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TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals: [rehearsals]

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Merce Cunningham Video Archive

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TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals

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Title
TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals: [rehearsals]
Additional title: Signals (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: Torse (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Additional title: TV rerun (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Names
Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Cornfield, Ellen (Dancer)
Kovich, Robert (Dancer)
Komar, Chris (Dancer)
Kerr, Catherine (Dancer)
Harper, Meg (Dancer)
Hayman-Chaffey, Susana. (Dancer)
Mehl, Brynar (Dancer)
Moulton, Charles (Dancer)
Roess-Smith, Julie. (Dancer)
Setterfield, Valda (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)
Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1974
Table of Contents
TV rerun (27 min.) -- Torse trio (5 min.) -- Signals (51 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1953
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-458 (former)
Topics
Rehearsals
Modern dance
Genres
Filmed dance
Notes
Content: Contents from original container.
Venue: Videotaped in studio performance and rehearsals at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, dates unknown, 1974.
Biographical/historical: TV rerun premiered in 1972, with a musical score by Gordon Mumma. Torse premiered in 1976, with a musical score by Maryanne Amacher. Signals premiered in 1970, with a musical score by David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, and John Cage.
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Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Poor picture quality. The picture rolls during the last 45 min. of the video.
Description
This video contains a studio performance of TV rerun and rehearsals of excerpts from Torse and Signals.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16172967
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3655e3c0-b2b9-0131-0d83-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1974: Created
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1974. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371bcf90-b2b9-0131-3f08-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371bcf90-b2b9-0131-3f08-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1974). TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/371bcf90-b2b9-0131-3f08-3c075448cc4b

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TV rerun, Torse trio [and] Signals