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Additional authors

1. Peterson, Craig.
2. Callahan, Suzanne.
3. Wennerstrand, Anne Lord.
4. Wilson, Reggie.
5. Westwater, Kathy.
6. Hodes, Stuart.
7. Easter, Allison.
8. White, David R.
9. Berger, Miriam Roskin.
10. Brenner, Janis.
11. Bridgman, Art.
12. Cobb, Catlin.
13. Colby, Laura.
14. Craig, Frances.
15. Creach, Terry.
16. Dorfman, David
17. Dunn, Douglas, 1942-
18. Elkins, Doug.
19. Gibilisco, Kimberly.
20. Glenn, Laura.
21. Gould, Peggy.
22. Hahn, Larry.
23. Heginbotham, John.
24. Hollis, Terry.
25. Johnson, Keith.
26. Kyle, Peter.
27. Lamhut, Phyllis.
28. Lemon, Ralph.
29. Loring, Sondra.
30. MacLow, Clarinda.
31. Mao, Michael.
32. Marcotty, Fiona.
33. Marshall, Susan, 1958-
34. Miller, Bebe.
35. Packer, Myrna.
36. Peloquin, Peggy.
37. Peterman, Greta.
38. Pulvermacher, Neta.
39. Reigenborn, Garry.
40. Sinopoli, Ellen L.
41. Skaggs, Sarah.
42. Streb, Elizabeth.
43. Taketa, Edward Akio.
44. Thomas, Colleen.
45. Thomas, Eileen.
46. Thomson, David Hamilton,1957-
47. Villamil, Jaclynn.
48. Wynn, Melissa.
49. Young, Bill.
50. Ward, Penny
51. Dance Theater Workshop.
52. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
53. DHCA.

Description

1. 9 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (432 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Two-day forum, in which representatives of New York's downtown dance community explore the interactions between choreographers and dancers, a relationship far more complex than that between employers and employees in the corporate world. Complicating factors include the need to balance and sometimes separate the demands of art and business, resolving questions of artistic collaboration and credit, coping with the dance world's general lack of financial rewards, achieving workable interpersonal relationships in a field where loyalties and family feelings are often highly charged, dealing with a variety of work situations (e.g., working as a project-oriented freelance dancer or choreographer vs. being in an ongoing company). Only the sessions for the whole group were recorded ; the forum also included breakout sessions for smaller groups.

Subject

1. Dancers > United States > 20th century > Social conditions
2. Dance
3. Dance companies > Economic aspects > United States
4. Choreographers > United States > 20th century > Economic conditions
5. Dancers > Employment
6. Video
7. Dancers > United States > 20th century > Economic conditions
8. Choreographers > United States > 20th century > Social conditions
9. Dancers > Economic conditions > United States

