Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122
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Title
Floor it: Benefit for Performance Space 122
Collection
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
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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
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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
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