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To comfort ghosts [and] Flee as a bird

Title
To comfort ghosts [and] Flee as a bird [electronic resource]
Publication
1988.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Wagoner, Dan
  • Conboy, Timothy
  • Fitzgerald, Lisa
  • Jones, Gwyneth (Dancer)
  • Norvelle, Joan
  • Garrett, Janice
  • James, Randy
  • Lester, Paul
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
  • Donnelly, Candice
  • Long, William Ivey
  • Tipton, Jennifer
  • Dan Wagoner and Dancers.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (55 min.) : sd., col.
Uniform Title
  • To comfort ghosts (Choreographic work : Wagoner)
  • Flee as a bird (Choreographic work : Wagoner)
Note
  • Videotaped in performance at the Joyce Theater, New York, on May 6 and 7, 1988 by Video D Studios.
  • Choreography: Dan Wagoner. Lighting: Jennifer Tipton.
  • Performed by Dan Wagoner and Dancers.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Contents
CONTENTS: To comfort ghosts (approx. 33 min.). Music: Dmitri Shostakovich (String quartet no. 15). Costumes: William Ivey Long. Danced by Timothy Conboy, Lisa Fitzgerald, Janice Garrett, Randy James, Gwyneth Jones, Paul Lester, Joan Norvelle, and Dan Wagoner. -- Flee as a bird (approx. 22 min.). Music: Doc Cheatham (singer/performer of Let's do it and Flee as a bird/St. James infirmary), Art Hodes and Milt Hilton (Milt jumps), Maxine Sullivan (singer of Miss Otis regrets). Costumes: Candice Donnelly. Danced by Conboy, Fitzgerald, Garrett, James, Jones, Lester, and Norvelle.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 7668
OCLC
NYPY906014105-F
Title
To comfort ghosts [and] Flee as a bird [electronic resource]
Imprint
1988.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2070.
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Local Subject
Television. To comfort ghosts.
Television. Flee as a bird.
Added Author
Wagoner, Dan, choreographer, dancer.
Conboy, Timothy, dancer.
Fitzgerald, Lisa, dancer.
Jones, Gwyneth (Dancer)
Norvelle, Joan, dancer.
Garrett, Janice, dancer.
James, Randy, dancer.
Lester, Paul, dancer.
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Composer
Donnelly, Candice, costume designer.
Long, William Ivey, costume designer.
Tipton, Jennifer, lighting designer.
Dan Wagoner and Dancers.
Added Title
To comfort ghosts (Choreographic work : Wagoner)
Flee as a bird (Choreographic work : Wagoner)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 7668
*MGZIC 9-2070 (former)
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