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The Poetry and Dance Festival, Poets who write about dance

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Public Program Dance Video Archive

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Title
The Poetry and Dance Festival, Poets who write about dance
Additional title: Poets who write about dance
Names
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Producer)
Nichols, Madeleine M (Speaker)
Paschen, Elise (Speaker)
Corn, Alfred, 1943- (Speaker)
Eady, Cornelius, 1954- (Speaker)
Hammond, Mary Stewart (Speaker)
Howard, Richard, 1929- (Speaker)
Welsh, Eric (Videographer)
Poetry Society of America (Presenter)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Presenter)
Collection

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Public Program Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1996-05-07
Table of Contents
Cassette 1 (ca. 61 min.). Welcome / by Madeleine Nichols, curator of the Dance Collection, and Elise Paschen, executive director of the Poetry Society of America -- Introduction / by Alfred Corn -- Reading / by Cornelius Eady -- Reading / by Mary Stewart Hammond (continued on cassette 2). |||| Cassette 2 (ca. 21 min.). Reading (continued) / by Mary Stewart Hammond -- Reading / by Richard Howard -- [Closing speech] / by Elise Paschen.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8762
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5636 (former)
Topics
American poetry -- 20th century
Dance -- Poetry
Ballet -- Poetry
Dance in literature
Poetry and Dance Festival (1996 : New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Speeches
Video recordings
Notes
Statement of responsibility: presented by the Poetry Society of America and the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding: Recording made possible by the Poetry Society of America. Credits added by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Venue: Videotaped at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on May 7, 1996, by Eric Welsh.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (82 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in
Description
Part of a three-day Poetry and Dance Festival. Three American poets read works by themselves and others.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2964
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13803358
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e5ab2a40-7af7-0135-dd9b-7b10ad2548b1
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

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  • 1996: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Poetry and Dance Festival, Poets who write about dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1996. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/637ea1bd-ac48-4ff1-aef2-ffac0ebf8cf1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Poetry and Dance Festival, Poets who write about dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 15, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/637ea1bd-ac48-4ff1-aef2-ffac0ebf8cf1

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1996). The Poetry and Dance Festival, Poets who write about dance Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/637ea1bd-ac48-4ff1-aef2-ffac0ebf8cf1

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The Poetry and Dance Festival, Poets who write about dance