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Roaratorio: [rehearsal, July 1, 1985]

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Roaratorio

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Title
Roaratorio: [rehearsal, July 1, 1985]
Additional title: Roaratorio (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Barrow, Helen (Dancer)
Finlayson, Victoria (Dancer)
Good, Alan (Dancer)
Greenberg, Neil, 1959- (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Lent, Patricia (Dancer)
Remley, Rob (Dancer)
Santimyer, Kristy (Dancer)
Schroder, Kevin (Dancer)
Swinston, Robert (Dancer)
Walker, Megan (Dancer)
Quinn, Susan (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1985-07-01
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1987
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-966 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Note on original container: SL [i.e. stage left].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, July 1, 1985.
Biographical/historical: Roaratorio, subtitled An Irish circus on Finnegan's Wake, premiered Oct. 26, 1983 in Lille, France, with a musical score by John Cage.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
This video features a studio run-through of Roaratorio, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16144160
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ffe61e10-b2b9-0131-72fc-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1985: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roaratorio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00a30410-b2ba-0131-d57f-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Roaratorio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00a30410-b2ba-0131-d57f-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). Roaratorio Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00a30410-b2ba-0131-d57f-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Roaratorio