Cassette 1 (ca. 58 min.). [Speech on homophobia and censorship in the arts] / by unidentified woman and man ; replaces When push comes to shove, the scheduled presentation by Holly Hughes.
Welcome and warnings / by David R. White, executive director and producer, Dance Theater Workshop.
Opening remarks / by Jerri Allyn and Laurie Carlos.
[Statement by ACT UP].
Visual [and] lighting design awards / presented by Tony Giovannetti and Frank Moore to Susanne Poulin, Matthew Yokobosky, Roma Flowers, and Liz Prince.
Special citation 1 / presented by Deborah Jowitt to Annabelle Gamson.
Cassette 2 (ca. 43 min.). Meanwhile-- [excerpt] / written and performed by Paul Zaloom ; directed by Donny Osman.
Composer awards / presented by Lenny Pickett to Max Roach, Hans-Peter Kuhn, A. Leroy, Mimi Goese.
Special citation 2 / presented by Eiko to Beate Gordon.
Tribute to Ethyl Eichelberger (1945-1990) / by Black-eyed Susan.
[Songs] / performed by The Flirtations.
Cassette 3 (ca. 57 min.). Spacehold / choreography, Elizabeth Streb ; lighting, Heather Carson ; performed by members of Ringside [six dancers listed on frame ; only four appear].
Special citation 3 / presented by Jessica Hagedorn to Martha Wilson.
Performer awards / presented by Vicky Shick and Nicky Paraiso to Penny Hutchinson, Victoria Finlayson, Jonathan Riseling, Louise Smith, Arthur Armijo, Gail Turner.
Excerpt from White chocolate: Trip 1 trip 2 trip 3 / choreography, Laurie Carlos ; performed by Susan McKeever and Dor Greene.
Choreographer/creator awards / presented by John Kelly and Bebe Miller to Wim Vandekeybus. Continued on cassette 4.
Cassette 4 (ca. 25 min.). Choreographer/creator awards, continued / presented to Eiko and Koma, Robbie McCauley, Garth Fagan (accepted by Mary Hinkson), Karen Finley, Ulysses Dove, Mark Morris, Margarita Guergué and Hahn Rowe, Pat Oleszko.
Closing remarks / by Jerri Allyn and Laurie Carlos.
Kiss / choreography, Susan Marshall ; music, Arvo Pärt (Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten) ; lighting, Mitchell Bogard ; danced by Kathy Casey and Arthur Armijo.
Call number
*MGZIDF 8450
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
Co-hosts: Jerri Allyn and Laurie Carlos.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on September 12, 1990, by Video D Studios.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
The Bessies [electronic resource] : the seventh annual New York Dance & Performance Awards / presented by Dance Theater Workshop.
Imprint
c1990.
Event
Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on September 12, 1990, by Video D Studios.
Performer
Co-hosts: Jerri Allyn and Laurie Carlos.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.