Primitive mysteries

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Title

Primitive mysteries

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Eilber, Janet (Dancer)
Ruddy, Jeanne (Dancer)
Graham, Martha (Choreographer)
Horst, Louis (Composer)
Martha Graham Dance Company (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1977-06-13

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2185
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 8-1735

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: Filmed in rehearsal in rehearsal clothes by W. W. Films Inc. for the Jerome Robbins Film Archive with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts on June 13, 1977 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Martha Graham. Music: Louis Horst.
Performers: Danced by members of the Martha Graham Dance Company: Janet Eilber with Christine Dakin, Diana Hart, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Lucinda Mitchell, Jacquelyn Buglisi, Mary Collins, Sharon Filone, Susan McLain, Jeanne Ruddy, Sally Trammel, Sharon Tyers, Sophie Giavanola, Josephine Teng, and Helen Jones.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (19 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY797085478-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12158437
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d5a55560-7d9d-0138-9f0b-0f1e95455443

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Primitive mysteries" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5a55560-7d9d-0138-9f0b-0f1e95455443

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Primitive mysteries Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5a55560-7d9d-0138-9f0b-0f1e95455443

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Primitive mysteries" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5a55560-7d9d-0138-9f0b-0f1e95455443

Wikipedia citation

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