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Trying Times (remembered),2008-12-03

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Title

Trying Times (remembered),2008-12-03

Collection

David Gordon Video Archive

Names

Gordon, David, 1936- (Author)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Choreographer)
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 (Composer)
Boothe, Power (Designer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Woodworth, Zoë (Film editor)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Graham, Karen (Performer)
Cuyjet, Leslie (Performer)
Jones, Niall (Performer)
Phillips, Marcus (Performer)
Abrahams, Rachel (Dancer)
Boone, Kelsey (Dancer)
Bourkas, Melissa (Dancer)
Bruder, Nicholas (Dancer)
Evans, Cameron (Dancer)
Hernandez, Shirel (Dancer)
Marosi, Erika (Dancer)
Williams, Jason (Dancer)
Sharon Disney School of Dance at CalArts (Producer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Producer)
Sharon Disney School of Dance at CalArts (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2008-12-03

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3922

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: A Pick Up Performance Co(S.) production in collaboration with the Sharon Disney School for Dance at CalArts.
Content: Credits transcribed from program.
Content: Title on original: David Gordon 12/3/08 copy.
Creation/Production Credits: Written/Choreographed by David Gordon ; Music: Igor Stravinsky ; Visual Devices: Power Boothe ; Lighting: Philip W. Sandström ; Video Editing: Zoë Woodworth ; Stage Manager: Ed Fitzgerald ; Assistant to the Choreographer: Karen Graham ; A Pick Up Performance Co(S.) Production in collaboration with the Sharon Disney School for Dance at CalArts (The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts). For the Pick Up Performance Co(S.): Co-directors: Ain Gordon and David Gordon ; Produced by Alyce Dissette ; Music: Igor Stravinsky's Apollo (composed 1928 as Apollon musagète, rev. 1947) By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. publisher and copyright owner ; Original Video is from the Dance Theater Workshop Dance/Video Access 1982/83 program, Project Director: Dennis Diamond, Cameraman: Jefferson Bogursky and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Performers: With Valda Setterfield (original cast member) and Karen Graham with Leslie Cuyjet, Niall Jones, Marcus Phillips and CalArts dancers and understudies* Rachel Abrahams, Kelsey Boone, Melissa Bourkas, Nicholas Bruder, Cameron Evans, Shirel Hernandez, Erika Marosi, Jason Williams, Brittaney Short*, Christina Nova Zych* ; Original 1982 Trying Times cast on video: Susan Eschelbach, Margaret Hoeffel, Keith Marshall, Nina Martin, Valda Setterfield, Paul Thompson, David Capps, Melissa Matson, Rhonda Moore, Lucy Sexton, David Wolfe, and the voice of Susan Eschelbach in storyboard.
Venue: Recorded December 3, 2008 Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA.
Acquisition: Gift; Pick Up Performance Co(s), David Gordon. 2014.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (miniDV) (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 896348262
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20478205
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ec2cbba0-f308-0135-fd91-3b43bfc3e284

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. "Trying Times (remembered),2008-12-03" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2008. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec2cbba0-f308-0135-fd91-3b43bfc3e284

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2008). Trying Times (remembered),2008-12-03 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec2cbba0-f308-0135-fd91-3b43bfc3e284

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Trying Times (remembered),2008-12-03" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec2cbba0-f308-0135-fd91-3b43bfc3e284

Wikipedia citation

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