Research Catalog

Hero

Title
Hero [electronic resource] / choreography by Mary Overlie.
Publication
1979.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Overlie, Mary
  • Beavers, Wendell
  • Martin, Nina
  • Tilleman, Joanne
  • Wenk, Jan
  • Rockoff, Renée
  • Hulton, Betsy
  • Feld, Robin
  • Kerry, Richard.
  • Lemessurier, Claire.
  • Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
  • DHCA.
Description
2 streaming video files (NTSC) (64 min.) : sd., b&w
Summary
First version of the modern dance work Hero, originally performed without musical accompaniment. This recording (ca. 44 min.) is followed by footage of Mary Overlie and Wendell Beavers in dance improvisations at Overlie's loft, recording date unknown.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Mary Overlie.
Uniform Title
Hero (Choreographic work : Overlie)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from information provided by Mary Overlie.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Costumes, Mary Overlie ; lighting, Richard Kerry.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped onstage at The Kitchen Center for Video, Music and Dance, New York, on October 13, 1979 ; videographer, Claire Le Messurier.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 9596
OCLC
NYPY96-F520
Title
Hero [electronic resource] / choreography by Mary Overlie.
Imprint
1979.
Performer
Danced by Wendell Beavers, Nina Martin, Joanne Tilleman, Jan Wenk, John Fistos, John Panton, Renée Rockoff, Betsy Hulton, Robin Feld, and others.
Credits
Costumes, Mary Overlie ; lighting, Richard Kerry.
Event
Videotaped onstage at The Kitchen Center for Video, Music and Dance, New York, on October 13, 1979 ; videographer, Claire Le Messurier.
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 9-4049.
Additional Copy 1: 2 3/4" videocassettes, copied from A.O., 6/93; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage.
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Added Author
Overlie, Mary, choreographer, dancer. Costume designer
Beavers, Wendell, dancer.
Martin, Nina, dancer.
Tilleman, Joanne, dancer.
Wenk, Jan, dancer.
Rockoff, Renée, dancer.
Hulton, Betsy, dancer.
Feld, Robin, dancer.
Kerry, Richard. Lighting designer
Lemessurier, Claire. Videographer
Kitchen Center for Video, Music, Dance, Performance, Film, and Literature (New York, N.Y.)
DHCA.
Added Title
Hero (Choreographic work : Overlie)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9596
*MGZIC 9-4049 (former)
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