Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: presented by Performance Space 122.
Creation/Production Credits: Lighting, David Ferri.
Performers: Host: Jasmine.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on March 9, 1990, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Arthur Armijo.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (111 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
Program of avant-garde dance, music, film, and performance art.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F76
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176360
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cbaba140-865c-0138-9691-675c39f36633
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "All that Avant-Garde-Arama" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cbaba140-865c-0138-9691-675c39f36633
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). All that Avant-Garde-Arama Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cbaba140-865c-0138-9691-675c39f36633
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "All that Avant-Garde-Arama" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cbaba140-865c-0138-9691-675c39f36633
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