3 streaming video files (NTSC) (143 min.) : sd., col.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dance Theater Workshop.
Uniform title
United States (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Cranky destroyers (Choreographic work : Skura)
Sarah (Choreographic work : Carlson)
Untitled (Choreographic work : Jones)
Genre/Form
Dance.
Special event coverage and commentary.
Video.
Contents
Reel 1 (ca. 52 min.). Excerpt from the Minnesota section of United States (1987) / constructed by David Gordon ; text by Carol Bly ; read and danced by Valda Setterfield.
Welcome and warnings / by David R. White, executive director and producer of Dance Theater Workshop ; includes presentation of an award to Bessie Schönberg.
Speech / by Bessie Schönberg.
Opening remarks / by Bill Irwin and Valda Setterfield.
Visual [and] lighting design awards / presented by Huck Snyder and Jennifer Tipton to David Ferri, Carol Mullins, Janie Geiser, Stan Pressner.
Composer awards / presented by Edwina Lee Tyler to James Baker, Jeff Halpern, Blue Gene Tyranny.
Reel 2 (ca. 50 min.). Excerpt from Cranky destroyers / choreography, Stephanie Skura in collaboration with the performers ; music, Beethoven (Symphony no. 5) ; costumes, Laure Drogoul ; lighting, Mary Louise Geiger ; danced by Benoît Lachambre, Brian Moran, David Rousseve, Margery Segal, Stephanie Skura, Debra Wanner.
Special citation / presented by Bill T. Jones to ACT UP.
Memoriam / introduced by Stephen Greco and Tony Whitfield ; music performed by Blue Gene Tyranny.
New York New York / excerpt from Watchface: Septophonic ; directed by Kurt Fulton and James Siena ; created and performed by Watchface.
Performer awards / presented by Mary Shultz and Ron Vawter to Joseph Lennon, Keith Sabado, Norwood Pennewell, Lance Gries, Kate Johnson, Ron Vawter.
Reel 3 (ca. 41 min.). Sarah / created and performed by Ann Carlson ; words and score, Andy Kirshner ; taped vocals performed by Shelley Brenner, Ann Carlson, Andy Kirshner.
Choreographer/creator awards / presented by David Cale and Dana Reitz to Tere O'Connor, Ann Hamilton, Wim Vandekeybus, Thierry de Mey, Peter Vermeersch, John Kelly, Elizabeth Streb, Otrabanda, William Forsythe, Ann Carlson.
Closing remarks / by Bill Irwin and Valda Setterfield ; includes presentation of choreographer/creator award to Bill Irwin.
Untitled (1988) / choreography and performance, Bill T. Jones ; music, Berlioz ("Absence").
Call number
*MGZIDF 4006
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
Co-hosts: Bill Irwin, Valda Setterfield.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on September 15, 1988, by Video D Studios.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Title
The Bessies [electronic resource] : the fifth annual New York Dance & Performance Awards / presented by Dance Theater Workshop.
Imprint
c1988.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on September 15, 1988, by Video D Studios.
Performer
Co-hosts: Bill Irwin, Valda Setterfield.
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.