Brightness
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Title
Brightness
Collection
Names
Booth, Karen (Dancer)
Fleming, John (American architect, contemporary) (Dancer)
Froot, Dan (Dancer)
Malvern, Larry (Dancer)
Smith, Louise, 1955- (Dancer)
Chong, Ping (Choreographer)
Hallas, Brian (Sound designer)
Yokobosky, Matthew (Set designer)
Yokobosky, Matthew (Costume designer)
Thies, Howard (Lighting designer)
Schwartz, Michael (Videographer)
Ping Chong & Company (Producer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1989
Table Of Contents
Act I, Patience of Rhodes -- Act II, The glare (Marconi frères et soeur) -- Act III, Lesquce (Nias and Nemesis) -- Act IV, Bauhaus twins (two metaphysical beings) -- Act V, The Pendulum Quartet -- Act VI, Stardust.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7257
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Ping Chong and Company ; [created] by Ping Chong in collaboration with the designers and the performers.
Creation/Production Credits: Assistant director, Virlana Tkacz ; sound, Brian Hallas ; set and costumes, Matthew Yokobosky ; lighting, Howard Thies.
Performers: Karen Booth, John Fleming, Dan Froot, Larry Malvern, and Louise Smith.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at La Mama E.T.C., New York, on December 1, 1989, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Michael Schwartz.
Funding: The processing of the Ping Chong audio-visual materials was made possible, in part, through the generous assistance of the Leon Levy Foundation.
Acquisition: Gift; Ping Chong & Company; 2009. NN-PD
Physical Description
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in
Abstract
Dance/theater work. The performance footage (ca. 68 min.) is followed by ca. 37 min. of repetitions of excerpts from the work, some in close shot.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176754
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e5415c60-e369-0130-1700-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Type Of Resource
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Brightness" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e5415c60-e369-0130-1700-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Brightness Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e5415c60-e369-0130-1700-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Brightness" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e5415c60-e369-0130-1700-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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