Solomons Company/Dance

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Title

Solomons Company/Dance

Collection

The Gus Solomons Video Archive

Names

Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Donor)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Choreographer)
Twining, Toby (Composer)
Danielson, Alan (Dancer)
Despotakis, Paul (Dancer)
Huffstetler, Robby (Lighting designer)
Morris, Melody (Dancer)
Nimmer, Geoffrey (Dancer)
Swiatkowski, Paula (Dancer)
Nelson, Jalalu Kalvert (Composer)
Kahn, Tobi, 1952- (Sculptor)
Johnson, Nancy L (Costume designer)
Tsug, Eva (Costume designer)
Solomons Company/Dance (Performer)
Solomons, Gus, jr, 1940- (Dancer)
Twining, Toby (Instrumentalist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1988-01-10

Table Of Contents

Mythosaur (1988) (ca. 8 min.) / music, Toby Twining ; costume, Nancy L. Johnson ; performed by Gus Solomons, Jr. [dancer] and Toby Twining [musician] -- Boneyard (1988) (ca. 29 min.) / music, Jalalu K. Nelson ; sculpture, Toby Kahn ; costumes, Eva Tsug ; danced by Alan Danielson, Paul Despotakis, Robby Huffstetler, Melody Morris, Geoff Nimmer, Paula Swiatkowski

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7781
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6266 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: choreography by Gus Solomons, Jr. ; Lighting, Robby Huffstetler
Content: Title, location and date from original container.
Content: Ca. 2 min. gap on tape between Mythosaur and Boneyard.
Performers: Danced by the Solomons Company/Dance.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Danspace, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, on January 10, 1988.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (39 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY00-F138
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14649051
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e248bdb0-8041-0135-4dfe-05df0a871e0c

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Solomons Company/Dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e248bdb0-8041-0135-4dfe-05df0a871e0c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). Solomons Company/Dance Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e248bdb0-8041-0135-4dfe-05df0a871e0c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Solomons Company/Dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e248bdb0-8041-0135-4dfe-05df0a871e0c

Wikipedia citation

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