Research Catalog
Parable
- Title
- Parable [graphic].
- Author
- Bockman, George.
- Publication
- [1943]
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Details
- Description
- 4 drawings on blue or grey cardboard : graphite, watercolor, color; 52 x 33 cm.
- Summary
- Costume designs for the foolish virgins (with the performers' names listed on the verso), the narrator, and two wise virgins.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Note
- Stamped by United Scenic Artists, with the name George Bockman printed in pencil.
- Source (note)
- Estate of George Bockman
- Biography (note)
- Parable (choreography, Hanya Holm; music, François Couperin) received its first New York performance at the Central High School of Needle Trades on January 16, 1943. Danced by Hanya Holm and Group, it portrayed the biblical story of the wise and foolish virgins, with Holm herself as a foolish virgin. George Bockman, who died in 1979, was a dancer, choreographer, and stage designer. He designed costumes and scenery for the Theatre Dance Company (for which he also choreographed and performed), the Humphrey-Weidman Company, Eugene Loring's Dance Players, NBC-TV, and other dance and theatrical productions.
- Call Number
- *MGZGE Boc G Par 1-4
- OCLC
- 824610742
- Author
- Bockman, George.
- Title
- Parable [graphic].
- Imprint
- [1943]
- Biography
- Parable (choreography, Hanya Holm; music, François Couperin) received its first New York performance at the Central High School of Needle Trades on January 16, 1943. Danced by Hanya Holm and Group, it portrayed the biblical story of the wise and foolish virgins, with Holm herself as a foolish virgin. George Bockman, who died in 1979, was a dancer, choreographer, and stage designer. He designed costumes and scenery for the Theatre Dance Company (for which he also choreographed and performed), the Humphrey-Weidman Company, Eugene Loring's Dance Players, NBC-TV, and other dance and theatrical productions.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Estate of George Bockman, 1980.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGE Boc G Par 1-4