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Xoregos Performing Company of San Francisco

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Shela Xoregos Video Archive

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Xoregos Performing Company of San Francisco

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Title
Xoregos Performing Company of San Francisco
Names
Xoregos, Shela (Choreographer)
Tanaka, Michiyo (Dancer)
Keeton, Sandra (Dancer)
Leeds, Sandy (Dancer)
McWilliams, Robert Arthur (Dancer)
McNeeley, Howard Davis (Dancer)
Ostwald, David, 1943- (Director)
Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933- (Composer)
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 (Author)
Survant, Cerinda (Costume designer)
Ionesco, Eugène (Author)
Von Brandenstein, Patrizia (Costume designer)
Xoregos Dance Company (San Francisco, Calif.) (Performer)
Xoregos, Shela (Composer)
Xoregos, Shela (Director)
Ostwald, David, 1943- (Choreographer)
Collection

Shela Xoregos Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978
Table of Contents
Turning (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Shela Xoregos ; music, Krzysztof Penderecki ; [scenario], based on an idea by Franz Kafka [from Metamorphosis] ; costumes, Patrizia von Brandenstein or Allen Highfill ; performed by Michiyo Tanaka and Robert Arthur McWilliams -- Beltane, circle of stones (ca. 13 min.) / choreography and music, Shela Xoregos ; costumes, Cerinda Survant ; performed by Michiyo Tanaka, Patricia Lawton, Sandra Tanner, Holly Gottschalk, Sheoli Makara, Sandy Leeds, and Sandra Keeton. Dance work inspired by ancient Druid rites -- Maid to marry (ca. 10 min.) / playlet by Eugene Ionesco ; direction and choreography, David Ostwald and Shela Xoregos ; performed by Shela Xoregos, Howard Davis McNeeley, and unidentified man.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9740
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4436 (former)
Topics
Xoregos Dance Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Druids and druidism
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Title from information provided by Shela Xoregos.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Attic Theater, San Francisco, in summer 1978.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (28 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F467
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12176751
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 24c45650-7b83-0135-06ab-01378d5ec527
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1978: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Xoregos Performing Company of San Francisco" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdb447b9-e68a-496a-b8ce-c7264b85c269

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Xoregos Performing Company of San Francisco" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdb447b9-e68a-496a-b8ce-c7264b85c269

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Xoregos Performing Company of San Francisco Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdb447b9-e68a-496a-b8ce-c7264b85c269

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Xoregos Performing Company of San Francisco