A siege of herons

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Title

A siege of herons

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Steinberg, Risa (Dancer)
Masters, Gary (Dancer)
Mathews, Fred (Dancer)
Litaker, Donald (Composer)
Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-2001 (Composer)
Mathews, Fred (Choreographer)
Elliot, Patrick (Costume designer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1975

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6985
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1695 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in dress rehearsal in a gymnasium.
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) (20 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY906002578-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12168173
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e72b9490-7966-0135-bdfc-4750e732d7f2

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. "A siege of herons" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e72b9490-7966-0135-bdfc-4750e732d7f2

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975). A siege of herons Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e72b9490-7966-0135-bdfc-4750e732d7f2

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "A siege of herons" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e72b9490-7966-0135-bdfc-4750e732d7f2

Wikipedia citation

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