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Cassette 1 (ca. 46 min.). Opening general session. Introduction and welcome / recorded on May 30, 1998, 9:30-11:00AM. Includes speeches by Reggie Wilson, Kathy Westwater, Stuart Hodes. The introductory speech by Suzie Jary, listed on the credits, does not appear on this tape.
2. Cassette 2 (ca. 56 min.). Continuation of opening general session / includes a group exercise and discussion led by Liz Young.
3. Cassette 3 (ca. 42 min.). Group session. Reports from breakout session 1: Expectations/identity / recorded on May 30, 1998, 12:30-1:15PM. Dancers and choreographers describe how they define themselves, and the conditions and rewards they expected from their chosen careers, as well as the realities they have discovered with time.
4. Cassette 4 (ca. 50 min.). Group session. Reports from breakout session 2: Commitment / recorded on May 30, 1998, 5:45-6:30PM. Choreographers and dancers talk about their responsibilities towards each other both on the prosaic level of employers-employees and as artistic collaborators sharing a common goal.
5. Cassette 5 (ca. 41 min.). Orientation and group session. Reports from breakout session 3: Part A, Ways of working: artistic (May 30, 1998) / recorded on May 31, 1998, 9:30-10:30AM. Facilitator, Suzanne Callahan. Discussion of different models for working as a dancer or choreographer, questions of artistic collaboration and ownership or credit for the work, and the relative prominence of the choreographer or the dancer. At the end of the session Allison Easter describes the activities of the Dancers Forum, an organization that meets at the Joyce SoHo.
6. Cassette 6 (ca. 50 min.). Orientation and group session. Reports from breakout session 3: Part A, Ways of working: artistic (May 30, 1998) / recorded on May 31, 1998, 9:30-10:30AM. Facilitator: Anne Wennerstrand. Group exercise and discussion, followed by a speech by Liz Young on the "I" formula, a tool for negotiation.
7. Cassette 7 (ca. 49 min.). Group session. Reports from breakout session 3: Part B, Ways of working: contractual/business / recorded on May 31, 1998, 12:45-1:15 PM. Discussion of different means of specifying and solidifying employment conditions, such as verbal or written contracts and letters of agreement, and the points they should cover.
8. Cassette 8 (ca. 37 min.). Group session. Reports from breakout session 4: Community/brainstorming / recorded on May 31, 1998, 4:15-6:30PM. Proposals of various solutions for the problems previously discussed, including the publication of guidelines, greater utilization of organizations such as the Dancers Forum, and increased communication among members of the dance community. Also suggested are shifting value and power to dancers, and finding a non-capitalist model for dance companies.
9. Cassette 9 (ca. 61 min.). Group session. Reports from breakout session 4: Community/brainstorming / recorded on May 31, 1998, 4:15-6:30PM. Facilitator: Liz Young. Open discussion. Participants share insights gained from the forum, give feedback about the forum, and present suggestions for the future. Among the speakers is David R. White, executive director of Dance Theater Workshop, who describes the unique system of shares used by James Cunningham's Acme Dance Company.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-5831

Note

1. Recording made possible by the cooperation of the participants, Dance Theater Workshop, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
2. Accompanied by conference agenda.

Performer (note)

1. Moderator: Craig Peterson.
2. Facilitators: Suzanne Callahan, Suzie Jary, Anne Wennerstrand, Liz Young.
3. Participants: Christina Amendolia, Miriam Roskin Berger, Michele Bloom, Jacqui Bordé, Janis Brenner, Art Bridgman, Suzanne Callahan, Catlin Cobb, Beth Coiner, Laura Colby, Frances W. Craig, Terry Creach, David Dorfman, Douglas Dunn, Allison Easter, Doug Elkins, Kimberly Gibilisco, Laura Glenn, Peggy Gould, Larry Hahn, John Heginbotham, Stuart Hodes, Terry Hollis, Suzanne Jary, Keith R. Johnson, Phippy C. Kaye, Sam Kim, Peter K. Kyle Jr., Phyllis Lamhut, Ralph Lemon, Joyce S. Kim, Sondra Loring, Clarinda MacLow, Michael Mao, Fiona Marcotty, Susan Marshall, Bebe Miller, Mollie O'Brien, Myrna Packer, Peggy Peloquin, Greta Peterman, Craig T. Peterson, Neta Pulvermacher, Garry Reigenborn, Ellen Sinopoli, Sarah Skaggs, Elizabeth Streb, Felicia Swoope, Eddie Taketa, Colleen Thomas, Eileen Thomas, David Thomson, Jaclynn Villamil, Jean Vitrano, Anne Wennerstrand, Kathy Westwater, David R. White, Reginald Wilson, Melissa Wynn, Bill Young, Elizabeth Young, Rachel Zack.
4. Observers: Jacqui Bordé, Kay Cummings, Nancy Duncan, Taihi Kim, Catherine Levine, Joyce Lim, Craig Peterson, Janet Stapleton, Felicia Swoope, Ivan Sygoda, David White.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at New York University, New York, on May 30 and 31, 1998, by Penny Ward.

Funding (note)

1. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Title

1. Art of the matter [videorecording] : straight talk between dancers and choreographers / a forum sponsored by Dance Theater Workshop.

