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Cage/Cunningham

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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Cage/Cunningham

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Title
Cage/Cunningham
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cage, John (Interviewee)
Cunningham, Merce (Interviewee)
Paik, Nam June, 1932-2006 (Interviewee)
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008 (Interviewee)
Farber, Viola (Interviewee)
Brown, Carolyn, 1927- (Interviewee)
Lucier, Alvin (Interviewee)
Wolff, Christian, 1934- (Interviewee)
Young, La Monte (Interviewee)
Mumma, Gordon, 1935- (Interviewee)
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993 (Interviewee)
Richards, Mary Caroline (Interviewee)
Guy, Michel (Interviewee)
Tudor, David, 1926-1996 (Interviewee)
Johns, Jasper, 1930- (Interviewee)
Stella, Frank (Interviewee)
Bird, Bonnie (Interviewee)
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 (Interviewee)
Preger-Simon, Marianne (Interviewee)
Charlip, Remy (Interviewee)
Caplan, Elliot (Director)
Vaughan, David, 1924- (Author)
Dennison, Doris (Interviewee)
Kremen, Irwin (Interviewee)
Denby, Edwin, 1903-1983 (Contributor)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Cunningham Dance Foundation (Producer)
SEPT (Television station : France) (Producer)
Kultur International Films (Distributor)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1991
Place: West Long Branch, N.J
Publisher: Kultur
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3755
Topics
Cage, John
Cunningham, Merce
Graham, Martha
Artistic collaboration
Composers -- United States -- 20th century
Choreographers -- United States -- 20th century
Modern dance
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: produced by the Cunningham Dance Foundation in association with La Sept ; directed and edited by Elliot Caplan ; choreography by Merce Cunningham ; music by John Cage and others ; written by David Vaughan.
Performers: Interviewees: John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Viola Farber, Carolyn Brown, Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff, La Monte Young, Gordon Mumma, Rudolf Nureyev, M.C. Richards, Michel Guy, Doris Dennison, David Tudor, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Irwin Kremen, Bonnie Bird, Virgil Thomson, Marianne Preger Simon, Remy Charlip.
Performers: Also appearing on camera: Edwin Denby.
Content: *MGZIA 4-3045 (former) ; *MGZIDVD 5-2142 (former)
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (95 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
Documentary on composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham at work and at leisure, filmed over an eight-year period and supplemented by archival footage spanning their fifty-year collaboration. In interviews captured at different times and places, Cage, Cunningham, and performers, composers, artists, and other associates discuss aspects of their professional and personal interactions. Dance and music excerpts, recorded in performance and rehearsal, demonstrate the richness and variety of their productions. Full information on these excerpts appears at the end of the program.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
International Standard Book Number: 1561274011
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2982
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13821620
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1259a820-4b4b-0133-e787-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Cage/Cunningham" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/143b67c0-4b4b-0133-a623-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Cage/Cunningham" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/143b67c0-4b4b-0133-a623-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Cage/Cunningham Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/143b67c0-4b4b-0133-a623-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Cage/Cunningham