Dress up! P.S. 122's tenth anniversary benefit
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Title
Dress up! P.S. 122's tenth anniversary benefit
Collection
Names
Russell, Mark, 1954- (Speaker)
Kron, Lisa (Host)
Kron, Lisa (Performer)
Healey, Peggy (Performer)
Rousseve, David (Choreographer)
Rousseve, David (Dancer)
Crumley, Karen (Performer)
Stafford, Kate (Performer)
Silvers, Sally (Choreographer)
Pickett, Lenny (Composer)
Dennis, Charles (Performer)
Miller, Celeste (Performer)
Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004 (Performer)
Jeffreys, Joe E. (Author)
Judson, Tom (Composer)
Judson, Tom (Performer)
Covan, Ellie (Singer)
McMahon, Jeff (Choreographer)
Myles, Eileen (Speaker)
Gordh, Bill (Performer)
Wanner, Debra (Performer)
Oleszko, Pat (Performer)
Cale, David (Performer)
Zorn, John, 1953- (Composer)
Douwes, Francine (Cinematographer)
Richards, Peter (Videographer)
Performance Space 122 (Presenter)
Silvers, Sally (Dancer)
Pickett, Lenny (Instrumentalist)
Jeffreys, Joe E. (Performer)
McMahon, Jeff (Dancer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1990-02-04
Table Of Contents
1 (ca. 51 min.). Introduction by Mark Russell, executive director of Performance Space 122 -- [Song] / performed by Lisa Kron and Peggy Healey -- Pull your head to the moon [excerpt] / choreographed and performed by David Rousseve -- [Performance art work] / performed by Karen Crumley and Kate Stafford -- A little lieutenant / choreographed and performed by Sally Silvers ; music, John Zorn -- [Two instrumental solos] / composed and performed by Lenny Pickett -- 2 (ca. 59 min.). Used cars [excerpt] / performed by Charles Dennis and Celeste Miller -- Monster in a box [excerpt] / written and performed by Spalding Gray -- A histrionic historical moment / written and performed by Joie (Joe E. Jeffreys) -- Dress up! theme song / composed and performed by Tom Judson -- [Songs] / performed by the Dixon Place Glee Club, Jasmine, and Ellie Covan -- [Songs] / performed by Lisa Kron and Peggy Healey -- Discontents [excerpt] / choreographed and performed by Jeff McMahon -- 3 (ca. 47 min.). Leaving New York [excerpt] / poetry reading by Eileen Myles -- In search of the pope's libido / film by Carl (?) Nussbaum ; speech by Scott Saunders of Film Crash [filmmakers' organization] -- The affair / animated film by Francine Douwes -- Six minutes and forty seconds at 10:40 / performed by Bill Gordh with Debra Wanner and Bob Windeville (?) -- Raffle drawing with Pat Oleszko in theme costume -- The big kiss / performed by David Cale.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8338
Subjects
Avant-garde (Music)
Performance art
Experimental films
Experimental poetry
Benefit performances
Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004. Monster in a box.
Pull your head to the moon (Choreographic work : Rousseve)
Discontents (Choreographic work : McMahon)
Readings
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Spoken Word
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on February 4, 1990, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Peter Richards.
Physical Description
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (158 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
Benefit program of dance, performance art, music, poetry, and film.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY95-F405
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176689
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e99c8610-8c90-0138-5096-6f63a2d76754
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dress up! P.S. 122's tenth anniversary benefit" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e99c8610-8c90-0138-5096-6f63a2d76754
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). Dress up! P.S. 122's tenth anniversary benefit Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e99c8610-8c90-0138-5096-6f63a2d76754
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Dress up! P.S. 122's tenth anniversary benefit" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e99c8610-8c90-0138-5096-6f63a2d76754
Wikipedia citation
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