Imprint

1. c1998.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Moderator: Craig Peterson.
2. Facilitators: Suzanne Callahan, Suzie Jary, Anne Wennerstrand, Liz Young.
3. Participants: Christina Amendolia, Miriam Roskin Berger, Michele Bloom, Jacqui Bordé, Janis Brenner, Art Bridgman, Suzanne Callahan, Catlin Cobb, Beth Coiner, Laura Colby, Frances W. Craig, Terry Creach, David Dorfman, Douglas Dunn, Allison Easter, Doug Elkins, Kimberly Gibilisco, Laura Glenn, Peggy Gould, Larry Hahn, John Heginbotham, Stuart Hodes, Terry Hollis, Suzanne Jary, Keith R. Johnson, Phippy C. Kaye, Sam Kim, Peter K. Kyle Jr., Phyllis Lamhut, Ralph Lemon, Joyce S. Kim, Sondra Loring, Clarinda MacLow, Michael Mao, Fiona Marcotty, Susan Marshall, Bebe Miller, Mollie O'Brien, Myrna Packer, Peggy Peloquin, Greta Peterman, Craig T. Peterson, Neta Pulvermacher, Garry Reigenborn, Ellen Sinopoli, Sarah Skaggs, Elizabeth Streb, Felicia Swoope, Eddie Taketa, Colleen Thomas, Eileen Thomas, David Thomson, Jaclynn Villamil, Jean Vitrano, Anne Wennerstrand, Kathy Westwater, David R. White, Reginald Wilson, Melissa Wynn, Bill Young, Elizabeth Young, Rachel Zack.
4. Observers: Jacqui Bordé, Kay Cummings, Nancy Duncan, Taihi Kim, Catherine Levine, Joyce Lim, Craig Peterson, Janet Stapleton, Felicia Swoope, Ivan Sygoda, David White.

Funding

1. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Event

1. Videotaped at New York University, New York, on May 30 and 31, 1998, by Penny Ward.

Added author

1. Peterson, Craig. Moderator
2. Callahan, Suzanne. Moderator
3. Wennerstrand, Anne Lord. Moderator
4. Wilson, Reggie. Speaker
5. Westwater, Kathy. Speaker
6. Hodes, Stuart. Speaker
7. Easter, Allison. Speaker
8. White, David R. Speaker
9. Berger, Miriam Roskin. Speaker
10. Brenner, Janis. Speaker
11. Bridgman, Art. Speaker
12. Cobb, Catlin. Speaker
13. Colby, Laura. Speaker
14. Craig, Frances. Speaker
15. Creach, Terry. Speaker
16. Dorfman, David, speaker.
17. Dunn, Douglas, 1942- Speaker
18. Elkins, Doug. Speaker
19. Gibilisco, Kimberly. Speaker
20. Glenn, Laura. Speaker
21. Gould, Peggy. Speaker
22. Hahn, Larry. Speaker
23. Heginbotham, John. Speaker
24. Hollis, Terry. Speaker
25. Johnson, Keith. Speaker
26. Kyle, Peter. Speaker
27. Lamhut, Phyllis. Speaker
28. Lemon, Ralph. Speaker
29. Loring, Sondra. Speaker
30. MacLow, Clarinda. Speaker
31. Mao, Michael. Speaker
32. Marcotty, Fiona. Speaker
33. Marshall, Susan, 1958- Speaker
34. Miller, Bebe. Speaker
35. Packer, Myrna. Speaker
36. Peloquin, Peggy. Speaker
37. Peterman, Greta. Speaker
38. Pulvermacher, Neta. Speaker
39. Reigenborn, Garry. Speaker
40. Sinopoli, Ellen L. Speaker
41. Skaggs, Sarah. Speaker
42. Streb, Elizabeth. Speaker
43. Taketa, Edward Akio. Speaker
44. Thomas, Colleen. Speaker
45. Thomas, Eileen. Speaker
46. Thomson, David Hamilton,1957- Speaker
47. Villamil, Jaclynn. Speaker
48. Wynn, Melissa. Speaker
49. Young, Bill. Speaker
50. Ward, Penny, videographer.
51. Dance Theater Workshop.
52. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
53. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-5831