Research Catalog

Title

Martha Bowers Dance/Theatre/Etcetera [electronic resource] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of the Spring Events 1988 ; choreography and text by Martha Bowers.

Publication

c1988.

Details

Additional Authors

• Bowers, Martha
• Benevento, Florence
• Maxwell, Clare
• Smith, Hank
• Limbach, Elsa
• DeLucAntonio, Bernard
• Adams, Ginny
• Timm, Scott
• Cunningham, Danny
• Jowers, Christine
• Flowers, Roma.
• Lehrer, Scott.
• Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
• Deal, Michael.
• Klingensmith, Robin.
• Cooder, Ry.
• Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
• Hyams-Hart, Christopher.
• Martha Bowers Dance Theatre Etcetera.
• Pittsburgh Dance Alloy (Company)
• Video D Studios.
• Dance Theater Workshop.
• DHCA.

Description

2 streaming video files (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Martha Bowers.

Uniform Title

• Sirens of the stoop (Choreographic work : Bowers)
• Fine art of sauntering (Choreographic work : Bowers)
• Decoy (Choreographic work : Bowers)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

• Lighting, Roma Flowers.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on April 16, 1988, by Video D Studios.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Contents

• Reel 1. Sirens of the stoop (premiere) (ca. 27 min.) / music designed and composed by Scott Lehrer ; additional music, Gluck (Dance of the blessed spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice) and Puccini (Humming chorus from Madame Butterfly) ; set, Michael Deal ; costumes, Robin Klingensmith ; performed by Florence Benevento, Martha Bowers, and Clare Maxwell ; voice-over interviews with Stella Simpson, Beatty Rappaport, and Maria DeConcillio.
• The fine art of sauntering (premiere) (ca. 15 min.) / music, Ry Cooder (Area code 615) ; sound engineer, Michael Mansfield ; text based on the writings of Henry David Thoreau ; performed by Martha Bowers and Hank Smith.
• Reel 2. Decoy (New York premiere) (ca. 17 min.) / music, Christopher Hyams-Hart ; costumes, Robin Klingensmith ; performed by the Dance Alloy: Elsa Limbach, Bernard DeLucAntonio, Ginny Adams, Scott Timm, Danny Cunningham, Christine Jowers.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 3355

OCLC

NYPY97-F536

Title

Martha Bowers Dance/Theatre/Etcetera [electronic resource] / presented by Dance Theater Workshop as part of the Spring Events 1988 ; choreography and text by Martha Bowers.

Imprint

c1988.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Lighting, Roma Flowers.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, on April 16, 1988, by Video D Studios.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5263.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Bowers, Martha, choreographer. aut, dancer.

Benevento, Florence, dancer.

Maxwell, Clare, dancer.

Smith, Hank, dancer.

Limbach, Elsa, dancer.

DeLucAntonio, Bernard, dancer.

Adams, Ginny, dancer.

Timm, Scott, dancer.

Cunningham, Danny, dancer.

Jowers, Christine, dancer.

Flowers, Roma. Lighting designer

Lehrer, Scott. Composer

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Composer

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Composer

Deal, Michael. Designer

Klingensmith, Robin. Costume designer

Cooder, Ry. Composer

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Hyams-Hart, Christopher. Composer

Martha Bowers Dance Theatre Etcetera.

Pittsburgh Dance Alloy (Company)

Video D Studios.

Dance Theater Workshop.

DHCA.

Added Title

Sirens of the stoop (Choreographic work : Bowers)

Fine art of sauntering (Choreographic work : Bowers)

Decoy (Choreographic work : Bowers)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 3355

*MGZIC 9-5263 (former)