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Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater

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Title

Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater

Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Names

Pimsler, Stuart (Conceptor)
Costello, Suzanne (Choreographer)
Slifka, Janet (Performer)
Noltimier, Romy (Performer)
Parrott, Janet S (Performer)
Talty, Tim (Performer)
Kajiwara, Ronald Aiji, 1944-1990 (Designer)
Garness, Jon (Lighting designer)
Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (Composer)
Wilson, Jackie (Composer)
Nyro, Laura (Composer)
Eckstine, Billy (Composer)
Adams, John, 1947- (Composer)
Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Company (Performer)
Lounge Lizards (Musical group) (Contributor)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Pimsler, Stuart (Director)
Pimsler, Stuart (Performer)
Costello, Suzanne (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1991 (Approximate)

Table Of Contents

Reel 1. Joy (1988) (ca. 16 min.) / conceived and directed by Stuart Pimsler, assisted by Suzanne Costello ; music, Nat King Cole, Jackie Wilson, the Lounge Lizards ; performed by Stuart Pimsler. Reel 2. White girls (1990) (ca. 14 min.) / choreography, Suzanne Costello ; music, Laura Nyro ; performed by Janet Slifka, Romy Noltimier, Janet Parrott, Suzanne Costello. The men from the boys (1990) (ca. 16 min.) / conceived and directed by Stuart Pimsler ; music, Billy Eckstine ; performed by Tim Talty, Stuart Pimsler. Swimming to Cecile (1988) (ca. 25 min.) / for Cecile Pimsler (1924-1964) ; conceived and directed by Stuart Pimsler ; music, John Adams ; performed by Janet Parrott, Suzanne Costello, Janet Slifka.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4908
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5920 (former)

Subjects

Dance Theater Workshop
Dance
Joy (Choreographic work : Pimsler)
White girls (Choreographic work : Costello)
Men from the boys (Choreographic work : Pimsler)
Swimming to Cecile (Choreographic work : Pimsler)

Genres

Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop ; artistic direction by Stuart Pimsler.
Content: Program title on accompanying house program: Swimming to Cecile.
Creation/Production Credits: Associate artistic director, Suzanne Costello ; stage design, Ronald Aiji Kajiwara ; lighting, Jon Garness ; production/stage manager, Susannah Hewson.
Performers: Performed by Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater: Suzanne Costello, Romy Noltimier, Janet Parrott, Stuart Pimsler, Janet Slifka, Tim Talty.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of the Winter Events, on March 2, 1991, by Video D Studios.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (71 min.) : sound, color

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F57
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13987411
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eecd4740-4b62-0133-b1aa-60f81dd2b63c

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

Date Issued

1991

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eecd4740-4b62-0133-b1aa-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eecd4740-4b62-0133-b1aa-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eecd4740-4b62-0133-b1aa-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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