Trying Times, 1982-12-17

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Title

Trying Times, 1982-12-17

Collection

David Gordon Video Archive

Names

Gordon, David, 1936- (Author)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Choreographer)
Boothe, Power (Designer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Bogursky, Jefferson (Videographer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Eschelbach, Susan (Performer)
Hoeffel, Margaret (Performer)
Marshall, Keith (Performer)
Thompson, Paul (Australian landscape architect, contemporary) (Performer)
Martin, Nina (Performer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Performer)
Capps, David (Performer)
Matson, Melissa (Performer)
Moore, Rhoda (Performer)
Sexton, Lucy (Performer)
Wolfe, David (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1982-12-17

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3846

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Written and Constructed by David Gordon ; Music, Apollo/Stravinsky ; Visual Devices by Power Boothe ; Lighting Design, Phil Sandström ; Recorded by Video D ; Camera, Jefferson Bogursky.
Performers: With Valda Setterfield, Susan Eschelbach, Margaret Hoeffel, Keith Marshall, Paul Thompson, Nina Martin, David Gordon and David Capps, Melissa Matson, Rhonda Moore, Lucy Sexton, David Wolfe.
Venue: Recorded December 17, 1982 Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co. 2014.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassette (Betamax II) (37 min.) ; sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 898029987
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20495516
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eeded0f0-66a8-0132-5cdf-3c075448cc4b

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. "Trying Times, 1982-12-17" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1982. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eeded0f0-66a8-0132-5cdf-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1982). Trying Times, 1982-12-17 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eeded0f0-66a8-0132-5cdf-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Trying Times, 1982-12-17" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eeded0f0-66a8-0132-5cdf-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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