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BOX 1 MAPCASE 3 DF
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Photographs, 1984-1998
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This series contains black-and-white contact sheets, negatives, slides, digital
photographs, and one print photograph taken by Peter Angelo Simon. Simon also
prepared a digital file of selected scans and documents intended to accompany the
physical photographic materials. Subjects include opera performances, rehearsals,
student artist workshops, and a gala. The collection contains materials that
primarily document work by theater director Robert Wilson. Also of significance
are composer Philip Glass for the operas The Civil
Wars and Einstein on the Beach,
choreographer Lucinda Childs for her work on Einstein on the
Beach, and lighting designer Beverly Emmons for her contributions to
The Civil Wars and Einstein
on the Beach. Operas pictured include The Civil
Wars (Rome Opera House, 1984 and Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1986); Einstein on the Beach (Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1984);
and Salome (New York University, 1986). Also included
are images documenting student artists in workshops and a gala event with Wilson
at The Watermill Center in 1998. |
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Arranged alphabetically by title of work or by workshop location, followed by the
digital file that includes selections from all titles. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/1-4 |
The Civil Wars, 1984
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Alternate title: the CIVIL
warS: a tree is best measured when it is down
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World premiere at Rome Opera House; 7 contact
sheets; 47 negatives; 88 slides; 1 chroma transparency |
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MAPCASE-DRAWER 3/3 |
The Civil Wars, 1984
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World premiere at Rome Opera House; 1
photographic print |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/5-6 |
The Civil Wars, 1985
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Rehearsal for the 1986 production at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM); 8 contact sheets; 34 negatives |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/7-9 |
Einstein on the Beach, 1984
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Rehearsal at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM);
4 contact sheets; 31 negatives; 4 slides |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/10-11 |
Salome, 1986
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Robert Wilson conducting workshop with New York
University students at The Kitchen in New York City; 8 contact sheets; 41
negatives |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/12-16 |
The Watermill Center, 1998
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Robert Wilson with student artists in workshop at
the Watermill Center; 17 contact sheets; 92 negatives; 79 slides |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/17 |
The Watermill Center, 1998
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Gala event; 31 slides |
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Selected digital files, undated
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DIGITAL ID: SimonPeterA_MUS_2021_082 |
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Scans of photographic materials, keynote address
slides, and identifying information on the performances prepared by Simon to
accompany the physical assets in this collection; 78 digital files |
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Arranged by performance or subject. |
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Videos, 2016-2019
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This series contains digital moving images recorded by Peter Angelo Simon.
Subjects include choreographers Lucinda Childs, Merce Cunningham, and unnamed
street performers. The materials document the rehearsal, performance, and
reception of Childs’s Available Light (Chatalet
Theatre, Paris, 2016); the restaged performance of Cunningham’s Night Wandering (Düsseldorf Opera House, Germany, 2019),
and clips of street performers in New York City. Childs collaborated with composer
John Adams and architect Frank Gehry for Available
Light. Lighting design for Available Light
and Night Wandering was provided by Beverly Emmons.
The unnamed street performers are dancers and skateboarders in Brooklyn.
Video recording footage and photographs by Peter Angelo Simon included in the
documentary film titled Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie
Schönberg are found on the DVD included in this collection that was
transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded
Sound (MBRS) Division. |
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Arranged alphabetically by title of work. |
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Available Light, 2016
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DIGITAL ID: SimonPeterA_MUS_2022_003 |
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Choreographed by Lucinda Childs; performed by the
Lucinda Childs Dance Company; music by John Adams |
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Rehearsals, performance, and reception in Paris,
and several photographs of the dance company; 19 digital files |
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Night Wandering, 2019
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Digital ID: SimonPeterA_MUS_2022_004 |
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Choreographed by Merce Cunningham; performed by
Ballet at the Rhine; music by Bo Nilsson |
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Restaged performance in Düsseldorf, Germany; 13
digital files |
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Street Performance, undated
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DIGITAL ID: SimonPeterA_MUS_2022_006 |
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Dancer on a subway platform; skateboarder in
Brooklyn; 4 digital files |
