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Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122

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Title

Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122

Collection

PS 122 Video Archive

Names

Martel, Diane (Choreographer)
Rose, Peter (Performer)
Pickett, Lenny (Instrumentalist)
Petronio, Stephen (Choreographer)
Jesurun, John (Performer)
Holland, Fred (Choreographer)
Sexton, Lucy (Performer)
Iobst, Anne (Performer)
Kelly, John, 1954- (Performer)
Bernd, John (Performer)
Trufelman, Lloyd (Host)
Linton, David (Musician)
Russell, Mark, 1954- (Speaker)
Monson, Jennifer (Performer)
Irwin, Pat (Composer)
Performance Space 122 (Event place)
Wooster Group (Performer)
Dancenoise (Company) (Performer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1985-01-26

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Reel 1 (approx. 53 min.): Lucifer. Chor/mus: Diane Martel. Perf. by Janet Kaufman, Maureen Linker, Nick McGurney, and Emily Stern. -- Song from LSD, Part III. Perf. by the Wooster Group. -- [Performance piece]. Perf. by Peter Rose and Noah Shapiro. -- [Dance work]. Chor: Stephen Petronio. Mus: Pat Irwin. Perf. by Petronio and others. -- Bird's eye view: excerpt. [Performance piece] by John Jesurun. Perf. by Valerie Charles, Annie Labois, Steve Buscemi, Anna Kohler, Larry Tighe, John Hagan, and Sanghi Wagner. -- [Dance work]. Chor/perf: Fred Holland. Mus: The Last Poets. -- Reel 2 (approx. 49 min.): [Performance piece]. Perf. by Dancenoise (Lucy Sexton and Anne Iobst), with David Linton. -- Speech by Mark Russell, director of Performance Space 122. -- [Instrumental work]. Perf. by Lenny Pickett. -- Improvisation from Be good to me. Perf. by John Bernd and Jennifer Monson. -- Appearance by Charles Dennis, Charles Moulton, and Tim Miller, founders of Performance Space 122.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2585
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-1073 (former)

Subjects

Benefit performances
Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122
Performance Space 122

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance by Video D Studios at P.S. 122, New York, on January 26, 1985 at 11 p.m.
Performers: Performed by Diane Martel, Peter Rose, the Wooster Group, Fred Holland, Dancenoise, John Kelly, Lenny Pickett, Stephen Petronio, John Jesurun, and John Bernd. Host: Lloyd Trufelman.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12166673
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f411e260-b2c3-0131-437c-3c075448cc4b

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. "Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f411e260-b2c3-0131-437c-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f411e260-b2c3-0131-437c-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f411e260-b2c3-0131-437c-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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