Airs

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Title

Airs

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Kent, Linda (Dancer)
Johnson, Kate (Dancer)
McCann, Cathy (Dancer)
Wood, Raegan (Dancer)
Chaib, Elie (Dancer)
Gillis, Christopher (Dancer)
Mauricio, Joao (Dancer)
Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018 (Choreographer)
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 (Composer)
Moore, Eugene (Costume designer)
Simon, Kirk (Videographer)
Goodman, Karen (Videographer)
Paul Taylor Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1989-04-07

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS. - 1. Perf. by full cast. - 2. Perf. by Kent, Johnson, Wood, Chaib, Ellis, and Mauricio. - 3. Perf. by McCann. - 4. Perf. by Kent and Mauricio. - 5. Perf. by full cast. - 6. & 7. Perf. by Johnson and Gillis. - 8. Perf. by full cast. - 9. Perf. by McCann with full cast.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-8430

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive on April 7, 1989 at Aaron Davis Hall, City College, New York, by Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman, with the assistance of grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Paul Taylor. Music: Georg Friedrich Händel (excerpts from Concerti grossi, op. 3, nos. 2, 3, 4a & 4b, 6; Alcina, Ariodante, Berenice, and Solomon). Costumes: Gene Moore.
Performers: Performed by members of the Paul Taylor Dance Company: Linda Kent, Cathy McCann, Kate Johnson, Raegan Wood, Elie Chaib, Christopher Gillis, and Joao Mauricio.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Type C, NTSC) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 1 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY896027337-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12167473
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f85fcf60-afde-0138-db06-1764209427ce

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. "Airs" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f85fcf60-afde-0138-db06-1764209427ce

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Airs Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f85fcf60-afde-0138-db06-1764209427ce

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Airs" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f85fcf60-afde-0138-db06-1764209427ce

Wikipedia citation

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