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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 July 13

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 July 13
Additional title: David Gordon archive
Additional title: Mysteries and what's so funny? (Choreographic work : Gordon)
Names
Glass, Philip (Composer)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Author)
Gordon, David, 1936- (Stage director)
Bode, Benjamin (Performer)
Kandel, Karen (Performer)
Setterfield, Valda (Performer)
Fire, Norma (Performer)
Hoffman, Jane, 1911-2004 (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Performer)
Cunningham, Scott (Performer)
Pashalinski, Lola (Performer)
Graham, Karen (Performer)
Moss, Dean (Performer)
Playten, Alice (Performer)
Tufts, Gayle (Performer)
Walker, Jonathan (Performer)
Williams, Ralph (Performer)
Johnson, Alan, 1959- (Musical director)
Kotlowitz, Dan (Lighting designer)
Meschter, David (Sound designer)
Wheeler, Jedediah (Producer)
Kerr, Allan (Stage manager)
Diamond, Dennis (Videographer)
Grooms, Red (Designer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
David Gordon/Pickup Company (Performer)
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Presenter)
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David Gordon Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1991-07-13
Table of Contents
Reel 1 (54 min.). Mysteries and What's So Funny? (beginning) [ends abruptly] -- Reel 2 (47 min.) Mysteries and What's So Funny? (conclusion).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3870
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: written and directed by David Gordon ; music by Philip Glass ; visual design by Red Grooms ; presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Creation/production credits: Produced in association with David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Company Inc.; Mark Hough, Managing Director and Curtis Grund, Company Administrator.
Creation/production credits: Music Director, Alan Johnson; Lighting Designer, Dan Kotlowitz; Sound Designer, David Meschter; Produced by Jedediah Wheeler; Stage Manager, Allan Kerr; videographed by Video D Studios, Dennis Diamond.
Performers: Cast: Benjamin Bode (Young Sam), Scott Cunningham (Anger I), Karen Evans-Kandel (Anger II), Norma Fire (Detective, Only Oldest Child), Karen Graham (Young Rose), Jane Hoffman (Fanny), Alan Johnson (Pianist), Dean Moss (Young Artist), Lola Pashalinski (Old Rose), Alice Playten (Actor, Grandfather, Father, etc.), Valda Setterfield (Marcel Duchamp), Gayle Tufts (Mrs. Him), Jonathan Walker (Mr. Him), Ralph Williams (Old Sam).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., as part of Serious Fun! on 1991 July 13.
Acquisition: Gift; David Gordon / Pick Up Performance Co. 2014.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 894587236
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20471974
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 59f0c0d0-66aa-0132-2809-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1991: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 July 13" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5b62efb0-66aa-0132-7089-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 July 13" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5b62efb0-66aa-0132-7089-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 July 13 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5b62efb0-66aa-0132-7089-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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The Mysteries and What's So Funny?, 1991 July 13