How to swing a dog
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Title
How to swing a dog
Collection
Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive
Names
Buckley, Timothy (Choreographer)
Bornstein, Rachelle (Dancer)
Pearlman, Karen (Dancer)
Fogarty, Thom (Dancer)
Tyranny, Blue Gene, 1945- (Composer)
Callis, Chris (Designer)
Fontaine, Jeff (Lighting designer)
McHenry, Mary (Photographer)
Babb, Roger (Author)
Timothy Buckley and the Troublemakers (Company) (Performer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Buckley, Timothy (Dancer)
Fontaine, Jeff (Photographer)
Babb, Roger (Speaker)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1984
Table Of Contents
CONTENTS: Part I, Barn fever. -- Part II, 1. How to swing a dog. Text/voice: Roger Babb. 2. The country boy country dog intro. 3. The more he sings/the more he cries/the better he feels ... tango.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2596
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1042 (former)
Subjects
Dance Theater Workshop
How to swing a dog (Choreographic work : Buckley)
Genres
Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Notes
Venue: Videotaped by Video D Studios at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on October 2, 1984. Presented by Dance Theater Workshop during the Fall Events 1984.
Statement Of Responsibility: Choreography: Timothy Buckley. Music/Piano: "Blue" Gene Tyranny. Visual design: Chris Callis. Color slides: Mary McHenry and Jeff Fontaine. Lighting: Jeff Fontaine.
Performers: Performed by Timothy Buckley and the Troublemakers: Timothy Buckley, Rocky Bornstein, Karen Pearlman, and Thom Fogarty.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (64 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12165593
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd5f17f0-b2c4-0131-c2e5-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1984
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "How to swing a dog" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd5f17f0-b2c4-0131-c2e5-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1984). How to swing a dog Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd5f17f0-b2c4-0131-c2e5-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "How to swing a dog" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd5f17f0-b2c4-0131-c2e5-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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