An evening of solo dances

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Title

An evening of solo dances

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

MacDougal, Lorn (Dancer)
Kelly, Joseph (Dancer)
Sahl, Anne (Dancer)
Becker, Bruce (Dancer)
Schulkind, Marcus (Dancer)
Nagrin, Daniel (Choreographer)
Pitot, Genevieve, 1901-1980 (Composer)
Kenton, Stan (Composer)
Rugolo, Pete, 1915-2011 (Composer)
Reynolds, Ann (Costume designer)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
Gilbert, Ralph (Composer)
Starer, Robert (Composer)
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 (Composer)
Parsons, Sally Ann (Costume designer)
American Dance Festival (Associated name)
Nagrin, Daniel (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1978-07-23

Table Of Contents

Spanish dance: music by Geneviève Pitot, costume by Ann Reynolds, performed by Lorn MacDougal. Strange hero: music by Stan Kenton and Pete Rugolo, performed by Joseph Kelly. Dance in the sun: music by Ralph Gilbert, performed by Ann Sahl. Indeterminate figure: music by Robert Starer, performed by Bruce Becker -- Brief excerpt from Getting well: medieval and renaissance music, costume by Sally Ann Parsons, performed by Daniel Nagrin. Time writes notes of us: music by Aaron Copland, costume by Sally Ann Persons, performed by Marcus Schulkind.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6534
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 7-790 (former)

Genres

Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance by Dennis Diamond, for the American Dance Festival Video Archival project, in Page Auditorium, Duke University, Durham on July 23, 1978. Choreography: Daniel Nagrin.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (approximately 56 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY807028940-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12158772
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f49ca740-cc7d-0135-26cf-65a1505eba1a

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

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "An evening of solo dances" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f49ca740-cc7d-0135-26cf-65a1505eba1a

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). An evening of solo dances Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f49ca740-cc7d-0135-26cf-65a1505eba1a

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "An evening of solo dances" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f49ca740-cc7d-0135-26cf-65a1505eba1a

Wikipedia citation

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