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Dress up! P.S. 122's tenth anniversary benefit

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Title

Dress up! P.S. 122's tenth anniversary benefit

Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

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

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. "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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